Executive Leadership
Jaime Szulc was appointed President of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Latin America Region in September 2010.
Szulc has more than 22 years of successful international business experience in multi-billion dollar companies, which includes multiple business turnarounds and successfully running strategic business units in Latin America, North America and Europe, delivering growth and profit results in each. He has been recognized as a natural leader with the highest values and ethical standards.
He joined Goodyear in September 2010 from Levi Strauss & Co., where he was Senior Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer for the Levi's brand.
Prior to that, Szulc was the Worldwide Chief Operating Officer for Eastman Kodak Company's consumer business from 2007 to 2009. During his 10-year career with Kodak, he also served as General Manager - Consumer Imaging for Latin America from 1998 to 2003, General Manager, Digital & Film Imaging Systems for the Americas region from 2003 to 2005 and Chairman of the company's Europe, Africa & the Middle East region from 2005 to 2007. For five consecutive years, he was recognized for the best growth and profit results in the history of the regions he led.
Before joining Kodak, Szulc was with SC Johnson Inc., where he was Marketing Director for its Andean Group Cluster from 1996 to 1998 and Group Marketing Manager in Brazil from 1994 to 1996. Szulc started his marketing career with Procter & Gamble Brazil, where he worked from 1990 to 1994. Prior to that, he was with Arthur Andersen LLP.
Szulc earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Escola Politecnica de Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1986. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish and has a functional knowledge of French.
Born August 30, 1962 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Szulc resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil with his wife and three children.
Jaime Szulc
President
Latin America Region
