Thomas Sidlik’s almost fifty-year career in the automotive industry began at Ford Motor Company and continued at Chrysler at the start of Lee Iacocca’s leadership there. He held various leadership positions in Finance, Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Quality, Procurement & Supply and became a Member of the Management Board of DaimlerChrysler AG.

While he was head of Procurement & Supply, DaimlerChrysler was named Corporation of the Year numerous times by MMSDC as well as NMSDC for its efforts to support and grow minority owned businesses. Mr. Sidlik took a leadership role in both organizations as Chairman of the Michigan Council and Vice-Chairman of the NMSDC, as well as Chairman of National’s Executive Committee.

In his retirement, he has served on many boards including Delphi, Cooper-Standard, the Board Regents of Eastern Michigan University, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Council.

He holds degrees from New York University and The University of Chicago.