Gentherm announced that Vishnu Sundaram will join the Company?s leadership team as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer on September 5, 2023. In this role, Sundaram will lead Gentherm?s technology strategy, advanced product engineering, longer term R&D, and the Company?s partnership ecosystem to continue Gentherm?s heritage of introducing innovations in Climate Comfort, Pneumatic Lumbar and Massage, Battery Performance Solutions (BPS), Electronics and Software systems, and Patient Thermal Solutions. Sundaram will report to Gentherm?s President and CEO, Phil Eyler.

Sundaram comes to Gentherm from Stellantis, where he was the Senior Vice President, Head of Cockpit Connected Services. As a driving force at Stellantis, he was instrumental in the automakers? development in becoming a leader in the connected cabin experience.

He led global development and drove platform-oriented creation of Cockpit, Connectivity and Cloud products and solutions.