- Industry Veteran David Shushereba to Head DENSO Sales California
Quality and Engineering Team -
LONG BEACH, Calif. - DENSO Sales California, Inc. has appointed David Shushereba as the company’s senior manager, Service, Quality and Engineering (SQE) departments, effective Jan. 28, 2010. In his new role, Shushereba will direct the Quality Engineering and Technical Services departments responsible for quality assurance of all automotive, heavy duty and aftermarket and original equipment service (OES) parts. Shushereba replaces Eugene Stark, who is retiring after 22 years with the company.
“I am excited to join the DENSO team and I am looking forward to upholding DENSO’s outstanding reputation for manufacturing quality products,” said Shushereba. ”My goal will be to continually improve quality while reducing costs in order to provide the best value to our customers”.
Prior to joining DENSO, Shushereba was director of research, development and engineering for K & N Engineering, where he was responsible for the design and testing of all current and new products, both domestic and international.
Shushereba has more than 26 years of experience in the aerospace and automotive industries. He spent the majority of his career designing, analyzing and fabricating research and flight hardware for all of the major airframe companies, the National Aeronautical and Space Agency (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Shushereba holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, in Milwaukee, Wisc., a Master’s degree in Management Science from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, and an Executive MBA from Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
DENSO Sales California is an automotive components sales and distribution company that employs 280 people in Long Beach, Calif. The company’s product line includes 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 supplies parts for original equipment service dealers and for the 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. Established in 1971, DENSO Sales California was the first overseas affiliate of DENSO Corporation, based in Japan. For more information, go to www.densocorp-na-dsca.com.
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global supplier of advanced technology, systems and components. Worldwide, the company employs 120,000 people in 32 countries and regions, including Japan. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 totaled US$32 billion. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges in Japan. For more information, go to www.globaldenso.com.
In the Americas, DENSO employs more than 16,000 people with consolidated sales totaling US$5.7 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.
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