Linda Theisen

Vice President, Commercial & Corporate Quality

In her role as vice president of Commercial & Corporate Quality, Linda Theisen is responsible for the global commercial activity for Metaldyne, including both sales and purchasing. Her main focus is customer and vendor relationships, as well as establishing the sales and marketing strategy for the company's products and technologies.

In her additional responsibility for Corporate Quality, Ms. Theisen provides corporate oversight for Metaldyne's global quality systems, engineering systems, materials logistics, and is focused on improving the product quality of the supply base.

Ms. Theisen has been with Metaldyne since 2003, during which time she has held various leadership positions in purchasing, sales and quality.

Before joining Metaldyne, Ms. Theisen served as vice president of purchasing for AutoAlliance International, a Mazda Motors/Ford Motor Company joint venture. Prior to AutoAlliance, she worked in various purchasing positions for Ford Motor Company, including director of interior and electrical purchasing for Ford Europe for two years. In this position, she oversaw $3 billion in annual turnover for Ford of Europe’s interior and electrical commodities. She has also worked as Ford Motor Company purchasing manager, powertrain operations; supervisor, strategic planning, purchasing; and buyer, production purchasing.

Ms. Theisen holds a master’s degree in Labor Relations as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Packaging Engineering from Michigan State University. She is an executive board member for the Automotive Women's Alliance Foundation.

Ms. Theisen is located at Metaldyne corporate headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan.