Joseph V. Borruso

Joseph V. Borruso had been President and CEO of Hella North America since August 1999 until his retirement in 2005. He currently is applying his accumulated skills in a consulting role as President of AOEM Consultants LLC.

Responsible for all of Hella’s business operations in the United States, Mexico and Canada, he also was a member of Hella KG’s Extended Management Board. Prior to joining Hella, he was Executive Vice President of Sales for the Bosch Automotive Group in Detroit.

Borruso has worked in the automotive industry for his entire business career, starting in 1963 as a project engineer for the Automotive Lighting Division of ABEX (formerly Signal-Stat), where he advanced to vice president of sales and marketing. In 1977, he joined Wagner Brake and Lighting Products as Vice President for OEM and Heavy Duty Aftermarket Sales.