James (Jay) Burkhart
Senior Vice President, Global Aftermarket

Jay Burkhart is senior vice president, Global Aftermarket, a member of the Federal-Mogul Executive Committee and an officer of
Federal-Mogul Corporation. He is responsible for sales, marketing and distribution of Federal-Mogul’s aftermarket products and brands in all geographic regions.

Burkhart joined Federal-Mogul in 1998 with the acquisition of Cooper Automotive and was most recently vice president of global marketing for Aftermarket Products & Services. He has had positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of product line management, product pricing and gross margin, brand management and overall aftermarket strategy.

Prior to joining Cooper, he was vice president of marketing, worldwide, for Tenneco Automotive (Monroe/Walker). Burkhart had a 10-year career in the packaged goods industry before entering the automotive industry.

Burkhart earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.