Serving as a foundation for his career accomplishments, Mr. Montagano attended Notre Dame University on a baseball scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance.
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI, November 07, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Jim Montagano has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who. Mr. Montagano was chosen based on his noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in the automotive industry.
Mr. Montagano, president and chief executive officer of Montagano Consulting LLC, has established himself as a distinguished leader in the fields of leadership, consulting and finance. With a career spanning over several decades, he has demonstrated exceptional expertise and dedication across various roles in the automotive industry. In his current role, he works with various consulting companies, original equipment manufacturers and suppliers. He fulfills a variety of requests in the area of operations excellence and team management.
Upon graduation from Notre Dame, Mr. Montagano began his career at General Motors as a plant accountant. During this time, he honed his skills in financial management before becoming the Mexico operations finance manager from 1987 to 1994. Jim and his wife relocated to Laredo, Texas, where they established a startup operation for manufacturing wiring harnesses. Their efforts resulted in the creation of 12 plants and two distribution centers across the border into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Montagano served as the battery cable plant manager at General Motors, followed by a role as NUMMI technical liaison from 1997 to 1998. In 1999, when General Motors underwent a spin-off and rebranded as Delphi, Mr. Montagano was appointed spark plugs plant manager until 2001. He then took on various managerial roles at Delphi until 2015, including cockpit operations manager, HVAC thermal systems component manager and global HVAC product line director. Notably, he secured new business acquisitions amounting to $3 billion for Delphi during his tenure.
Mr. Montagano continued to advance his career with positions such as residential and commercial business unit director at MAHLE from 2015 to 2017 and vice president of the North American thermal climate control and compressors at Valeo from 2017 to 2019. He then served as executive vice president of North American operations at KIRCHHOFF Automotive from 2019 to 2023 before assuming his current role at Montagano Consulting LLC in 2023.
Serving as a foundation for his career accomplishments, Mr. Montagano attended Notre Dame University on a baseball scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance. While at Notre Dame, Mr. Montagano was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. Beyond his education, he attributes his success to his team and the power of teamwork, which has been a consistent theme throughout his professional life.
In addition to professional life, Mr. Montagano contributes civically by serving on the Monogram Club Board of Directors (2015-2019) at the University of Notre Dame, umpiring for Little League Baseball and contributing as a volunteer at St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic School. In honor of his son, who passed away in 2001, Mr. Montagano has established two scholarships: one recognizing his own achievements in baseball during his time at the University of Notre Dame and another named the Tony Montagano Scholarship at his son’s school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
In his personal life, Mr. Montagano enjoys traveling with his wife Luli, playing golf and spending time with his two grandchildren. Looking toward the future, he aims to expand his consulting business within the automotive industry while also diversifying into health markets.
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