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James E. Sweetnam - President and Chief Executive Officer

James E. Sweetnam, 56, is president and chief executive officer of Dana Holding Corporation. Before joining Dana in 2009, Mr. Sweetnam spent the prior 11 years at Eaton Corporation, where he most recently served as president of the company’s global Truck Group. He joined Eaton in 1997 as vice president and general manager of the company’s Heavy-Duty Transmission Division, Truck. In 2000, Mr. Sweetnam was named vice president, Operations, Heavy-Duty Transmission Clutch and Aftermarket, Truck. From 2001 to 2008, he served as senior vice president and president, Truck Group. Prior to joining Eaton, Mr. Sweetnam spent 10 years at Cummins Engine Company where he served in a variety of significant roles, including president of Cummins Electronics Company and group managing director of Holset Engineering Co., Ltd., Cummins’ U.K.-based global turbo charger business. From 1977 to 1985, Mr. Sweetnam served in a variety of managerial roles for Canadian Liquid Air Ltd., and from 1975 to 1977, he served as a construction engineer and product and operations engineer with Air Products & Chemicals. Mr. Sweetnam earned a Bachelor of Science degree in applied science and engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an MBA degree from Harvard University.