Brief presentation by Josh Halliburton, Ford Executive Director, Quality, followed by Q & A.

Brief Presentation followed by Q & A.

Bob Holycross, Ford VP, Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering

Reminder: The next FREE meeting will be Wednesday, 14 June 2023 at Park Place.  It will be a “hybrid” meeting, an in-person lunch with a zoom audience joining for the speaker’s remarks. Lunch will be served at 11:30 AM and Zoom access will begin at 12:15 PM.  Time will be allowed for FREE business and updates, and our guest speaker, Ed Krenz, will be introduced at 12:30 PM, Dearborn time. 

Ed Krenz was the chief engineer of the Ford Mustang. Additional information about Ed is posted on the web site.

Jim Baumbick, Ford Vice President, Product Development Operations and Quality

FREE Luncheon: Friday, 25 August 2023

10:30 AM: Begin registration at Dearborn Country Club.

11:30 AM: Lunch – $30.00, Flank Steak, Whitefish, Special Request  ( All major credit cards accepted.)

12:15 PM: Begin meeting (Zoom session will start earlier and will go live at 12:15)

12:30 PM: Speaker – Doug Field, Chief Advanced Product Development and Technology Officer

Introductory remarks will be followed by a question & answer discussion. Only in-person members will participate in the interactive Q & A. Zoom participants must submit questions in advance by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. They will be consolidated and integrated into the Q & A by the moderator. The deadline for questions is 22 August.

Please register by Monday, 21 August, as meal counts must be provided for the kitchen. To register, log in, if you have not already done so. Click on the event and navigate to the bottom of the page. Click on Register, go to Menu Choice and check the box appropriate for you (Flank Steak, Whitefish, Special Request, or Zoom only), then check the “I will attend this event” box and click the Process Registration button.  A confirmation message will appear at the top of the page when it refreshes.

If you have any problems trying to register, phone or text 248-767-6658 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; please don’t wait until the last minute. If you don’t register, we may not be able to serve you.

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DOUG FIELD

Chief Advanced Product Development and Technology Officer

Doug Field is chief advanced product development and technology officer, effective September 2022. He reports to Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

In this role, Field oversees design and vehicle hardware engineering across the enterprise, and leads development of Ford’s electric vehicles and digital systems within Ford Model e. The latter includes overseeing software development, digital product design and advanced driver assist systems, along with design and vehicle hardware engineering.

Field’s team is responsible for delivering seamless, delightful and always-on experiences, carrying responsibility for infotainment, navigation, driver-assist technology, connected services and vehicle cybersecurity. His team develops and delivers scalable technology platforms to be deployed across Ford global products, leads the relationships with key technology partners and Ford’s digital developer ecosystem, and is responsible for Ford Power-Up over-the-air updates which deliver new experiences, improve quality and reduce costs.

Field joined Ford from Apple, where he served as vice president, Special Projects. Before that, he was senior vice president of Engineering at Tesla, where he led the development of the Model 3. At Apple, he had overall responsibility for development of Apple’s Mac hardware.  He was the first employee and vice president, Design and Engineering, at Segway. Field began his career as a development engineer at Ford from 1987 to 1993.

Field earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. He also holds master’s degrees in Engineering and Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Field and his wife, Cathy, have three children.