John Kotara will assume a broader regional controller role effective May 29, 2017, coordinating best practices and financial strategic initiatives for multiple US campuses. He will continue his role as Financial Manager for the Middlefield Campus while also reporting to the NAFTA CFO. John has been the plant controller at Middlefield for 10 years and has lived in Northeast Ohio his entire life, where he has been married to his wife for 27 years and enjoys hobbies like golfing with his family.

1. Please join us in congratulating……
John Kotara
John Kotara will assume a broader role as Regional Controller effective May 29, 2017, for all US
campus’ which use Non-SAP as their IT Platform (MID, STA, LAF, ROB, VPC). The purpose is to
coordinate Forward Steering and Cost Management best practices. This includes the planning, analysis,
cost & delta management as well as financial strategic initiatives for NAFTA. John will also continue his
role as Financial Manager for the Middlefield Campus, directly reporting to Jerry Saxion Managing
Director with dotted line reporting to Ernie Ulmer NAFTA CFO.
John was born and raised in Northeast Ohio, and has lived there his entire life. John started as a plant
controller at the Middlefield plant on September 11, 2006 and has been there for 10 years.
John has been married to his wife Diane for 27 years and has two daughters. His hobbies include
golfing, jet skiing, camping, and being with his family.