Jeffrey Ross Named Product Manager for Siemens VDO Service & Special Solutions


ALLENTOWN, PA... Siemens VDO, one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive electronic/electrical systems and components has appointed Jeffrey Ross as Product Manager. The announcement was made by Bill Setter, Director of Business Development, Instrumentation Business Unit at Siemens VDO Service and Special Solutions, who indicated that Mr. Ross will be responsible for managing the company's existing product portfolio for aftermarket instrumentation, as well as increasing the sales opportunities and future growth of aftermarket instrumentation product lines. Setter also noted that Jeffrey Ross brings over 13 years of automotive aftermarket experience as well as a wealth of sales and product management expertise to the Siemens VDO Service and Special Solutions team.

Prior to joining Siemens VDO, Mr. Ross spent over 10 years with National Auto Stores where he was Director of Inventory and Asset Management. Ross also gained valuable retail management experience as a NAPA store manager and assistant store manager for Western Auto Parts.

Jeffrey Ross was the Director of the Safety Committee for National Auto Stores from 2004-2006. He holds a BS in Management from East Stroudsburg University where he graduated Cum Laude and lives in the Lehigh Valley area with his wife and two children.

Siemens VDO Service & Special Solutions, a leading company in the traditional automotive aftermarket, is a business unit of Siemens VDO and has over 2,600 employees in 80 countries worldwide. It operates separate production and development locations and is present in all relevant distribution channels for its target markets.
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Siemens VDO is a tier-one supplier of automotive electronic/electrical systems and components with applications covering gasoline and diesel powertrain technologies, safety and chassis systems, body electronics, plus interior products including infotainment systems. Worldwide sales reflecting fiscal year 2005 totaled $11.1 billion.

For more information: usa.siemensvdo.com

Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances.

With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: usa.siemens.com

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