Rich Kramer was elected President of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's North American Tire business unit, effective March 13, 2007. He concurrently served as the company's Chief Financial Officer until August 2007.

Kramer was elected Goodyear's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2004.

Previously, he had been the company's Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning & Restructuring since 2003 and Vice President, Finance for North American Tire since 2002.

Kramer joined Goodyear as Vice President of Corporate Finance in 2000. He previously was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked for 13 years.

Kramer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 30, 1963. A graduate of John Carroll University, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration in 1986.

A certified public accountant, Kramer is married with four children.