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10 Rivian operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held director and vice president roles in operations at Rivian, across service, manufacturing, paint, service parts, charging and commercial operations. A reader can learn how Rivian runs the operations behind building, servicing and charging its vehicles.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alberto Matos
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Rivian
Director of Operations at Rivian since November 2025, in the Operations department at director level. Alberto Matos was previously Head Of Body Shop at Volkswagen Group of America (2019–2025), Head of Manufacturing at Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) (2016–2017) and Head of Planning Final Assembly at Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) (2012–2016).
Bobby Dean Parker
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Manufacturing Operations · Rivian
Vice President Manufacturing Operations at Rivian since September 2025, in the Operations department at President/Vice President level. Bobby Dean Parker was previously Senior Manufacturing Executive at Tesla (2022–2025), Vice President of Manufacturing at Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC (2017–2022) and Paint Department Senior Director at Volkswagen Group (2009–2017).
Brandon Q. Parker
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Service Business Operations · Rivian
Director, Global Service Business Operations at Rivian since April 2025, in the Operations department at director level, after serving as Sr. Manager, Global Service Business Operations at Rivian (2020–2025). Brandon Q. Parker was previously Analytics Manager, Revenue Operations at Malwarebytes (2019–2020) and Global Analytics and Operations, Manager at Lucid Motors (2016–2019).
Dan Schwartz
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Service Parts Operations & Planning · Rivian
Sr. Director, Service Parts Operations & Planning at Rivian since September 2025, based in Plymouth, Michigan. At Rivian Dan Schwartz was also Director, Global Distribution Operations (2022–2025), Sr. Manager, Service Global Warehouse Operations (2020–2022) and Logistics Analyst, Warehousing (2020), and was previously Network Process Lead at Volkswagen of America, Inc (2018–2020).
Eric Tiefenthaler
LinkedInExperience: Director of Paint Operations · Rivian
Director of Paint Operations at Rivian since July 2026, based in Normal, Illinois, in the Operations department at director level. Eric Tiefenthaler was previously Senior Manager - Head of Paint Production Operations at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (2025–2026) and Senior Manager - Process Engineering and Series Planning and KT - Body Paint there (2024–2025).
Garrett Page
LinkedInExperience: Director, Commercial & Workplace Operations · Rivian
Director, Commercial & Workplace Operations at Rivian since September 2022, based in Los Angeles. At Rivian Garrett Page was also Director, Commercial Operations (2021–2022) and Senior Manager, Commercial Operations (2019–2021), and was previously Head Of Operations at Samsung Electronics (2018–2019) and Senior Retail Operations Manager, EMEA at Tesla (2012–2018).
Jason Watts
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations, Paint · Rivian
Former Director of Operations, Paint at Rivian (2020–2022), based in Normal, Illinois, in the Operations department at director level. Jason Watts was previously Asst General Manager at ABC Technologies (2019–2020), Senior Manager, Current Model Paint Engineering at Nissan Motor Corporation (2016–2019) and Paint Manager at Decostar Industries (2013–2016).
Joseph Herr
LinkedInExperience: Director, Charging Operations · Rivian
Director, Charging Operations at Rivian since August 2023, a role the profile lists with network operations, dispatch and logistics, technical field service and field engineering. Joseph Herr was previously Sr. Lead, Energy Service Operations at Rivian (2021–2023) and Senior Manager, Grid Integration & Innovation at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2020–2021).
Nina Bruno
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Programs, Service Operations · Rivian
Sr. Director, Programs, Service Operations at Rivian since January 2022, after serving as Director, Programs, Service Operations at Rivian (2020–2022). Nina Bruno was previously Sr. Manager, Worldwide Mobile Service and Fleet Operations at Tesla (2018–2020) and Fleet Manager, Compliance & Operations at Tesla (2014–2017).
Noe Mejia
LinkedInExperience: VP, Service Operations · Rivian
VP, Service Operations at Rivian since January 2022, leading the Rivian Service Operations Team, which the profile says is meant to ensure every Rivian driver receives premium service anytime vehicle maintenance is needed. Noe Mejia was previously Sr. Director, Service Operations at Rivian (2020–2022), Director of Service at Lucid Motors (2018–2020) and Director of Service, Service Operations at Tesla (2014–2016).
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Match the person to the operations area behind your question, since plant manufacturing, service operations, parts distribution and charging networks are run by different teams. Check each person's dates, especially for anyone who has left Rivian, before asking how the company operates today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Rivian balance plant production goals with service and parts readiness as vehicle volumes grow?
- 02Which metrics do Rivian operations leaders use to judge whether service and charging operations are working for drivers?
- 03What operations practices carried over from other automakers, and which had to change for a newer electric vehicle company?
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