Tom Tischhauser is the Vice President of the Powertrain & Chassis Business Unit of Continental Automotive Systems, North America. This business unit is headquartered in Nürnburg, Germany.

The Continental Automotive Systems Group serves the automotive, commercial, heavy-vehicle markets and aftermarket, providing innovative embedded electronics and communications systems. It offers an extensive portfolio of solutions in the areas of chassis, interiors electronics, powertrain, sensors and telematics/communications.

Prior to the acquisition of the Motorola Automotive Group by Continental, Tom held the position of Corporate Vice President, Automotive Controls, and joint head of the Automotive Division within Motorola's Government & Enterprise Mobility Solutions business, headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill.

Prior to this assignment, Tom Tischhauser served as general manager of the Powertrain Chassis and Systems Group, following a three-year expatriate assignment in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he held the position of European General Manager. During his European assignment Tom successfully launched the Motorola European Telematics business, establishing a strong customer base with the German manufacturers. Consistent with customer growth, he also set up the Motorola Design Center, located in Munich, Germany.

In the years before his expatriate assignment in Germany, he held the positions of Business Director, Director of Group Quality and Director of strategy.

Prior to joining Motorola, Tom held various engineering positions with International Harvester Co. and TRW.

Tom holds a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell University, and is the recipient of five patents. He also serves on the board of the Chicago Alliance Against Leukemia and Lymphoma (C.A.A.L.L) and is the Continental Deer Park Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

August 2006