Common Motors has named a brand new head of its OnStar in-vehicle security, safety and connectivity enterprise, changing Jeff Massimilla after somewhat greater than a yr.
Mike Devereux, a high GM gross sales and advertising govt in China, took over as vp, OnStar security and safety, as of Nov. 1, a GM spokeswoman instructed Automotive Information.
Devereux succeeds Massimilla, who had overseen OnStar since September 2021. GM didn’t touch upon Massimilla’s departure.
Devereux started working for GM in 1984 and has had a number of management roles, most lately as vp for automobile gross sales, service and advertising for GM China and SAIC-GM, a three way partnership with SAIC Motor Corp., in accordance with the automaker.
Massimilla didn’t instantly reply to a message in search of remark Wednesday. In July, he launched a new model identification and brand for OnStar geared toward rising the attain of its companies.
His earlier roles at GM included vp for world cybersecurity, automobile security chief and director of world validation.