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Executive’s Bio GM China
Raymond Bierzynski
Executive Director, Electrification Strategy
GM China
Raymond Bierzynski was appointed executive director, Electrification Strategy,
for GM China, effective June 1, 2011. Based in Shanghai, he is responsible for
coordinating and accelerating the commercialization of electrification
technologies in the world’s largest vehicle market.
He returned to China after having served as GM’s executive director, Global
HV AC/PT Cooling, since November 2009. Bierzynski had earlier held the post
of vice president, Engineering, for GM Asia Pacific and executive director,
China Engineering, since November 2007.
Bierzynski began his career with GM in 1978 with the Cadillac Motor Car
Division in Detroit and also worked in Exterior Components for the
Cadillac/Luxury Car Group in Flint. In 1997, he moved to the Mid/Lux Car
Group Warren as director of Exterior. He later served as director of
Architecture Integration Design for Car Group Engineering before becoming
executive director of Advance Purchasing, where he led the engineering and
advance purchasing process.
In 2004, Bierzynski was named president of the Pan Asia Technical
Automotive Center (PATAC), GM’s automotive engineering and design joint
venture in Shanghai.
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Bierzynski has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering
University and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard
University. He also participated in an executive development program at
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
He received the 2006 Shanghai Municipal Magnolia Award, which is given in
recognition of outstanding social, economic and cultural contributions to the
municipality by foreign experts, scholars and entrepreneurs, for his efforts to
strengthen PATAC and promote technical exchanges between China and
other countries.
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