Derek Richards Email & Phone Number

Experienced Director of Product Development, Validation, and Assembly with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Skilled in Leadership, Electrified Trucks, Analytical Skills, Team Leadership, Program Management, Issue Resolution, and Design Engineering. A seasoned automotive and electric vehicle veteran with more than three decades of experience. Held a variety of engineering and managerial positions at General Motors (GM), including Advanced Vehicle Performance Manager for electric trucks (HUMMER EV, Chevrolet BEV pickup and BEV Escalade, as well as the Volt/Velite5 passenger car models). He also served for 4 years on international assignments in both Thailand and Japan as GM’s international Vehicle Chief Engineer of the Global Chevrolet Colorado and Trailblazer for the entire launch at the GM Rayong Plant in Thailand. Prior to that he was the Global Vehicle Performance, Validation & Quality Executive for the same program in a Joint Venture development with Isuzu Japan.