Frank Klegon Named 2012 SAE International President Nominee

WARRENDALE, PA--May 5, 2011: SAE International's Executive Nominating Committee named Frank O. Klegon as its candidate for 2012 SAE International President. Klegon is president of FOKUS Associates LLC, a product/technology assessment and development consulting company.

Prior to founding FOKUS Associates LLC, Klegon held several key leadership positions with Chrysler and DaimlerChrysler. These included Executive Vice President --Product Development and Design; Vice President --Core Components & Process; Vice President --Truck Platform Team; and Director--Vehicle Development --Large Car Platform. Earlier in his career, Klegon worked for American Motors, where he served as Senior Manager/Product Engineer.

Klegon holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University and an MBA from Michigan State University. Also, he attended Harvard Business School, concentrating in Managing Global Opportunities. Klegon has been a member of SAE International for 25 years. He worked with Formula SAE from 2004-2008; served on the 2005 Commercial Vehicle Congress Executive Planning Council; and served as General Chairman of the SAE 2008 World Congress.

Klegon's nomination will go to a member vote in November 2011. If elected, he will begin his one-year term in January 2012.

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series.