Goodyear Names Nathaniel Leonard to Lead Global E-Commerce

19 December 2000
Goodyear Names Nathaniel Leonard to Lead Global E-Commerce
    AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 19 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
has named Nathaniel E. Leonard as its global director of e-commerce.  He will
report to Eric A. Berg, chief information officer and vice president of e-
commerce.
    Leonard, 36, will lead Goodyear's efforts to develop and implement global
e-commerce strategies as well as initiatives tailored for each of the
company's strategic business units.
    "We are fortunate to have an executive of Nat's proven leadership ability
act as the focal point for Goodyear's e-commerce initiatives," Berg said in
making the announcement.  "He has the powerful combination of a solid business
background, a proven track record of success and hands-on experience leading a
dot com."
    Leonard joins Goodyear from Weldersmall.com LLC, where he was the
company's president and responsible for the introduction and expansion of the
first national welding industry website.
    Prior to that, he was a business unit manager with Progressive Corp., vice
president of sales and marketing at Bowthorpe PLC, director of marketing for
Tremco Inc. and a special projects analyst for the Perrier Group of America.
    A resident of Hudson, Ohio, Leonard earned a Master of Business
Administration degree in 1991 from Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and
a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer studies and economics in 1986 from
Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
    Goodyear is the world's largest tire company.  Headquartered in Akron,
Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals
in more than 90 facilities in 27 countries.  It has marketing operations in
almost every country around the world.  Goodyear, with the addition of its
Dunlop tire joint ventures, employs more than 105,000 people worldwide.  For
more information about the company, and a photo of Leonard, visit
http://www.GoodyearNewsRoom.com on the Internet.