Aykut Sen Email and Phone Number

• Applications engineering leader for Stellantis and Honda programs

• Technical business owner of Stellantis programs leading a cross functional engineering team• Front line engineering contact for OEM DRE and SOE teams for management, escalation and key issue resolutions• Managed multi-million-dollar engineering budget to implement brand new design architectures supporting over $100MM in new business through three vehicle platforms• Improved the customer relationship through re-structuring the application engineering approach within the department• Managed platform prototype activities with over 1000pcs/year output at peak with no customer delivery complaints

• Managed Transmission and Driveline Engineering (TDE) department with 6 supervisors and 40 engineers• Application lead for Light and Medium Commercial Vehicles (Transit Platform) Transmission, Shifter, Clutch/Actuation and Driveline Systems • Functional lead for Heavy Commercial Vehicles (Cargo) Clutch/Actuation and Driveline Systems• Maintained yearly Ford Motor Company engineering billable budget at $1.5MM despite the global headcount reductions• Developed Powertrain Engineering Functional Operating model working with IT department acting as the PT customer representative

Managed commercial vehicles Clutch & DMF systems engineering with 6 direct reports

Relocated to Ford North America as an International Service Employee (ISE)

• Managed Driveline team with 11 direct reports working on Halfshafts, Driveshafts and Engine Power Take-off Systems design and release (D&R) activities on B-car, C-car and commercial vehicle platforms• Managed expansion of Ford Motor Company program workload from 2.5 heads/CY to 10 heads/CY in 3 years. Increased yearly engineering billable over $0.5MM. Hired and coached 8 direct report engineers.• Led global launch of C1 (Focus & C-Max) platform within 6 Ford VO plants, 2 halfshaft suppliers and 7 halfshaft assembly plants• Implemented $5.7MM/lifetime material cost reduction for Transit FWD and RWD platforms• Managed the Transit Courier halfshaft development and localization with $4MM/lifetime savings• Reduced Cargo heavy duty truck driveshaft complexity from over 150 to 73 part numbers with no add-on cost• Delegated team member of Powertrain Application Engineering (PTAE) Department for assessment of new hires as being a part of HR hiring community, 100+ interviews and 30+ successful hirings completed• Delegated team member of PTAE for technical maturity model development for Ford Otosan PD

• Worked as Powertrain D&R Engineer on Engine Cooling, Air Induction and Driveline teams following GPDS and using its tools such as WERS, AVBOM, APQP/PPAP, eFDVS, e2KS, G8D and AIM/Duris• Implemented low cost passenger car transmission oil cooler with brand new cooling lines into Cargo HD Trucks and saved $176/vehicle for GCC region.• Led validation and implementation of optimized driveshaft design into Transit RWD with $6MM/lifetime material cost reduction and up to 0.9kg weight save per vehicle. Project’s 6Sigma green belt project was recognized by Ford Otosan Executive Committee• Developed “Transit Driveline Angle Calculation and Optimization tool” which enabled reducing complexity of 29 different body & suspension combinations into 6 driveshafts and 6 center bearing brackets.• Launched Cargo heavy duty truck off-road driveshafts through authoring test procedures and conducting first time driveline suspension package validation tests

• Managed global Halfshaft D&R activities with 10 direct reports working on 6 platforms, over 20 vehicle programs (e.g. F- Series, Mustang, Edge, Escape etc) and 8 new/major forward model global programs• Oversaw $16MM combined program budget for Halfshaft engineering, development, testing (ED&T) and tooling. Cut costs by 15% through creating engineering efficiency on ED&T as well as increased commonality on new tooled end items• Led program commodity sign-off for over 100 engineering and financial milestones through 2016• Engineering lead for development and execution of Halfshafts Global Commodity Business Plan (GCBP) with over $0.5BN commodity turnover globally• Hired and coached 5 new engineers and supported promotion of 2 senior engineers• Executed $0.6MM/year material cost reduction (MCR) in 2016 and generated $2.6MM/year worth of 2017 MCR ideas• 2016 year end 3 months in service quality metrics were 40% better for R/1000, 16.7% better for CPU compared to 2015

• Relocated to Ford North America in order to kick-off and manage development of Ford driveline sizing methodology, road load data library and analytical tool (ACID) leading the project team of six Senior Engineers & Technical Experts• Pilot project led to Transit halfshaft CV joint downsizing with $2.5MM/lifetime cost reduction