Matthew Stevenson has been named the new president and general manager of Meritor WABCO, effective immediately.
In an announcement by Meritor, Inc. and WABCO, parent companies of the 50-50 joint venture Meritor WABCO, the companies said that Stevenson brings to Meritor WABCO nearly 20 years of sales, marketing, product strategy, and business development experience in the commercial vehicle and automotive industries.
Most recently, Stevenson served in an executive role with Bridgestone Americas, Inc. in its Consumer Original Equipment business. Previously, he was vice president of Bridgestone¹s Commercial Marketing group managing all marketing operations for the company¹s truck, bus, and off the road tires business, as well as more than 200 commercial stores under the GCR brand.
Meritor WABCO has a broad product portfolio that includes collision avoidance, lane departure warning and other advanced driver assistance systems.