Jim Arentz
Technical Director at Penske Racing Shocks- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Penske Racing Shocks
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Director
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Feb 2006 - Present
Experienced leader with 25 years of experience carrying various technical and race support roles within the company. Primary responsibilities include: Global Motorsport Business Development including Formula One, WEC, Formula E, FIA GT3 & GT4, and WRC, Development of relationships with academia and research entities for the purpose of developing new technologies for evaluation in motorsport, New Business Development including Defense and Aerospace, Oversight of ISO 9001 quality management protocols within the company, Facilitation of IP license opportunities and client management, Project Management, and Global Customer Relations.
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Design Engineer
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Feb 1999 - Feb 2006
Designer of full damper packages for all types of racing including F1, Indy Car, NASCAR, Short Track, Motorcycles, Various military projects for air, land, and sea autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles, etc. Involved in all new product design, testing, recommendations of revisions, supplier relations, and quality control.Traveled in support of customer projects to Europe, South America, Australia, as well as domestic USA.
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Damper Development Engineer
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Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
Had the primary responsibilities of assisting in development of new damper characteristics through traveling and supporting all race and tests of the 1998 CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) championship season with Penske Racing and drivers Al Under, Jr. and Andre Ribeiro.Worked with a team of 2 race damper technicians to develop options for engineering staff for various track conditions.Designed new components that were raced competitively during season. Had the primary responsibilities of assisting in development of new damper characteristics through traveling and supporting all race and tests of the 1998 CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) championship season with Penske Racing and drivers Al Under, Jr. and Andre Ribeiro.Worked with a team of 2 race damper technicians to develop options for engineering staff for various track conditions.Designed new components that were raced competitively during season.
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Development Engineer
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Jun 1996 - Jan 1998
Entry level engineering position.Had the responsibility of testing of new shock absorber components, designing new products, revising designs, and recommending enhancements to entire product line.Spent racing season traveling in support of Penske Racing Shocks products in field in Indy Car, Sportscar, Motorcycles, and Aftermarket. Entry level engineering position.Had the responsibility of testing of new shock absorber components, designing new products, revising designs, and recommending enhancements to entire product line.Spent racing season traveling in support of Penske Racing Shocks products in field in Indy Car, Sportscar, Motorcycles, and Aftermarket.
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Education
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Fox School of Business at Temple University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General -
Penn State University
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The Catholic University of America
BSME, mechanical engineering