AIAG Names Senior Automotive Executives to Board of Directors

DETROIT, April 5 -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) announced today that it has named three senior-level executives from General Motors Corp., Eaton Corp. and EDS to its board of directors.

AIAG's board of directors represents a cross section of member companies from automakers, truck manufacturers and suppliers. The board provides strategic direction and oversees AIAG's collaborative efforts to enhance the global automotive supply chain, including initiatives in automatic identification, collaborative engineering and product development, e-commerce, electronic data interchange, early warning standards, finance, materials management, occupational health & safety, regulatory issues, returnable containers, telecommunications, and truck & heavy equipment.

Robert W. Booth, director of information systems and services, GM Global Supply Chain, has more than 40 years of management experience in purchasing, manufacturing, engineering and information technology. He has overall responsibility for the design, development, deployment and ongoing operations of information technology solutions in support of the Global Supply Chain organization.

Nagui R. Matta, director of information technology and e-business, Eaton, has more than 30 years of experience in engineering, information technology and e-business in the automotive industry, currently overseeing all aspects of information technology worldwide for Eaton Automotive.

Daniel P. Shubert, vice president of EDS, leads global client engineering and has more than 20 years of information technology experience. He has responsibility for engineering of technical solutions within the environments of computing, networking, directory, security, hosting, messaging and management technologies for the GM client. He also supports GM in developing and implementing the company's global information technology architecture.

Founded in 1982, AIAG is a globally recognized organization where OEMs and suppliers unite to address and resolve issues affecting the worldwide automotive supply chain. AIAG's goals are to reduce cost and complexity through collaboration; improve product quality, health, safety and the environment; and optimize speed to market throughout the supply chain. Headquartered in the metro Detroit area, its more than 1,500 member companies include North American, European and Asia-Pacific OEMs and suppliers to the automotive industry. Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.aiag.org/ .