Eaton Names Gustavo Cruz Director of North American Sales

Power management company Eaton announced that Gustavo Cruz has been named director, Sales, Automotive North America, reporting to Staci Kroon, president, Automotive North America.

Cruz most recently served as general manager, Hydraulics, South America and Mexico, for Eaton. He will be based in Southfield, Michigan.

Cruz joined Eaton in 1997 as a line manager in Brazil, was named general manager of Eaton’s Vehicle Group Inoac joint venture from 2008 until 2011, and has held various positions within Eaton and the Vehicle Group in engineering, manufacturing, program management and plant management.

Cruz holds a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University, a post-graduate degree in business administration from the São Paolo Business Administration School, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical production engineering from the University of São Paolo.

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