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Representatives of the 2011 Chairman's Award winning teams are pictured from left: (back row) David Clark, Andy Wong, Lixin Wang, John Cloud, Masahiro Mochizuki, Paulo Sergio Vital, Doug Brown, Armando Martinez, Aniceto Schiaffini, (front row) Xingshun Gao, Raoudha Meziane, Chairman and CEO Steve Roell, Minoru Ohmiya, Timothy Lafond.

2011 Chairman’s Award Winners

The Chairman's Award for 10-Year Marker Excellence is our company's highest honor. Chairman's Award winners are selected from the hundreds of Merit Awards given each year and are chosen in the categories of our 10-Year Marker objectives. This year's 13 winning teams include employees from 11 countries and five continents. Each Chairman's Award team or individual winner (listed below) receives $10,000 from Johnson Controls to contribute to the charity or charities of its choice

Oxidized Lead Reduction Team (Power Solutions) 
Marker Category: Continuous Improvement
Welding Process Improvement Team (Building Efficiency) 
Marker Category: Continuous Improvement
General Motors Supplier of the Year Team (Power Solutions) 
Marker Category: Customer Satisfaction
Toyota India Etios Vehicle Development & Launch Team (Automotive Experience)
Marker Category: Customer Satisfaction
Tunisia Plant Management Team (Automotive Experience)
Marker Category: Employee Engagement and Leader Development 
China Third Party Channel Development Team (Building Efficiency) 
Marker Category: Global Growth
ARRA Program Team (Building Efficiency)
Marker Category: Global Growth
Tempo Heat Pump Development Team (Building Efficiency)
Marker Category: Innovation 
Nissan Elgrand Seat Development Team (Automotive Experience)
Marker Category: Innovation 
Mexico Regional Council Team (Corporate)
Marker Category: Integrity 
Volkswagen Quality Award Team (Power Solutions) 
Marker Category: Quality
Automotive Acquisitions Team (Automotive Experience)
Marker Category: Shareholder Value 
South Carolina Recycling Center Permitting Team (Power Solutions)
Marker Category: Sustainability 

Team members

Oxidized Lead Reduction Team

Sorocaba, Brazil
Milton Cezar Teixeira Da Cruz
Airton Rodrigues Filho
Anselmo Caetano Da Silva
Edelton Fernandes Da Costa
Adriano Garcia Miranda
Robson De Medeiros Lacerda
Reginaldo Pedro
Nilson Nogueira
Werner Krieck
Paulo Sergio Vital
Osvaldo Monsanto
Wilson Sturm
Oswaldo Nascimento

San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
Ricardo F Perez

Milwaukee, Wis.
Donald C Whittenburg

West Union, S.C.
Bart Sauer

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Welding Process Improvement Team

Wuxi, China
Frank Wang
Simon SM Zhu
Weisu Wu
Xiuyan Shi
Jason Yang
Lixin Wang
John Han
Doris Li

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General Motors Supplier of the Year Team

St. Joseph, Mo.
Charla McDonald
Darin Burnett
David Glidewell
Myles Watson
Susan James
Chris Gilbert
Dennis Epperson
Mark Lyttl
Bradley Claycamp

Milwaukee, Wis.
Tanja Walsh
Brian Grimes
Frederick Kandel
Daniel Eason
Douglas Brown
Dennis Wetzel

Plymouth, Mich.
Jorge Isunza
Christopher McEwen
Toni Samar
Eric Sattler
Lance Lilla

Toledo, Ohio
Robert Snow
Donick Gonzalez
Kurt Steinhurst
Dave Smithers
Brandie Berlanga

Sorocaba, Brazil
Alex Pacheco
Carlos Zaim
Marcelo Dias
Maumi Tsurumaki

Hannover, Germany
Kevin Mund
Frank Moeller
Werner Schmitt
Nadine Yvonne Fichte

Madrid, Spain
Jose Domingo

Shanghai, China
Jianfeng Shen
Christoph Harmeyer

San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
Braulio Cavazos
Aniceto Schiaffini
Omar Sandoval

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Toyota India Etios Vehicle Development & Launch Team

Pune, India
TS Dharmender
Amit Khasnis
Gowrishankar Natrajan
Sanket Khinvasara
Mohan Rajanna
Hemant Aher
Bhupinder Singh
Milind Patil
Deepak Gadhe
Nikhil Rane
Swapnil Narkhade
Shilpa Nawani
Ram Nadhe
Ramesh Kate
Sachin Sudhrik
Neha Bam
Santosh Jadhav
Pramod Sawant
Sudhakar Kute
Parashuram Kolekar
Omprakash Bhingardive
Atul N Mane
Amit Deshmukh
Nilesh Belsare
Depak Jangale
Suhas A Dode
Ashutosh M Phalke
Sandeep Patil
Sushil S Jamma
Prakash Salunke
Madhukar Patil
Ajay Kulkarni
Shivanand Balgi
Ramnath Hegde
Manjunath Moger
Nishikant Bal
Hanumanth Reddy
Chandrashekar Simha
Shivakumar Basavarajappa
Babu Rajendra
Rajarajeshwaran N
Shantanu Nigavekar
Atul Mathur 
Prashanth Shetty

Ayase, Japan
Teruaki Inoue
Kenji Kojima
Zentaro Kimura
Yoshitoshi Oshikawa
Wataru Ishii
Shogo Sakaguchi
Toshihiko Ota
Hiroyuki Takano
Hiroshi Ohwada
Yoshiyuki Kohri
Kazuo Hatakeyama
Masato Suwada
Kiyoshi Takeuchi
Noboru Ohtsuka

Nagoya, Japan
Tetsuro Iwashita
Tomohiro Kato
Kazunori Ogawa
Makoto Shiota
Koji Terashima 

Yokohama, Japan
Shinichi Tsuchida

Burscheid, Germany
Hiroto Nakahara

Plymouth, Mich.
Gautam Bose
Masahiro Mochizuki
Michael Simia

Guangzhou, China
Daniel Yamamoto

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Tunisia Plant Management Team

Bir el Bey, Tunisia
Hatem Chabchoub
Marc Duquesne
Raoudha Meziane
Hichem Khelifa
Faker Bouzelma
Najah Saidani
Saloua Mejri
Riadh Trabelsi

Burscheid, Germany
Peter Ainsworth

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China Third Party Channel Development Team 

Shanghai, China
Forest Cao
Gina Gao
Cicci Xi
Frank Xu
Flora Zhang
Matthew Xue
Martin Yu
Sam Xue
Hans Xu
Wai Lam Kam
Eric Li
Vincent Ji
Peter Zhao
Leon Li
Andy Zhao

Beijing, China
Xiang Zhou
Bing Bai
Yong Zhang
Bing Cui
Jiang Wang
Song Wu
Maggie Zhang

Wuxi, China
Xiaoyu He
Xiucheng Ji
Xianzhong Wu
Xianghua Hu
Jiewei Zhang
Xiaofeng Hua

Guangzhou, China
Dela Wei
Daisy Wu
Duanning Ma
Andy Zhang
Mark Feng
Diamond Lau

Hong Kong, China
Mike Fung
Andy Wong
Selina Lo
Benny Lung
Sh Ling

Nanjing, China
Wenxiang Feng
Bing Jiang
Ming Dai

Hangzhou, China
Anna Chen
Jiji Zhang

Xi'an, China
Zhiqiang Zhao

Xiamen, China
Li Tao

Singapore
Cheng Huat Chuah 

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ARRA Program Team

Milwaukee, Wis.
Andrew DeGuire
Terrill Laughton
Joel Elliott
Kathy McCormack
Shelley Boehm
Michael Loth
Karen Conrad
Raymond Acciardo
Michael Janssen
Mark Duszynski
Arif Quraishi
Daniel Kolo
Charles McGinnis
Andrew Sawa
Jennifer Stentz
Carl Hurst
David Clark
Brad Bateman

Glendale, Wis.
Mark Wagner
Rachel Burner
Tom Kister
Kristy Elmore

Atlanta, Ga.
Christopher Markert
Todd Vandenbusche
Randall Lewis
Michael Coley

Philadelphia, Pa.
Lynda Brooks
Frank Yoskoski
Charles Forsyth

Dallas, Texas
Maureen Blase
Patrick Guzinski
Michael Crowe

Denver, Colo.
Steven Miller
Robert Benson
Christopher Schulken

Arlington Heights, Ill.
Tom Medenwaldt
Dan Rivkin

Charleston, S.C.
John Schaaf

Tampa, Fla.
Carlos Lozano

Roseville, Calif.
Russell Garcia

Westerville, Ohio
Joseph Boetsch 

Whittier, Calif.
Claudio Andreetta

Glen Allen, Va.
Doug Engel

Rochester, N.Y.
Joseph Knight

Louisville, Ky.
Keith Reller

Beaumont, Texas
Teri Petitt

Sparks, Md.
Michael Westerlund

Lynnfield Mass.
James Cotton

Austin, Texas
Gordon Hall

Miami, Fla.
Allison Dunn

Saginaw, Mich.
Todd Pfahl

Kansas City, Kan.
Chadd Currier

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Tempo Heat Pump Development Team 

Wuxi, China
Steven Liu
Devin Du
Jammy Li
Yong Zhang
Jing Chen
Xugao Lu
Cathy Zhou
Zhenchao Li
Peter Ji
Sheng Yuan
Sophia Yu
Ricky Choy
Xuanwen Chen
Advan Xianjin Cheng
Walker Hua
Xinyao Yan
Lack Liu
Jingjing Xu
Jack Cao
Hongsheng Chen
Shinning XL Xia
Herrys Ding
Feilong Pang
Shengmei Yang
Juan Xi
Lee Wang
Darron Wang
Fanzi Ma
Deshuang Pan
Kevin Qi
Xiangyang Liu
Sean Pan
Devin Wang
Qingsong Xiao
Guoqiang Zhao
Michael Guangchai Xiao
Xiaochun Ge
Jeffers Luan
Lina Li
Michael Liu

Guangzhou, China
Zhang Yongyang
Cindy Che
Joy Li
Chen Zhousong
Zhang Wenliang
Li Bin
Anson Chen
Wang Na

Basildon, UK
Tony Coleman
Cedric Seignard
John Mathias
Euan Clark
Mike Bacon
Derek Kent
Tony Fry
Alan Saych
Gary Turner
Mike Beaumont
Elaine Jones

York, Pa.
Sean Gao
Chris Rudio
Bill Kopko
Mike Buckley
Dana Ahmed
Satheesh Kulankara

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Nissan Elgrand Seat Development Team 

Yokohama, Japan
Masato Suwada
Yoshio Watanabe
Yoshihiro Umetsu
Yoshimasa Okano
Takayuki Mori
Masakazu Takeda
Hideharu Noguchi
Zentarou Kimura
Masami Yonekura
Toshio Masui
Katsuji Maruyama

Miyako-gun, Japan
Hiroyuki Matsumoto
Yukimori Morishita
Yutaka Kobayashi
Yasuo Ikezaki
Syouji Yoshikawa

Ayase, Japan
Eiji Shimanuki
Hirokazu Iwasa
Hiroyuki Takano

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Mexico Regional Council Team 

Milwaukee, Wis.
Samuel Kaswan

Mexico City, Mexico
Gabriela Martínez Cairo
Armando Martínez

Saltillo, Mexico
Laura Ceballos
Maria Elena Noemi
Marisela Rodriguez
Veronica Yeverino
Alvaro Aguilar
Ricardo Marañón

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Mario Balderrama
Gisela Salinas
Juana Velazquez
Sergio Centeno
Arturo Olivares
Rosy Saenz
Gisela Salinas

Puebla, Mexico
Cynthia Pascualli
Jose Ricardo Lopez

Monclova, Mexico
Liliana Bernal

Tlaxcala, Mexico
Lorena Cue

Reynosa, Mexico
Jose Luis Blanco

Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
Andrea Coronado

Tepotzotlan, Mexico
Jorge Garay

Mexico City, Mexico
Victor Morales

Plymouth, Mich.
Jesús A Beas 

Monterrey, Mexico
Ernesto Yáñez Arreola
Francisco Sotero Ramírez Cuevas
Eloisa Medina Zamorano
Marcela Ontiveros
Víctor Hugo Padilla García
Claudia Vargas Lozada
Diana Aparicio Mendiola
Carlos Becerril
Roberto Arturo Moreno Arellano
Eduardo Vazquez Ramirez
Víctor Martínez

Mexico City, Mexico
Esleana Lara
Mauricio Gilberto León Márquez
Melisa Martínez Álvarez
Yazmín de la Garza Moreno

Monterrey, Mexico
Daniel Francisco Garza
Ruth Vidaca Ruiz
Jaime Hernandez Lopez
Yolanda Margarita Cortez Navarro
Daniel Morin Garcia
Juan Carlos Hernández García
Gabriela Roman Vaquero
Alma Cecilia Torres Martinez
Mario Cesar Carlos Treviño
Victor Manuel Salazar
Elvia Denisse Martínez Cruz
Felipe Javier Moreno Gutierrez
Liliana Puentes Castillo
Alejandro Zambrano Villarreal
Gustavo Federico Rangel Vera
Irene Sarai Corona Mancha
Rosario Esthela Hurtado Flores
Jesus Ernesto Delgado Lerma
Sonia Ayma Garza
Benilde De La Garza Gutierrez
Carlos Daniel Berino Valdes
Orel Giovanni Flores Gonzalez
Gerardo González-Aleu
Gloria Zulema Guerra Beltran
Irma Patrician Renteria Almaraz
Jesus Angel Ayala Gonzalez
Leonardo Perez Zuniga 
Margarita Vazquez Ale 
Edwin Massa Ayala
María Isabel Cavazos Vargas
Daniela Rodriguez Franco

Celaya, Mexico
Amelia Vega Islas
Fernando Alejandro Mireles Vasco
Julio Cesar Fonseca Leon
Hugo Enrique Escajeda Franco

Torreon, Mexico
Francisco Javier Cabral Alvarado
Carlos Arturo Vargas Perez
Erika Hernandez Garcia

Cienega de Flores, Mexico
Areli Saide Carmona Venegas
Jose Alberto Lopez Pardo
Jonathan Damian Martinez Morales

Milwaukee, Wis.
Jaime Vargas

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Volkswagen Quality Award Team 

Celaya, Mexico
Antonio Juarez
Moises Morales
Jose Roberto Rocha
Ana M Gonzalez
Aniceto Schiaffini
Guillermo Garcia
Jose Sanchez Olivares
Jaime P Mier
Omar Sandoval
Juan A Gonzalez
Antonio Rodriguez
Raymundo Mendoza
Daniel Martinez
Juan Carlos Lopez Perez
Luis Tepox
Jose Medina
Silverio Cardenas
Oscar Frias
Jesus Flores
Alonso Ortiz
Pedro Navarrete
Fernando Gonzalez
Jose R. Estrada
Hugo A. Canchola
Roberto Medina
Jose E. Jimenez

Tlalnepantla, Mexico
Juan Juarez
Tomas Zempoalteca

San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
Luis Gonzalez
Carlos Gonzalez
Carlos Aguilar
Miguel Hernandez 

Milwaukee, Wis.
Jesus Torres

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Automotive Acquisitions Team

Burscheid, Germany
Johannes Roters
Georg Neuschuetz
Gabrielle Bellaja
Ekkard Lustig
Verena Mueller-Seils
Gabriele Studener
Christian Spiegel
Detlef Juerss
Volker Krebs
Patrick Nettesheim
Dr. Reiner Spatke

Kaiserslautern, Germany
Michael Dettelbacher
Klaus Wasem
Rainer Schollenberg
Rolf-Peter Antes
Dr. Andreas Diehl

Plymouth, Mich.
Mike Wysong
John Cloud 

Geel, Belgium
Jef Vercammen

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South Carolina Recycling Center Permitting Team 

Milwaukee, Wis.
Timothy Lafond
Gil Cubia
Rodrigo Pavon
Michael Casper
Rebecca Fitzgerald
Joe Marquardt
Sarah Caggiano

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