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10 Goodyear operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held operations titles at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, from director of operations roles to a vice president of operations and a COO business leader post. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams at Goodyear.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aaron Avila
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Director of Operations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since January 2026, listed in the Operations department at director level. Former Region Operations Manager (2025–2026) and District Manager Sales & Operations (2021–2025) at Goodyear, and Center Manager at Goodyear (2012–2013 and 2013–2018).
Alberto Alfonso
LinkedInExperience: Director of Manufacturing Operations- North America · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Director of Manufacturing Operations- North America at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since July 2026. The profile also lists Director of Operations and Mfg Americas (from December 2024) and Director Of Manufacturing (from December 2020) at Goodyear with no end dates, and says Alberto Alfonso works cross-functionally within Global Operations.
Andrew Juvan
LinkedInExperience: COO Business Leader Consumer North America · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Former COO Business Leader Consumer North America at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (2024–2025), described on the profile as an executive member of the Americas leadership team reporting to the President Americas who assumed leadership of the North America Consumer business to improve margins. Also former Vice President, Business Strategy and Process Integration at Goodyear (2020–2025).
Claudia Arbelaez
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations and Manufacturing Improvements, LA · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Director Of Operations and Manufacturing Improvements, LA at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since May 2017, a Latin America role based in Akron, Ohio. Former Industrial and Systems Engineer, Global Director (2015–2017) and Director Facilities Planing & Industrial Engineer, Asia Pacific (2011–2014) at Goodyear.
Ed Stacy
LinkedInExperience: Director, Operations, Consumer Manufacturing North America · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Former Director, Operations, Consumer Manufacturing North America at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (2019–2021); the profile says the role continued the Industrial Engineering processes Ed Stacy had established. Other former Goodyear roles include Director, Industrial Engineering - Americas (2018–2019) and Director, North America B2B Supply Chain (2014–2018).
Linhai Xiao
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Former Director Of Operations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (June 2021 to June 2025) and Manufacturing Director at Goodyear since June 2025, based in Kunshan, China. Linhai Xiao was also Manufacturing Director (2019–2021) and Production Manager (2017–2019) at Goodyear.
Marcelo Moreira
LinkedInExperience: Director of Manufacturing Operations · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Former Director of Manufacturing Operations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (2019–2021) and Manufacturing Director at Goodyear since September 2024; the profile ties the current role to Tupelo, Mississippi. Marcelo Moreira was also Engineering Manager (2015–2019) and Maintenance Reliability Manager (2014–2015) at Goodyear.
Michael Reade
LinkedInExperience: Director Global OE Strategy & EMEA Operations · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Director Global OE Strategy & EMEA Operations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since August 2026; the profile says Michael Reade leads original equipment (OE) strategy. The profile also lists Head of Consumer OE Operations EMEA at Goodyear from January 2025 with no end date, and former Senior Manager Sales Operations & Business Acceleration - Europe (2022–2025).
Mina Deller
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director of Operations · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Regional Director of Operations at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since October 2022, based in Akron, Ohio. Former Director of Operations at Goodyear (2019–2022). Mina Deller was also Director of Accounting and Head of Operations at Michelin (2017–2019) and Industrial and Logistics Controller at Michelin (2013–2017).
Steve Pauly
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations Americas · The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Vice President, Operations Americas at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company since 2016. Former Director Global Equipment Reliability and Standards (2013–2016), Director of Manufacturing (2004–2013) and Plant Manager (1998–2004) at the same company. The profile describes leading operations, enabling competitive order to cash performance and linking the plants to the business.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to the layer of operations behind your question, since a regional or business unit operations leader sees different trade-offs than a plant or manufacturing operations director. Check each person's dates before asking how Goodyear runs a given area today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Goodyear split operations responsibility between regional leaders, business units and individual plants?
- 02Which operating metrics matter most when judging the performance of a tire plant or a regional operations team?
- 03What changes when an operations improvement program is rolled out across plants in several countries?
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