10 Garmin engineering leaders
Craig Puder, Vice President, Automotive OEM Engineering at Garmin, is one of ten Garmin engineering leaders listed here, alongside people who hold senior director and director roles in software, hardware, flight deck and product design engineering at the company. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Garmin from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andrei Adiaconitei
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering · Garmin
Andrei Adiaconitei has been Director Engineering at Garmin since July 2025 and was Associate Director Engineering there from 2024 to 2025. At Garmin Andrei Adiaconitei was also Senior Manager Software Engineering from 2021 to 2024 and Manager Software Engineering from 2016 to 2021.
Christopher Koszarsky
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director of Engineering, Garmin Labs - Head of Garmin Cary, North Carolina · Garmin
Christopher Koszarsky has been Sr. Director of Engineering, Garmin Labs - Head of Garmin Cary, North Carolina at Garmin since January 2010. Christopher Koszarsky was Director of Design and Development Converged Devices (2008–2010) and Director of Design and Development Mobile Computing (2006–2008) at Sony Mobile Communications.
Craig Puder
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Automotive OEM Engineering · Garmin
Craig Puder has been Vice President, Automotive OEM Engineering at Garmin since December 2017, and the profile also lists Senior Director, Automotive OEM Engineering there from June 2016. Craig Puder was Director, Automotive OEM Engineering at Garmin from 2010 to 2016 and held hardware design, certification and project management roles there from 2007 to 2010.
Debbie Jasiczek
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering · Garmin
Debbie Jasiczek has been Director Engineering at Garmin since July 2020 and was Associate Director Engineering at Garmin International from 2018 to 2020. At Garmin International Debbie Jasiczek also held Software Engineering Manager (2013–2017), Sr. Software Engineering Team Leader (2011–2013) and Software Engineering Team Leader (2009–2011) roles.
Eugene Kheyfets
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Garmin
Eugene Kheyfets has been Director Of Engineering at Garmin since November 2021, a role the profile headline ties to product strategy, systems and architecture, and was Sr. Manager Software Engineering there from 2012 to 2022. Eugene Kheyfets held technical manager, lab manager and test equipment engineer roles at Honeywell Technologies from 2003 to 2012.
Jerad Hesla
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Garmin
Jerad Hesla has been Director of Engineering at Garmin since January 2026, and the profile also lists Associate Director Engineering & User Experience Design from June 2025. At Garmin Jerad Hesla was Manager Software Engineering & User Experience Design (2022–2025), Team Lead Engineering & UX (2020–2022) and Technical Lead Software Engineer (2018–2020).
John Mudd
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Design and Engineering · Garmin
John Mudd has been Director, Product Design and Engineering at Garmin since January 2024 and was Associate Director, Product Engineering and Design there from 2022 to 2024. At Garmin John Mudd also held Mechanical Engineering Senior Manager (2018–2022), Mechanical Engineering Manager (2015–2018) and Mechanical Engineering Team Leader (2008–2014) roles.
Roger Orf
LinkedInExperience: Director - Flight Deck Software Engineering · Garmin
Roger Orf has been Director - Flight Deck Software Engineering at Garmin since December 2022. At Garmin Roger Orf was Senior Software Engineering Manager (2019–2022), Software Engineering Manager (2011–2019), Software Engineering Team Leader (2007–2011) and Software Engineer (2001–2007).
Ryan Juliano
LinkedInExperience: Director Hardware Engineering, Automotive OEM · Garmin
Ryan Juliano has been Director Hardware Engineering, Automotive OEM at Garmin since January 2022. At Garmin Ryan Juliano was Associate Director Engineering, Automotive OEM Platforms (2019–2022), Senior Manager, Platform Engineering (2017–2019) and Design Engineering Manager (2015–2017), and describes leading teams that develop electrical and electronic embedded systems for automotive.
Tom Brunner
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering · Garmin
Tom Brunner has been Director Engineering at Garmin since August 2026 and was Associate Director Engineering there from 2025 to 2026. Tom Brunner was a software engineering manager at Garmin from 2022 to 2025 and from 2017 to 2020, and Head of Retirement Technology at SS&C Technologies from 2020 to 2022.
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