Lon Offenbacher 

Biography

Lon Offenbacher is President & CEO of Inteva Products, a position he has held since the successful launch of Inteva in 2008. Prior to this assignment Offenbacher was the Business Line Executive for the Integrated Closure and Cockpit & Interior Systems business lines for Delphi Corporation, a position he held since August 2003. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Offenbacher received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University in 1975, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Dayton in 1983. He also completed training from the American Graduate School of International Management in 1996. Offenbacher began his career in 1971 with the former Inland Division of General Motors in Dayton, Ohio, as part of the Cooperative Education Program at Purdue University. Upon graduation, he went on to hold several positions in operations, engineering and sales. In 1985 he was promoted to Sales Manager and transferred to Troy, Michigan, where he established a sales office for Inland.  In 1987, Offenbacher was sponsored by General Motors as a Congressional Fellow, where he worked in Washington, D.C. on the House Ways and Means Committee. He returned to the division in 1988 and was promoted to Product Manager of Interior Systems. The following year he was named Product Manager for Seating Systems. In 1991 he was appointed Product Manager of Airbags and Steering Wheel Systems, and in 1993 he was promoted to Director of Interior Engineering. Offenbacher was promoted to Director of Product Engineering for Delphi Interior & Lighting Systems in 1994 and subsequently was named Business Line Executive for Occupant Protection Systems in 1999.  

Research Interest

. Offenbacher is a member of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) Board of Directors and the OESA CEO Council Board of Governance. He is the former Chairman of the Automotive Safety Council (ASC), an international industry group comprised of safety system and interior manufacturers. He currently serves as a member of ASC’s Board of Directors. From 1998 to 2004 he served as an outside Director on the Board of Directors of Simula, Inc. (NYSE). Offenbacher is the chairman of the Board of Directors for Shanghai Inteva Automotive Door Systems (SDADS), a joint venture between Inteva and Shanghai SIIC Transportation Electric Co., Ltd. (STEC), in Shanghai, China. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Korean Door Systems (KDS), a joint venture between Inteva and SL Corporation in Daegu, Korea. Offenbacher was named 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year, Michigan and Northern Ohio Region, by Ernst & Young. He has also been recognized as Most Valuable Professional by Corp! magazine (2015).