John “Jack” Grace is vice president, Engineering and Technology, of ArvinMeritor’s Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group. In this position, he has oversight for the group’s product engineering and technology processes. In addition, Grace has leadership responsibilities for the LVS Engineering Council. He also is the key company liaison for the development of university and institute technical programs.

Before the July 2000 merger of Arvin Inc. and Meritor Automotive Inc., Grace was vice president of Systems and Technology for Arvin Industries. In this position, he focused on enhancing the company’s technical capabilities in engineering and science, as well as developing advanced engineering personnel and strategies for the company.

Prior to joining Arvin in 1995, Grace was with Calspan Corp./Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (CAL), where he began his career in 1963. Before being named vice president for Product Development in 1990, he held a number of technical assignments, ranging in fields from hydrodynamics and fluid dynamics to ballistic missile re-entry discrimination research. Grace’s last operations assignment at Calspan was as head of the Physical Sciences department. This department, with more than 100 engineers and scientists, was focused on research and development in the areas of analytical and experimental hypersonic aerodynamics, rocket plume research, gas turbine testing and analysis, and motor vehicle transportation research. Transportation research included a large crash-testing program for NHTSA and the development of crash-worthiness tests for automotive vehicles, as well as the development of dynamic tire testing for light- and medium-duty vehicles.

Grace holds a bachelor of science degree and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He also holds a master of science degree in applied mathematics from Cornell University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Dayton.

ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets.