GM Names Randy Schwarz To Lead Cadillac Prestige Vehicles

DETROIT September 24, 2004; General Motors today announced the appointment of Randy Schwarz to vehicle line executive (VLE) of Cadillac prestige vehicles, effective November 1, 2004. Schwarz replaces Jim Taylor, who was recently named divisional marketing general manager of Cadillac.

Since 2001, Schwarz has served as executive vice president of Isuzu Motors Ltd. in Japan, one of GM's global partners, where he was responsible for engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and product planning. GM will send another executive to Isuzu to work on GM and Isuzu future collaboration at a later date..

"Randy brings a broad business background to Cadillac, including significant global experience," said Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman. "His exceptional leadership skills will play a key role in continuing Cadillac's product renaissance as well as growing the brand's presence globally."

Schwarz began his GM career in 1969 as a cooperative student at the Chevrolet plant in St. Louis. After several assignments at the St. Louis and Van Nuys, Calif., plants, he was appointed divisional program manager at the GM Assembly Division headquarters in Warren, Mich. He was then assigned to the Cadillac Division as general superintendent of the Detroit-Hamtramck Plant and transferred to the Lansing Craft Centre in Lansing, Mich., as operations manager. In 1990, Schwarz was named to lead manufacturing for GM Electric Vehicles. He joined the GM Truck Group in 1993 and became VLE of Commercial Trucks and Vans in 1996.

Schwarz earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University (formerly GMI) in 1974. In 1988, he received a master's degree in Business Administration from MIT as a Sloan Fellow.