AUBURN HILLS, MI — BorgWarner has named two executives to new posts. Dr. Bernd Matthes has been named president and general manager, BorgWarner Transmission Systems, succeeding Mark Perlick, who has been named to the newly created position of vice president of technology for BorgWarner.
Matthes has held a number of leadership positions within BorgWarner Transmission Systems and was instrumental in the development and launch of BorgWarner DualTronic, the company’s award winning transmission technology. He was most recently vice president operations – Europe for BorgWarner Transmission Systems, a position he has held since 2003. He joined BorgWarner in 1993 as chief engineer at BorgWarner Transmission Systems in Heidelberg, Germany, and became program manager for Dual Clutch Systems in 1998. He was named general manager, DualTronic in 2000, and managing director of BorgWarner Transmission Systems – Europe in 2002.
From 1987 to 1993, Matthes was a research scientist in Tribology at the Institute of Materials Science, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.
As Vice President of Technology, Mark Perlick will be responsible for driving the company’s innovation process and investment in new technologies within BorgWarner’s Engine and Drivetrain Groups, and overseeing the successful implementation of technology strategies throughout the organization on a global basis.
Perlick served as president and general manager of BorgWarner Transmission Systems for the past year. Previously, he was vice president, engineering, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems, a position he held since joining the company in February 1999. He also served as acting president of BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems from February 2002 to December 2002.
Before joining BorgWarner, Perlick had a 35-year career at General Motors Corp. beginning in 1964 as a co-op student. He held numerous positions in engineering and program management at GM. His most recent position there was chief engineer in automatic transmission engineering. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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