CV: Ivan Kebísek (ENG)

Ivan Kebísek is the Engineering Director and Site Leader of the Yanfeng (YF) Tech Center, located in Trenčín, Slovakia. In his function he is also responsible for the brands of Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep and Maserati of the Stellantis Group and Suzuki Engineering team of the company’s Customer Business Units in Europe. His responsibility includes research and development activities for YF products – instrument panels and cockpits, floor consoles, door panels as well as safety components.

Born in 1973, Ivan Kebisek has over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry, mainly focused on the engineering of car interiors. Prior to his current post as Engineering Director of YF Ivan was responsible as Site Leader for the Interiors group at the Technical Center of Johnson Controls in Trenčín. He started employment there in 2004 and worked as External Engineering Manager for the first three years. He participated in the establishment of the newly created site and was responsible for setting up new teams and starting the first programs for the Interiors and Seating business. As of 2007 he had the role of Chief Engineer for the instrument panel, cockpit and floor console product development group in Trenčín.

Before joining Johnson Controls Ivan worked as Technical Manager for the Technodat CAE systémy, where he led product design teams and projects for various Tier 1 automotive suppliers, mainly Faurecia Meru, France. He started work at Technodat as a Design Engineer in 1998. His professional carrier began at Leoni Autokabel Slovakia in 1996 as Technical Engineer for cable harness systems. He was then employed by ZTS Dimex as the Technical Manager responsible for launch preparations for hydraulic excavators. ​
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​Ivan Kebísek graduated with honors from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia, with a Master of Engineering degree in Transport and Handling Machinery. Besides his native Slovak, he is fluent in English. Ivan gained extensive experience abroad through various technical assignments in France, Germany and Italy.

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