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Jacqueline Jacqui A. Dedo is senior vice president Innovation and Growth. She also is an officer of The Timken Company.
Named to this newly created position in 2007, Dedo is responsible for leading the company’s strategic initiatives to accelerate the pace of innovation and growth. She will identify and pursue opportunities with the potential to create exceptional value for customers and shareholders.
Dedo joined Timken in 2004 as president of the company’s former automotive group. In that role, Dedo established a global strategy to strengthen Timken’s leadership position as a provider of automotive powertrain and friction management solutions. Dedo directed a major restructuring of the group to focus its assets on improving operational efficiency and profitability.
She is a member of the company’s executive council.
In 2005, Dedo was recognized by Automotive News as one of the Top 100 Women in Automotive.
Prior to joining Timken, she was corporate vice president at Motorola and served as the general manager of global market operations for Motorola’s Automotive Communications and Electronic Systems Group. Dedo also worked at the Robert Bosch Corporation, where she served in a variety of leadership positions.
Dedo serves on the boards of directors for several organizations, including the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA), Kettering University, The New Detroit Science Center and the non-profit Convergence Transportation Electronics Association (CTEA). She was elected to a three-year term as vice president of Automotive for SAE International, beginning in 2007.
Dedo holds a bachelor’s degree of science in electrical engineering from Kettering University, formerly known as General Motors Institute (GMI), in Flint, Mich. | 