Jim Park

Senior Vice President, Commercial Vehicle and Hydrogen Business Development at Hyundai Motor North America

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Jim Park is the senior vice president of commercial vehicle and hydrogen business development at Hyundai Motor North America. Park is responsible for Hyundai’s hydrogen initiatives in North America, which include commercial vehicle sales, infrastructure development, commercialization of hydrogen, and related future mobility solutions. He joined Hyundai in June 2023.

Park has more than three decades of experience in the automotive industry with leadership roles at both Harman-Samsung and Chrysler. Prior to joining Hyundai, Park was president of Harman International Korea, where he initiated strategies for its automotive business units and Samsung’s Automotive Electronic Business. He managed and led four divisions including connected car, car audio, consumer electronics and professional solutions, and oversaw respective KPI’s such as sales revenue growth, market share, cost management, compliance, and employee development.

Before joining Harman International, Park was the president and CEO of Global Auto Systems, an advisory and consulting services company he formed in 2000, a role he held until 2018. In nearly two decades, his group of consultants worked with leaders and top decision makers around the world providing in-depth industry insights, product, market knowledge and strategic perspectives. Park also previously served on the Board of Governors for the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea where he advocated for the development of investment and trade between South Korea and the United States. In his early career, Park worked in various managerial roles at Hyundai Motor America and Chrysler Corporation.

Park is a graduate of University of Michigan, where he received a bachelor’s degree in management information systems.