John brings 29 years of automotive engineering, program and operations experience inclusive of P&L for a Fortune 500 division and running a Toyota business unit. John started at GM and continued on to Ford for a total of 16 years. He then moved over to the major Tier 1 suppliers as in GKN, Collins & Aikman and eventually Magna Steyr. John left Magna for Tesla Motors where he led the Michigan Tech Center, the vehicle development and assembly factory teams for 3 years. He holds Bachelor Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from Lawrence Technological University in addition to an MBA from Eastern Michigan University.
Management Team
Board Of Directors
John D. Thomas /
President, Chairman & CEO
Theodore (Ted) Oshman /
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Simon Ahn /
Director
Simon Ahn is an attorney with 20 years of business law experience and has been managing partner and counsel for the law firm of Ahn and Associates, LLC since 1996. Simon has personally negotiated and successfully transacted more than 2000 business and real estate transactions.
In addition to being the largest investor of ALTe, Simon Ahn is also the Principal and owner of Green Detroit Regional Center and represents the investors’ interest of SMS Investment Group, LLC.
He graduated with B.A. from the University of Chicago and attended Hofstra University School of Law with a full three year academic scholarship.