I am an Executive Mgr in the Automotive industry with 22 years of managerial experience, offering proven success in turnaround, P&L, reorganization / integration, joint venture activities, overseeing international plant management, leading international engineering and sales teams, introducing innovative technologies and new quality systems, expanding sales and production, and acquiring major customers. I move easily between North American and European environments, enjoy working with Asian business partners, am comfortable negotiating at high levels and speak fluent English and German. Specialties: Very experienced and knowledgable in a wide range of Automotive activities with two focus points: Powertrain and Safety Systems (airbags, adaptive cruise control, etc.). Powertrain competence covers gasoline and diesel engines, mainly high pressure injection systems, EGRs, throttles and respective sensors. It also includes electric motors, inverters and on-board charging systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. Safety Systems competence covers software, algorithm applications, accelerometers, electronices including ASIC development and mechanical engineering.

Product Group Director PCE @ P&L responsibility for the Product Group PCE (Powertrain Combustion Engines) From October 2012 to Present (3 years 3 months) VP Sales and Marketing "Inside E-Car" @ Global responsibility for all customer projects as well as sales and marketing activities. Teams were located in Germany and China. From June 2010 to September 2012 (2 years 4 months) Erlangen Area, GermanyVP High Pressure Injectors and Pumps @ From September 2006 to August 2010 (4 years) Regensburg Area, GermanyVP Safety NAFTA @ Responsible for P&L for the NAFTA segment, consisting ov Group Sales, Development and Production (sales €110 Mill., 110 engineers, 210 production workers) From February 2004 to August 2006 (2 years 7 months) VP Marketing & Sales @ Responsible for global sales of safety restraint systems w/ annual sales of about €400 Mill. Activities and team were distributed across Germany, North America, China, Korea and Japan. Tasks covered developing product road map, leading sales negotiations and establishing JVs and partnerships. From January 2000 to January 2004 (4 years 1 month) Engineering Director Safety Electronics @ From July 1997 to December 1999 (2 years 6 months) Regensburg Area, GermanyGroup Mgr Airbag Electronics @ Leading the development activities for airbag electronics in Detroit, USA. This also included preparing the technical part of quotations. Responsible for the Quality Analysis Laboratory for ABS systems. From September 1995 to June 1997 (1 year 10 months) Group Leader Software Development @ Leading a team of 16 engineers, developing safety critical software in a real time, microcontroller based environment for Automotive airbag systems. In addition, the team created the development guidelines to write and implement software using the V model From April 1991 to August 1995 (4 years 5 months)

Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Majored in Thermal Engineering /Process Engineering @ Fachhochschule Augsburg From 1982 to 1987 Derrick Zechmair is skilled in: Mechanical Engineering, Automotive, Product Development, HEV, Vehicles, Engineering, Manufacturing, Electronics, Engineering Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Business Strategy, New Business Development, Continuous Improvement, APQP, Powertrain