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DIANA TREMBLAY
Vice President of Global
Business Services | General
Motors | Detroit |
Age: 56 | Education: B.S.,
industrial administration,
Kettering University; M.S.,
management, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
● What attracted you to the auto
industry? My father worked for GM
for 20 years at the Janesville [Wis.]
and Lordstown [Ohio] assembly
plants. I loved the cars he exposed

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me to, and I loved the stories he
would tell about factory life.
● First automotive job: While I was
studying at Kettering, I worked as a
co-op student in Defiance [Ohio] in
our iron casting operations. I was a
fill-in production supervisor.
● Big break: It came when I was
working with skilled trade unions as
superintendent of advanced
manufacturing engineering in
Saginaw [Mich.]. We decided we
were going to work as a team, and
we made enough business
improvements that I came to the

attention of the top management of
the division. They selected me to
go to MIT on a fellowship.
● What is the major challenge
you've faced in your career? There
have been several, but one of the
assignments I had in Luton
[England] was to shut down an
assembly plant that had been in
operation for almost 100 years. We
worked together as a team -
union and management - and did
the best we could through the runout of the plant. But it was
personally challenging. You hate to
do anything like that.
● Who has had the biggest
influence on your career? My

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parents. Every night when I was
growing up we had coffee time. I
got to listen to my dad's counsel on
how he handled things at work and
my mom's counsel on how he
should have handled them. He had
expert knowledge, but she had her
own thoughts on how to lead
people. And they both felt I should
go out and do whatever it was I
wanted to do.
● What should be done to
encourage women to enter the
auto industry? It needs to start at a
really early age, and it has a lot to
do with encouraging girls to stay
interested in math and science.
● Tell us about your family. I've
moved 13 times and I've had 19 or
20 different jobs at GM, and my
husband, Daniel, has been by my
side the whole way. He's also a
Kettering grad with a master's from
Purdue. GM has been excellent
about supporting him. Without his
support, I probably wouldn't have
moved so many times. And some of
the moves were for the challenging
jobs that taught me the most. Had I
not been able to take them, I
probably wouldn't have risen up to
the level that I have in the
company.
● What's your favorite weekend
activity? My husband and I have a
place on a lake. During the summer
we spend time playing on the water
on our Jet Ski. Also, we like to play
computer games like World of
Warcraft. One of my sisters is really
into it, so she drags me around and
I do what she tells me.
● Are you able to maintain
friendships? I still have my best
friend from high school. Just last
summer we went on safari in South
Africa. I've found that sometimes
when you move around, you actually
do better at maintaining
friendships. The Internet helps a
lot.
● If you could have dinner with
anyone, living or dead, who would
it be? President Obama. Just look
at how much he has aged on the
job. I'd love to hear his honest
thoughts on the direction of the
country and the experience of being
president - not as a politician, but
as a person.
● What's your guilty pleasure?
Raspberry vodka.
● Name one talent you wish you
had. I wish I could sing. My mother
can sing, but none of us inherited
her talent. So I will only sing in front
of my close friends and family.
● Best advice you've ever gotten?
Some people put value on working
a ton of hours because they think
that's the only way to be
successful. I was discussing that
with a former boss one day, and he
looked at me and said: "Working
hard is fine, but what really counts
is the quality of the work you do,
and the quality of your thinking, and
your strategy." That made me
pause and think: How am I
spending my time? Am I spending
my time on things that are going to
make a difference for the
company's success?
- Gabe Nelson


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What's behind Toyota's big bet on artificial intelligence?
Rising incentives, growing concern
Hyundai launches luxury brand, chooses different path from Japanese
Lentz to speak at World Congress
Suppliers give Tesla high praise for innovation
Soros invests in U.S. dealership group
Ford's research boss sees 'so many parallels' to Lockheed Martin
Spiraling VW scandal shakes faith in execs
M-B's new E class takes S class styling cues
Infiniti flagship plug-in hybrid in the works to battle S class
Alfa Romeo to delay key sedan, crossover launches, sources say
Renegade success lifts Jeep's hopes for new crossover
Mazda to push CX-9 toward premium in L.A. premiere
Mercedes SUV gets a new name and a fresh look
The shunning of Takata
GM gives Shop-Click-Drive a big push
New recruiting approach helps stores hire women
Winners and losers in VW scandal
Sage advice: Mind people, cash
CEO revelations increase burden on JCI's board
Infiniti re-engineers QX50 for 2016
Compliance keys: Written policies, trained employees
Props push up F&I product profits at store
Dealers
FCA to launch 4th future-dealer class
Sizzling at SEMA
Jeep to make limited run of Red Rocks
Acura hopes NSX will prove worth the wait
Canada's auto czar hones investment pitch
Parts crunch threatens Toyota's efforts to boost pickup output
Spreading the field
Brands find creative ways into NFL advertising game
Dealerships jump on the Bond-wagon
Auto interiors are new center for innovative design, tech, materials
Secretive EV startup plans $1 billion factory in U.S.
After years of rebuilding, Toyota plans to expand
Hachigo steers back-to-basics strategy at Honda
Nissan boss confident of hitting 10% U.S. share
ADESA profit, revenue grow in 3rd quarter
Lutz places blame for VW scandal squarely on Piech
Chevy goes from 'technology and stuff' to boring and forgettable
Volvo P1800 makes a cameo in spy drama
Apple car was already planted in Steve Jobs' mind
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