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Ronald M. Pirtle 52 is a vice president of Delphi Corporation and president of Delphi Thermal Systems division. He is also a member of the Delphi Strategy Board the company's top policy-making group and the executive champion for the DaimlerChrysler account.
Pirtle began his career with General Motors (GM) in 1972 as a Kettering University student. After graduation in 1977 he joined the Chevrolet Motor Division as an industrial engineer in the division's Flint Mich. manufacturing plant. He transferred to the GM corporate financial staff in 1980. Subsequent appointments on the finance staff included director of overseas operations analysis director of cost analysis and director of budget analysis and business planning.
In 1987 Pirtle moved to the Flint Automotive Division of the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac (B-O-C) Group as manager of finance and planning. He was named comptroller of the Pontiac Division in 1988 and in 1990 became executive-in-charge of the GM corporate strategic planning group. Pirtle was named finance director for AC Delco Systems in 1992 and in 1993 Pirtle assumed additional responsibilities as Champion for the Fuel Handling and Evaporator Business Team. In 1994 he was named director of North American Operations at Delphi Packard Electric Systems where he had business responsibility for Packard's multi-billion dollar operations in the U.S. and Mexico. In 1996 he was promoted to General Manager of Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems and elected a General Motors Vice President. Pirtle was named vice president Delphi Corporation and president Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems in November 1998. He remained in that role until January 2004 when Delphi created the new Thermal & Interior division comprised of business lines from the former Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems division interior business lines from the former Safety & Interior division and HVAC electronic controls business from the former Delco Electronics division. At that time Pirtle was named to his current position as president Delphi Thermal & Interior division.
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