Mullen Announces Key Hires Across EV Programs

Mullen Announces Key Hires Across EV Programs

The new hires will support commercial and consumer vehicle programs in development, manufacturing and commercial sales.

Emerging electric vehicle manufacturer Mullen Automotive, Inc. announced a number of new hires who have joined the company across its commercial van and truck program and Mullen FIVE EV Crossover programs in support of aggressive EV portfolio growth plans.

Mullen Automotive says the new hires will be working across Mullen’s different facilities, including the Commercial Vehicle Team in Troy, Michigan; the Consumer Vehicle Team in Irvine, California; the Powertrain and Battery Group in Monrovia, California; the Manufacturing Plant in Tunica, Mississippi; and the Mishawka, Indiana factory.

“It’s exciting to see the growth across our different teams and locations in California, Michigan, Indiana and Mississippi,” said David Michery, CEO and chairman of Mullen Automotive. “Strategically, we have been adding very strong expertise coming from tier 1 suppliers, traditional OEMs and other EV start-ups. It’s very encouraging to see so many strong candidates reach out to us, looking to join the Mullen team.”

Mullen says its new team members come from a variety of automotive brands, including, VW, Joyson, GM, Hyundai, Isuzu, Nexteer, Mahindra, Ford, Stellantis, Hyliion and Electra Meccanica.

These new hires are:

Product Development

  • Jerry Hu – President, Mullen Commercial Vehicles, formally VP of Key Safety Systems
  • Dave Adkins – Chief of Class 3 Commercial Vehicles, formally Chief Engineer of Izuzu
  • Raj Pai – Chief Engineer Commercial Vehicles, formally VP of Mahindra
  • Steve Ilenich – Director of Commercial Vehicles Quality
  • Dongyeol Kang – Director of Vehicle Program Purchasing
  • Mohamed Shaib – Director of ADAS
  • Seungho Choi – Director of Program Management Commercial Vehicles

Commercial Sales, Service and Parts

  • Paul Loewer – Senior Director, Product Planning and Product Marketing
  • Matt Gostek – Director, Service and Parts
  • Bob Sanseverino – Commercial Sales Director – West Region
  • Lance Buchanan – Commercial Sales Director – Southeast Region

For more information, visit www.MullenUSA.com.

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