Pepperdine Graziadio Alum Ned Curic Appointed Chief Technology Officer at Stellantis

Ned Curic, the current vice president of Alexa Automotive at Amazon, is to be appointed chief technology officer, effective August 30. In this position, Curic will report to Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, and manage the company’s information technology resources. Stellantis notes that Curic has a proven track record. At Amazon, he was responsible for building the automotive side of the business; before this, in 2015, he worked for Toyota Connected as executive vice president, managing software engineers, data scientists and designers; and prior to this, he was chief technology officer at Toyota Motor North America. Curic earned a Presidents and Key Executives (PKE) MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio in 2014.

The announcement is available at Automotive Testing Technology International.