ANN ARBOR – L. Lee Gorman has been named director of the automotive business unit at Coherix, a supplier of holographic and optical inspection systems to measure production and component quality in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical supply and semiconductor industries.
Prior to joining Coherix, Gorman was a principal at Barton Consulting Services in Ann Arbor. She previously held various key management positions at Ford Motor Company, including director of SUV product planning; chief engineer — full-size passenger cars; manager — truck powertrain planning, and planning manager for casting operations.
A native of Wellesley, Mass., she began her business career at Ford as a financial analyst in 1979. Gorman went on to work at Allied-Signal Automotive, where she served as a marketing manager and later as manager of strategic planning. Before returning to Ford in 1989, she also worked as a consultant with the Carroll Group in Ann Arbor.
Gorman holds bachelor?s and master?s degrees in business administration from the University of Michigan?s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor. She also has a bachelor?s degree in mechanical engineering from Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan. She is married and lives in Ann Arbor.
Coherix provides holographic and optical-based measurement and inspection products to customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical supply and semiconductor industries. “Where a micron matters,” Coherix enables its customers to shorten the launch of new products; eliminate launch delays and work stoppages; rapidly start up new machinery lines; empower the employees to take immediate corrective action by making process performance visible; reduce scrap and lower warranty costs.
Its ShaPix and I-Cite products are in operation around the world and perform everyday for companies such as GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Bosch and TRW, as well as multiple semiconductor manufacturers in Asia.
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