Mark Swenson

Mark Swenson is vice president, Decherd Powertrain Operations, Nissan U.S. He was appointed to this position in August 2020. In this role, Swenson is responsible for overseeing the organization’s engine product operations.

Previously, Swenson was vice president, Total Customer Satisfaction, and was accountable for all product safety and customer quality issues in the North American region.

Prior to that, Swenson was vice president, Production Engineering and Quality, and was responsible for ensuring maximum output at the highest level of quality possible in all of Nissan's U.S. and Mexican manufacturing operations.

Swenson joined Nissan in 1989 as a product engineer. He was promoted to the management team in 1997 and has held director and senior director positions in Stamping Engineering and Body Engineering. In 2004, Swenson was named vice president, Manufacturing Engineering and added Simultaneous Engineering activities to his role in April 2006. He was then named as vice president, Production Engineering and Component Facilities

Swenson holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Tennessee Technological University. He is also a graduate of the Leadership Rutherford program.

(Updated December 2020)

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