Columbus, In., USA - July 1, 2015, Columbus, In., USA - Cummins Inc. announced that John Wall, vice president, chief technical officer, will be retiring after nearly 30 years with the company, effective October 31, 2015.
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Mr. Wall has been personally involved in developing the most critical emission control technologies and integrating them into the Company's products.
He has also played a key role in the transformation of the Company's technical function taking it from approximately 1,000 engineers primarily based in Columbus, Indiana (U.S.A.), to a global organization with the collective talents of more than 6,000 engineers located around the world, including technical centers in India, China and Brazil.
Mr. Wall has received numerous honors over his career including induction into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering in 2010, the 2013 winner of the Soichiro Honda Medal for outstanding achievement from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and just last week a 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award from the California Air Resources Board.
That award is given annually to people who have made outstanding lifetime contributions in the fields of clean air, climate change, technology and related policies. He is also a Fellow in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Mr. Wall joined Cummins in 1986 and became the Company's Chief Technical Officer in 2000.
Jennifer Rumsey, Vice President of Engineering for Cummins' Engine Business, will take Mr. Wall's place. She is the first woman to serve as the Company's top technical leader.
Ms. Rumsey joined Cummins in 2000 and on July 1, 2014, she succeeded Steve Charlton as the engineering leader of the Engine Business Unit, the largest business segment at the Company. Over the course of her career with Cummins, she has worked in various roles across the Engine and Components businesses, including advanced technology development, new product development and current product engineering.
Ms. Rumsey's leadership has been instrumental in the development of Cummins' most advanced automotive and industrial engines, in the successful launch and support of the Company's new engines in China and in developing the engine business strategy for Cummins' newest global technical center in India.
Ms. Rumsey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with highest honors from Purdue University in 1996 and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with a National Science Foundation Fellowship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. She led controls engineering in a fuel cell start-up company in Cambridge, Massachusetts (U.S.A), before joining Cummins. ■