Nand Kochhar
Chief Engineer, Vehicle Attributes & CAE
Ford Motor Company
Mr. Kochhar is Chief Engineer, Vehicle Attributes & CAE, North America Engineering, Ford Motor Company. His current responsibilities include Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH), Vehicle Dynamics, Durability Testing and CAE for all North American products.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Kochhar held several positions of increasing global responsibility, including Chief Engineer, CAE & Durability Engineering, Vehicle Engineering Manager on F-Series Superduty Truck, Chassis Design & Release Manager of the award-winning 2000 Model Year Mondeo Car in Europe. Mr. Kochhar played a key role in Corporate CAD/CAM/CAE/ PIM (C3P) strategy development and implementation in Europe. Mr. Kochhar has held several supervisory positions within North America Product Development.
Mr. Khochar holds a Bachelors degree in Production Engineering and a Masters Degree in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Missouri Rolla.