DENSO Sales California Promotes John Doran to Senior Manager
Doran to Lead Heat Management and Customer Service Departments
LONG BEACH, Calif. ? DENSO Sales California announces the promotion of John Doran from manager to senior manager. Doran now is responsible for the Heat Management and Customer Service departments.
Doran graduated from California State University Long Beach in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Finance. Doran joined DENSO in 1991 as a product specialist in the MovinCool® Sales department. Doran held various positions in the MovinCool® department until 2000, when he was promoted to assistant manager. In 2001, Doran was promoted to manager of the newly named Heat Management department and named senior manager effective April 2, 2007.
"My goal as senior manager will be to gain a better understanding of our customer requirements and put systems in place to meet those requirements," said Doran.
Established in 1971 as the first overseas affiliate of DENSO Corporation, DENSO Sales California, Inc., is an automotive components sales and distribution company that employs 246 people in Long Beach, Calif. Sales for fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 totaled US$314.4 million. The company's product lines include heavy duty and automotive alternators and starters, oil, cabin and air filters, spark plugs, AC compressors, oxygen sensors, ignition wires, fuel pumps and wiper blades. DENSO Sales
California, Inc. supplies parts for original equipment service dealers and for independent aftermarket service centers and retailers. In addition, the company distributes heavy-duty diesel and electrical components, portable commercial air-conditioning units and industrial robots.
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan is a
leading global supplier of advanced technology, systems and components. Its
customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company
employs 112,000 people in 32 countries and regions, including Japan.
Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 totaled
US$30.6 billion. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and
Nagoya stock exchanges. In the Americas, DENSO employs more than 15,000
people at 39 companies. Consolidated sales for the above fiscal year
totaled US$6.5 billion. DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield,
Mich., serves as the North American headquarters.
