SmarTire names new CEO

April 24, 2006
British Columbia-based SmarTire Systems has appointed Leif Pedersen as its new president & CEO

British Columbia-based SmarTire Systems has appointed Leif Pedersen as its new president & CEO. He replaces Al Kozak who left to pursue other interests.

Pedersen, a Norwegian citizen, was formerly the managing director of Consilium GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, responsible for marketing, sales, support and service for a line of technical products for the maritime industry including radar, speed logs and various monitoring and detection systems.

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