DEARBORN, Mich. – Wolverine Advanced Materials has announced key organizational changes to strengthen its management team and position itself for future growth.
Key changes include separation of sales and marketing functions, new leadership in research and development and engineering and the appointment of a CFO.
Headquartered in Dearborn, Mich., Wolverine develops, produces and sells performance-critical, specialty materials used in automotive brake noise insulators; gasket and sealing materials for automotive and industrial applications; NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) damping solutions for automotive and NSV (noise, shock and vibration) for consumer electronics applications.
The company has manufacturing operations in Blacksburg, Va., Leesburg, Fla., Germany and China, as well as sales and technical offices in Michigan, Germany, Japan, China, Brazil and India, and employs nearly 400 people worldwide. Wolverine is principally owned by Wynnchurch Capital Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Chicago.
Scott Koepke, Wolverine’s CEO, announced the following changes, which take effect immediately:
Jamey Mesaros moves to vice president marketing and communications. Mesaros previously served as the company’s vice president of sales and marketing. Mesaros holds a B.S. in business administration from Bowling Green State University.
Mike Whelan moves to vice president sales. Whelan previously served as the company’s VP of Supply Chain Management. He holds a B.A. degree from Stonehill College.
Dana Stonerook joins the company as its vice president research, development and engineering. Stonebrook will coordinate all research and development efforts globally, including next generation innovation, product development and engineering and process efficiency improvement. He previously served at Takata Corp. and TRW, and holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Devry Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Mike Thompson is promoted to CFO. Thompson was the company’s vice president of finance. In his new position he will be responsible for all financial functions of the company including treasury, tax and audit. Thompson holds a B.A. degree from Indiana University and M.B.A. from Wayne State.
