Bob Puri

Responsible for Gears/Shafts/Bearings and Power Transfer + Axle Components

Areas of responsibility include HEV Drive Units (GFE2), EV Drive units (X81F), 6/8 Speed RWD Transmission, and GAxx Front and Rear Axles.

• T & Stacks Analysis
• DFMEA & Reliability Analysis
• Minitab
• TeamCenter and UG
• DFSS Black Belt
• Operation Excellence Project Mentor
• Cross functional collaboration
• System level expertise in Driveline sub-systems such a front and rear differential assemblies, PTU,
• Transfer Case, and Manual Transmissions

• PTU for Transverse AWD Architectures
• Engineering Group Manager for PTU, Transfer Cases, and Corvette Driveline
• Globally responsible for release activities for PTU ( Power Transfer Units) and Transfer Cases for Front Wheel
• Drive and Rear Wheel Drive based AWD systems
• Education
• Patents & Publications
• Managed seventeen engineers globally in the daily release operations of PTU/Transfer Case/Corvette Driveline
• Developed 1st Generation of AWD Disconnect PTU which are now in production in Midsize Crossover Vehicles

• Responsible for All Front Wheel Drive Manual Transmission and Clutches for North American Market
• Global responsibility in developing and integrating Manual Transmission and Clutches for North American,
• Europe, and Asian Markets

• For the release of various components within an automatic transmission such as seals and Shafts

• Managed newly formed team for the past 4.5 years to design, develop, and validate new Driveline concepts
• Oversaw a strong team of 15 engineering personnel with various experiences
• Developed process to build over 400 axles for Full Size Truck development fleet
• All Builds 100% on time with quality with full traceability
• Developed 5 new Innovative Concepts for front and rear axles
• Successfully designed, developed, executed into production new front and rear axle for 2019 GM Full size truck
• First new axle GM has produced internally in over 22 years
• Used Transmission Process of Engineering in guiding team to develop a world class design for front and rear axles
• All New Al rear axle salisbury design saving 10kg mass over cast iron housing for 2019 Full Size Truck Program
• Completed successfully on time all Development and Production Validation
• Successfully Developed several Build to Print Designs
• Fostered positive and performance-oriented environment by developing a collaborative environment
• Over 30 patents were granted to my team for new driveline concepts
• Developed talent to design all components in house from castings, gears, seals, bearings, shafts, tubes, shims, stampings, etc
• Hired many of the 15 people engineering team
• Provided year mid and year end reviews
• Conducted monthly one on one discussions.

• Developed and release Manual Transmission, Drivelines, & Clutches for the Corvette, CTSV, Cobalt, HHR, Ion,
• Vue, & C120/C125 applications
• Managed total of 6 engineers in the daily operations of Manual Transmission and Clutches
• Instrumental in developing Best in Class Compact Car Fuel Economy with 5 speed Front Wheel Drive Manual
• Transmission for the 2009 My Chevy Cobalt
• Instrumental in developing 2008 Corvette Shift System which has been written up by the press (Car and
• Driver/February 2008)
• Developed new designs for the CTSV and Corvette 2009 Applications with a Twin Plate Clutch for the Increased
• Torque Requirements

• Responsible for the Validation of the Manual Transmission and All Wheel Drive/Four Wheel Drive System
• Developed Analysis Development and Validation Plans and Reliability Plans based on DFMEA and
• Requirements
• Promoted from Senior Product Engineer to Staff Engineer
• Supervised 4 validation engineers

• Responsible for interfacing with customer engineering in developing sealing concepts for their applications

• Responsible for interfacing with customer engineering in developing sealing concepts for their applications