Delphi has named Glen De Vos as chief technology officer (CTO) and senior vice president, effective 1 March, succeeding current incumbent, Jeff Owens, who will retire after more than 40 years with Delphi.
“Jeff has had a significant impact on Delphi through his passion and dedication for engineering excellence,” said Delphi president and CEO, Kevin Clark. “I want to personally thank Jeff for his decades of contributions to Delphi and we wish him well in his retirement.
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“Glen takes on the role of CTO with a proven track record of success in leading some of Delphi’s most important technology and growth initiatives.
“He has been instrumental in the development of one of the industry’s most aggressive and substantial vehicle automation programmes and spearheaded several recent software and services acquisitions, increasing the company’s software and data management capabilities.”
As CTO, De Vos will be responsible for Delphi’s innovation and global technologies, reporting directly to Clark. De Vos was most recently vice president, Software & Services, Delphi Electronics & Safety (E&S), located at the company’s Silicon Valley Lab in Mountain View, California.
He began his Delphi career with E&S in 1992 and following several progressive engineering and managerial roles in infotainment and user experience, was named vice president, Global Engineering for Delphi E&S in 2012.
Eran Sandhaus will join Delphi as vice president, Software & Services, Delphi E&S, replacing De Vos. Most recently vice president & general manager for the Wireless business unit at Cypress Semiconductors, Sandhaus brings 20 years of experience in engineering, marketing and business leadership.
“Eran blends very strong technical capabilities with a unique ability to bring technologies to commercial reality, which are skills that will help drive future growth in our Software & Services business,” added Clark.
“We are excited to see how his outside perspective will help drive more technology and innovation leadership in our automated driving programme, advanced safety systems, and data analytics capabilities.”
