Dan Kapp of Ford Motor Company

Get your motor running for this fuel-injected interview with Dan Kapp, Ford Motor Corp.’s Director of Powertrain Research & Advanced Engineering, who in the ninth regular installment of On Paper talks about Ford’s newly introduced blueprint for sustainability. Like NewPage Corporation, Ford recognizes that issues such as climate change and energy security are significant global challenges that will require governments, industries and individuals around the world to work together to seek solutions.

Dan Kapp has been with Ford since 1977 upon graduation from Michigan Technological University with a BSME degree. He has spent his entire 30 year career in the area of engine and powertrain product development. In 2001, Kapp was appointed to his first executive position as Director of Core and Advanced Powertrain Engineering. One year later, he became Executive Director for Powertrain Operations and has spent the last five years leading the product development for all engines and transmissions in North America.