Cooper Standard adds former Bridgestone exec to senior management team

Northville, Michigan – Cooper Standard has appointed Shannon Quinn as vice president, chief commercial and strategy officer, the company announced 11 April. 

Quinn will be responsible for the global commercial group and corporate strategy, and will report to Patrick Clark, senior vice president and managing director, global automotive.

Based at the company's headquarters in Northville, she will also join Cooper Standard’s global leadership team. 

Before joining Cooper Standard, Quinn served as president, consumer OE North America for Bridgestone Corp. from 2017 to 2022. 

In that role, she led business development, commercial negotiations, programme management, strategy and the overall profit and loss for the business unit. 

Quinn also led the new initiative to expand Bridgestone’s overall business with new OE’s and new mobility players. 

Previously, she worked for Adient and its predecessor Johnson Controls, serving as vice president, Ford business unit at the automotive supplier which she joined in 2011. 

From 2000 to 2011, Quinn held several strategic commercial positions with Visteon Corp. She began her career as a product engineer at Ford Motor Co. in 1991.

Quinn earned a BSc in industrial engineering from Purdue University, Indiana and an MBA from Eastern Michigan University.