FROM : TESLA . PRESIDENT , HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING TO : CURRENTLY UNKNOWN

WAS : MARCH 2021 NOW : JUNE 2021

Jerome Guillen was on the board of San Francisco Symphony and President-Heavy Trucking at Tesla , Inc .

Before this Guillen had led the company ’ s entire vehicles business since 2018 . During his time as president of Automotive , Tesla opened its first plant overseas , in Shanghai and expanded its battery cell partnerships . Guillen has worked at the company in roles reporting directly to CEO Elon Musk since 2010 .

In the past he was Engineer at Daimler AG and General Manager-Cascadia Program at Daimler Trucks North America LLC ( a subsidiary of Daimler AG ).

Dr . Guillen received a doctorate from the University of Michigan , an undergraduate degree from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées and a graduate degree from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid .

Guillen is the second high-level executive to leave Tesla in recent months , following former vice president of legal , Al Prescott , who left in April .

18 July 2021