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Chris W. Clark was named Senior Vice President of Global Sourcing for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in November 2003. In this position he is responsible for all activities from procurement to manufacturing to global sourcing.
Previously Clark had been President of the company's Latin America region since July 2000.
Clark joined Goodyear in 1973 as a Management Trainee in Akron where he was assigned to the Corporate Finance group. In 1975 he was named an International Auditor and three years later transferred to Chile on a special assignment. In 1980 Clark relocated to Argentina as Assistant to the Finance Director.
From 1980 to 1993 Clark held financial director positions in Guatemala Indonesia Australia Venezuela and Brazil. In 1993 he was appointed Director of Finance for Goodyear's Latin America region and was named Managing Director of Goodyear Indonesia in 1996. He was named Managing Director of Goodyear Brazil in 1998.
Clark graduated from Ohio University in 1973 with a Bachelor's Degree in business administration. He also attended post-graduate programs at John Carroll University where he studied economics and business administration.
A native of Rochester N.Y. Clark was born July 1 1951. He and his wife Patricia live in Akron. | 