Dave Doster recently led Cerion LLC as President and
CEO. Cerion is
a half billion dollar automotive manufacturing company being built through a
rapid acquisition strategy as part of a privately held enterprise. Target companies include asset-intensive
metal casting, machining, fabrication and assembly processes. Numerous turnaround opportunities in a
difficult economy provide key performance improvement examples. Five acquisitions were completed during 2009
despite challenging economic conditions.
Previously, as
principal of a specialty consulting group, Dave led a select team of
engineering and marketing professionals who guided new technology introductions
to the automotive and related industries.
Mr. Doster’s automotive career includes more
than 25 years of cross functional responsibility in Ford’s automotive parts
manufacturing divisions, including corporate officer-level roles at spin-out
Visteon Corporation.
Mr. Doster earned an undergraduate engineering degree from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.