Alcoa Taps New President of Wheel Business
7/2/2009
Tim Myers has been tapped as president of Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products, covering forged wheels and aluminum structures.
Myers, 43, replaces Kevin Kramer, who has been named president of Growth Initiatives. Most recently, Myers was serving as vice president and general manager for Commercial Vehicle Wheels, responsible for Alcoa truck wheel plants worldwide and sub-assembly and logistics sites in North America.
"Tim brings solid experience to his new role," said Bill Christopher, executive vice president and president of Alcoa Engineered Products & Solutions. "He's been a member of the Alcoa Wheel Products team for more than a decade having been involved in commercial and product development as well as sales and management positions."
Alcoa's Wheel and Transportation Products serves the commercial vehicle, defense and automotive markets with products used in a range of applications including forged aluminum wheels, and niche products such as Dura-Bright and Dura-Flange wheels, LvL One truck wheels, and M-Series medium truck wheels, as well as a variety of other aluminum components.
Myers' previous roles at Alcoa include general manager of Forged Specialty and Cast Automotive Wheels and director of Commercial Operations, which involved commercial and product development for Alcoa's worldwide OEM wheel business.
He first came on board with Alcoa in 1991 as an automotive applications engineer with the Commercial Rolled Products Division. He moved into marketing assignments for Alcoa's Mill Products business in Chicago and Alcoa Forged Products in Detroit, selling primarily to U.S. automakers. In 1998, he was tapped as sales and marketing manager for Alcoa's OEM and aftermarket wheel business, moving up to director of Commercial Operations and then general manager of the specialty wheels business, which makes wheels for trailers, RVs, motorcycles, pickups and SUVs. He has been vice president and general manager of Commercial Vehicle Wheels since 2006.
Prior to joining Alcoa, Myers served as a product design engineer for Ford Motor Company. He earned an MBA and undergraduate degree in Engineering-Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
