At Autosplice, we have a passion for developing and marketing innovative interconnect solutions for our customers globally. We continually strive to be our customers’ first choice in every market that we serve by exceeding commitments, delivering high quality products and demanding operational excellence while pursuing the highest standards of business practices.

Ken Krone, CEO

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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

Ken Krone

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER / PRESIDENT

In his 30-year career in the interconnect industry, Ken has managed every area of the business, from marketing and manufacturing to product development and strategic management. He previously served as Vice President of Global Business Development and President, Advanced Connector Solutions Group for Autosplice.

Jeff Cartwright

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Prior to joining Autosplice, Jeff served as Chief Financial Officer at Pacific Consolidated Industries, CFO at Anacomp and CFO at New Horizons Worldwide. He has held financial management roles at various companies including SOLA Optical, Borg-Warner Security and Emerson Electric.

Joseph Chia

MANAGING DIRECTOR, AUTOSPLICE ASIA PACIFIC

Mr. Chia has been the General Manager and President of Autosplice Asia responsible for the start-up of Autosplice Dongguan, China in 2004. Since 2010, Joseph has led Autosplice’s Asia Pacific sales team as Vice President of Sales, covering Japan, Korea, China and rest of Asia.

Takeshi Yoshikawa

DIRECTOR, JAPAN & KOREA OPERATIONS

Takeshi has spent over 20 years in the electronics component industry. He joined Autosplice in 1999 as Japan finance manager and extended his overall role to Korea operations as business manager of both entities. He is also responsible for finance and administration departments for all of Autosplice Asia.

Patrick Frank

GENERAL MANAGER, AUTOSPLICE EUROPE

Patrick has over 25 years of excellent experiences in the automotive division. There he took over several leadership roles as factory manager, service director and director R&D. Based on his strong quality experience he started at Autosplice as director quality to move to the new IATF standard.

+49. 151. 151. 959. 47

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Joe Gierut

VP OF SALES & MARKETING

Joe has made exceptional contributions in both the R&D and product area, marketing and sales for leaders in connectors industry. He developed, commercialized and rolled out cutting-edge products for the high tech electronics, automotive/transportation, and industrial sensor/control systems sectors.

248. 904. 5251

Anthony Marcione

SR. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Central & Eastern Territories

We congratulate Anthony on his retirement from Autosplice after 30+ years with the company. Please contact Jorge Chavez or Joe Gierut with inquiries.

Jorge Chavez

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Jorge has over 15 years of experience with strong background in Manufacturing Engineering, Program and Product Management. Jorge also has significant experience supporting his clients’ needs in the electromechanical industry.

+52 1 664.188.8407

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Henry Kaufmann

KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER

Country Focus: Europe

Since 2000, Henry has gained experience in sales and project management and has worked for key customers such as Robert Bosch, Johnson Controls and Valeo.

Due to his excellent education, Henry is skilled in sound knowledge in the fields of metal and composite components, complex assemblies and international experience in project management and product development in the field of stamping and forming.

+49. 151.121. 055. 85

Maximilian Rubin

SALES ENGINEER

Country Focus: Europe

Before joining Autosplice Maximilian worked as a Process Engineer with a main focus in plastic products. His professional development as a technical engineer qualifies him to advise our Customers comprehensively also for pins and stamped parts.

+49. 174. 694. 77. 13

Martin Mühr

SPLICE TECHNOLOGY KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER

Country Focus: Europe, Focus in DACH

Martin knows Splice Technology applications inside and out. In 14 years he has worked with so many customers, chances are Martin already knows how to solve your assembly challenge in the best way possible.

+49. 931. 467. 626. 41

Hans-Peter Fischer

SALES ENGINEER

Country Focus: Europe

As a trained master toolmaker and technician with more than 40 years of professional experience in tool adjustment and design of progressive tools, Hans-Peter has also continuously developed his skills in sales and project management.

During his profession as Key Account Manager, he took care for OEM’s in Automotive and Industrial branch. Based on this experience and excellent training, Hans-Peter is able to offer customers comprehensive technical and commercial sales engineering.

+49 151 25 72 35 61