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Jared Haslam
* Age: 44
* Title: Vice president of product planning, Nissan North America
* Big break: Being appointed global planning lead for the second-generation Nissan Leaf, allowing him to direct product strategy for the EV's global introduction
Jared Haslam gets paid to figure out the future.
As Nissan North America's product strategy and planning boss, Haslam is charged with figuring out what the auto industry landscape will look like in the next 10, 15, 20 years while also executing on the wave of products currently entering the market.
"I enjoy connecting the dots," he said. "I enjoy trying to thread the needle."
Figuring out what's next in the auto industry is a...