Jérôme Guillen
Jérôme Guillen | |
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 Jérôme Guillen (right) during 2010 | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52)[1] |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Automotive manufacturing |
| Years active | 2003‒ |
| Known for | Tesla Semi |
Jérôme Guillen is a transport executive working in automative manufacturering.[2] He holds a Doctor of Engineering from the University of Michigan and has worked for Freightliner Trucks, Daimler AG and Tesla, Inc. Guillen previously studied in France at ENSTA ParisTech.[3] As of September 2018[update], Guillen was Vice-President of Automotive at Tesla, having previously lead both the Tesla Model S and Tesla Semi programmes.[3]
Guillen was born in Cavaillon, Vaucluse, France and grew up near Avignon.[3] He attended the Ismaël-Dauphin school in Cavaillon, followed by the Lycée Thiers secondary school in Marseille.[4] During his studies in Paris, Guillen used the European Erasmus Programme to spend an additional year studying at the engineering department of the Technical University of Madrid (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, ETSII), resulting in a double-degree.[2] Whilst completing his PhD in Michigan, Guillen was hired by McKinsey & Company.[2]
Beginning in 2003 Guillen worked at Freightliner Trucks, reporting to the company CEO Rainer Schmueckle[5] and later also as Director of New Product Development.[6] Guillen was project leader for the Freightliner Cascadia program.[6]
In September 2007 Guillen was transferred to Freightliner's parent company Daimler by Dieter Zetsche, to become Daimler's Director of Business Innovation.[7] In November 2010 Guillen moved to work for Telsa Motors.[7][8]
| From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 2013-04 | Tesla Model S Program Director |
| 2012-01 | Acting Vice-President, Vehicle Engineering | |
| 2013-04 | 2015-03 | Vice-President, Worldwide Sales and Service |
| 2016-07 | Leading Tesla semi-truck program[9] | |
| 2018-09 | Vice-President of Automotive[10][11] |
References
- ^ a b "Un Provençal poids lourd de Tesla" [A Provence heavyweight of Tesla] (PDF). La Provence (in French). No. 7709. 23 July 2018. p. 1. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Jérôme Guillen, né en 1972 à Cavaillon (Vaucluse)
- ^ a b c "L'interview de Jérôme Guillen (Promo 94)" [Interview with Jérôme Guillen (Class of 1994)] (2018210559_newsletter-juin-2018.pdf). Newsletter (in French). Paris: École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées. June 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ a b c Rougerie, Paméla (9 September 2018). "Qui est Jérôme Guillen, ce Français devenu le bras droit d'Elon Musk?" [Who is Jerome Guillen, the French person who has become the right-hand of Elon Musk?]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Originaire d'Avignon, l'ingénieur a quitté la France il y a plus de vingt ans, après avoir obtenu un diplôme de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (Ensta) de Paris
- ^ Pompey, Julien (14 September 2018). "Un Vauclusien prend les commandes de la division auto du géant américain Tesla" [A person from Vaucluse takes command of American automobile giant Tesla]. La Provence (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
près son bac passé au lycée Ismaël Dauphin de Cavaillon, il a rejoint le lycée Thiers de Marseille en classes préparatoires,
- ^ "Freightliner hires Guillen". FleetOwner. 25 April 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ a b Lockwood, Rolf (June 2007). "Ready to Roll: The Cascadia" (PDF). Today's Trucking. p. 48–51.
Dr. Jerome Guillen, Cascadia project leader and Freightliner's general manager of new product development,
- ^ a b Jolley, David (2 December 2010). "Daimler top executive Guillen moves to Tesla". Autonews. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Shahan, Zachary (4 August 2016). "The Curious Case of Jerome Guillen, Tesla Semi Trucks, & Nikola One". Clean Technica.
- ^ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (21 July 2016). "Jerome is driving Tesla Semi & doing a great job with his team. At Daimler, he led their most successful semi truck program ever" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 September 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ Wang, Christine (7 September 2018). "Tesla says Jerome Guillen has been promoted to president of automotive". CNBC News. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Musk, Elon (7 September 2018). "Company Update". Tesla, Inc. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
Further reading
- Guillen, Jérôme (1999). "Studies of the dynamics of dry-friction-damped blade assemblies". Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. doi:2027.42/131660. Archived from [x the original] (dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering)) on 2 March 2009.
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External links
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