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DePaul University.
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Daniel Ustian
Edit Profilepresident Chairman of Navistar
Career
Before serving in these positions, he was President and Chief Operating Officer from 2002 to 2003 and President of the Engine Group of Navistar, Incorporated. from 1999 to 2002. He also held the position of Group Vice President and General Manager of Engine & Foundry from 1993 to 1999. Daniel Ustian abruptly retired as President, Executive Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Navistar International on August 27, 2012.
Lewis B. Campbell immediately stepped in to replace him as Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer. Ustian is largely blamed for convincing the company to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the unproven and noncompliant Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) technology.
EGR did not receive Environmental Protection Agency certification, which led to governmental fines, high warranty costs, widespread retrofits, brand damage and loss of marketshare. Since Ustian"s departure, the company has struggled to return to profitability.
Navistar has also undergone two rounds of lay-offs -- one in August/September 2012 and another in August/September 2013.
Membership
An alum of DePaul University, he was a director of Monaco Coach Corporation and a member of the Business Roundtable, Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Foundry Society.
