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SHERI HICKOK
Chief Engineer, Next-Generation of Full-Size Trucks | General Motors | Detroit | Age: 38 | Education: B.S., mechanical engineering, Kettering University; M.S., industrial engineering, Purdue University; MBA, corporate strategy and international business, University of Michigan
-- What attracted you to the auto industry? It started with a co-op assignment at General Motors. I was motivated by the idea of what the automobile can do for people around the world, especially in developing economies, allowing them to get to their jobs or transport their children.
-- First automotive job: As a validation engineer [in 2001], working on durability vehicles. I was testing the Cadillac STS at the time. We were working on full-vehicle durability. Whatever broke, we would investigate with the engineers.
-- Big break: When I led the A World In Motion program. It's a volunteer program led by the Society of Automotive Engineers, whereby engineers...