Elkhart, Ind.-based Lippert Components has announced the promotion of Mark Woloszyk to vice president of technology and product development.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Woloszyk has more than 23 years of engineering, product development, and manufacturing experience. In his previous role as general manager of Lippert Technologies, he oversaw daily operations of Lippert’s electronics division. This role involved managing the entire product life cycle including R&D, product design, production, and OEM service support.
“I’m excited to drive new technology initiatives throughout the Lippert organization,” said Woloszyk. “Combining with our chief technology officer, we will be accelerating the pace of innovation to bring new products and solutions to our customers.”
In his new role, Woloszyk will lead the company’s electronic and digital product development. He will also build and manage teams that will be responsible for the product design and engineering for LCI’s electronic controllers, mobile applications, and cloud services for all industries that it services. Additionally, Woloszyk will oversee advanced R&D which will introduce new technologies to solve customers’ biggest challenges.
“Mark’s leadership and expertise will allow LCI to rapidly advance our reach into several new and exciting markets while still ensuring LCI provides unparalleled support to all of our existing customers,” said Rob Ford, Lippert’s CTO. “His unique ability to manage the engineering and product development aspects related to mobile apps, data platforms, control systems, and advanced electronics will result in LCI quickly bringing a wide array of creative and transformative products to market throughout the coming years.”
Added Jamie Schnur, group president of Aftermarket: “As Lippert further commits to growing our technology presence in both digital platforms and connectivity, Mark’s leadership will be instrumental in delivering world class hardware and software products to our customers and the consumers that use them. The organization is 100 percent behind Mark and his ability to execute these long-term goals and objectives.”
