F. Timothy Richards,53岁,电子组副总裁。他也是德尔福公司的最高决策机构,即战略委员会的成员之一。
Richards began his automotive career with General Motors Corporation, in 1972, as a cooperative education student at the former Packard Electric Division in Warren, Ohio. While at Packard, Richards was a product engineer and a supervisor of manufacturing/quality control.
1982年,Richards调任底特律市通用汽车总公司财务部门,5年多的时间里在多项工作中协助执行领导。 包括负责通用汽车公司亚太地区和汽车元件组领导小组。
在此之后,Richards调任德尔福哈里森热交换系统部,在5年多的时间里,他历任多项职务,包括制造主管,市场经理,以及助理审计师。 1993年,Richards担任通用汽车公司北美业务工程财务总监,稍后担任GM首席执行官和总裁的执行助理。
1995年,Richards调回德尔福热交换系统部,担任该部门市场营销总监。 In 1997, he was named the division's European managing director, later moving to global business line executive for Climate Control and Powertrain Cooling Systems. 2002年5月1日,他担任德尔福能源及底盘系统产品线执行总监。 He was appointed vice president, sales & marketing effective January 1, 2004, and was named to his current position on July 1, 2006.
A native of Warren, Ohio Richards has earned a bachelor of electrical engineering degree from Kettering University and he was a GM Fellow at the University of Michigan where he earned an MBA degree.