John Hagan

Currently employed at Nexen Tire since December 2016 as their Executive Vice President of Sales for USA. Prior to Nexen, I hel several key roles at Linglong Americas as COO and Kumho Tire USA as the National Vice President of Sales for the United States. I was employed by Toyo Tires as Senior Director of Sales from November 2009 to December 2013. Toyo Tires USA is based in the Cypress California with its worldwide corporation located in Tokyo, Japan. My responsibilities include the development of ongoing sales with current customers, as well as creating new customer relations. I manage 25 sales people, 16 customer service employees, and 5 miscellaneous sales positions. Prior to Toyo, I worked for Pirelli Tire North America for the last 19 years, in various capacities. Pirelli Tire is a subsidiary of Pirelli Tire SPA located in Milan, Italy and is the 5th largest tire supplier worldwide. My most recent responsibility was Vice President of Original Equipment for North America, which I was in charge of for the last 9 years. I was responsible for the overall strategy for North America, which included all sales, fixed cost management, managing technical/quality resources, and logistical fulfillment. I worked directly with the purchasing personnel within Ford, GM, and DaimlerChysler, while also overseeing sales for vehicle importers such as VW, Volvo, Mercedes, SAAB, etc. Before being Vice President of Original Equipment, I held several positions within Pirelli for the Sears Account from 1992 to 1998. I was responsible for customer support for the Sears account, managing the fulfillment of product to the individual locations. I became territory manager in the Northeast region, visiting locations where I was in charge of the training and product management of the Pirelli brand. Eventually I handled the account management of Sears and had 7 territory representatives reporting to me. Prior to employment at Pirelli, my working career started in 1985