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Stephen Milam is a senior director of DENSO Corporation and an executive vice president of DENSO’s Powertrain Business, Electrification Business and Corporate Functions in North America. He oversees these groups from the company’s North American headquarters in Southfield, Michigan. Prior to these roles, Milam served as chief executive officer of DENSO’s North America Thermal Systems Business Group.
Milam first joined DENSO in 2006 as a manager of Purchasing, located in Battle Creek, Michigan. In 2008, he was promoted to a position of director of Purchasing in our thermal business, but then transitioned to a role to create our North American Purchasing group in 2009. In 2011, he added the role of director of Thermal Business Planning to his existing North American Purchasing responsibilities.
In 2012, Milam was promoted to vice president of Business Planning and Accounting for our North American thermal business, a role in which he led the group’s business strategy, resource management, profit creation, and financial planning. In 2013, he added the role of president of DENSO Manufacturing Canada, Inc., to his existing role in Business Planning and divided his time between the United States and Canada. In April 2015, he was promoted to chief operating officer and then in 2016 to chief executive officer of the North American Thermal Business Group. Finally, in 2019 he was promoted to his present position.
Prior to joining DENSO, Milam worked at Ford Motor Company in various purchasing and program management positions.
Milam earned a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in psychology from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.