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Bill Krueger currently serves as the Chairman of Jatco Americas and Executive Vice President of Jatco Global, Inc.  Jatco is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automatic transmissions, and the No. 1 continuously variable transmission manufacturer in the world with nearly half of the global market share.  Jatco is 75 owned by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 15 percent by Mitsubishi Motors, and 10 percent by Suzuki Motor Corporation.  Krueger has spent over 30 years in the automobile industry with the last 10 years for Nissan.  

He joined Nissan in the fall of 2005 as Vice President responsible for the Smyrna Assembly Plant in Smyrna, TN.  He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2007 responsible for Nissan’s Manufacturing,  Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, and Total Customer Satisfaction in North, Central, and South America.  He received his bachelor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Marquette University, his Master in Manufacturing Engineering Management and Master in Business Administration from Northwestern University.

Bill also serves on the board of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, the board of the American Red Cross of Nashville, and just completed a second three year term as director and chairman on the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.  He is married to Lynn, and they are the parents of a senior at Ensworth High School, a junior at Harpeth Hall High School, a freshman at Father Ryan High School, and a 7th grader at Overbrook School.