Goodyear Names Wernet Vice President, Information Technology

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 1, 2003 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Stephanie K. Wernet, vice president, information technology.

Wernet, 35, will report to Robert W. Tieken, executive vice president and chief financial officer. She replaces Eric A. Berg, who left the company to join NCR Corp. on July 23.

"Stephanie's experience in our business as well as her work as a consultant, an operating manager and at an Internet startup provide her with a combination of strategic skills and operational capabilities that will be important to our e-business and information technology team as it supports Goodyear's turnaround," said Tieken.

Wernet, since January 2003, has been director of customer affairs for the company's North American Tire business. She joined Goodyear in 2001 as North American Tire's director of e-business from EyeVelocity Inc., where she served as vice president, e-commerce.

Prior to that, Wernet was senior director, e-commerce at Reynolds & Reynolds Co. for three years. From 1993 to 1997, she was an engagement manager with McKinsey and Co. She previously held positions with Trilogy Development Group, International Business Machines Corp. and General Motors Corp.

Wernet, a native of Romeo, Mich., has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from The University of Michigan and a master of business administration degree from Stanford University.

Goodyear is the world's largest tire company. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals in more than 85 facilities in 28 countries. It has marketing operations in almost every country around the world. Goodyear employs about 92,000 people worldwide. For more information about the company, visit www.goodyear.com on the Internet.