Ryan Waldron, a 22-year veteran of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and president of its Americas business, has left the company.
Ryan Waldron, president of the Americas business unit at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., has left the company.
Waldron, a 20-plus year veteran of the tiremaker, is being replaced on an interim basis by Marcelo Toscani, president of Goodyear’s Latin America operations, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Waldron was promoted to the leader of the Americas in April 2024 following the retirement of Steve McClellan.
He joined Goodyear in 2003 and had served in several roles in finance and supply chain in the company’s tire business, including that of vice president of the company's global off-highway tire business and later president of Goodyear’s consumer business in North America.
Joy Kopcha joined Modern Tire Dealer and Auto Service Professional as senior editor in 2014 after working as a newspaper reporter for a dozen years in Kansas, Indiana and Pennsylvania. She was named managing editor of MTD and ASP in 2022, and took on that same role with Motor Age in 2024.
She is an award-winning journalist, including in 2023 when she was named a Jesse H. Neal Awards Finalist.
