TÜV Rheinland Appoints New U.S. Director

TÜV Rheinland North America (Boxborough, MA), a full-service inspection, testing and certification company, has appointed Robert Djurovic as the managing director for U.S. Systems. In his new role, Djurovic will be responsible for overseeing the quality assurance initiatives for TÜV Rheinland clients across all business fields.

Djurovic comes to the company with more than 15 years of leadership experience in the automotive and industrial marketplace. His career includes a diverse and cross-functional background in global ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and TS 16949 certification operations. Djurovic has a strong track record of managing the delivery of service efficiently and profitably and has worked with start-up, turnaround and high-growth companies.

Prior to joining TÜV Rheinland, Djurovic served as director of international automotive solutions at SGS North America (Detroit, MI), where he was responsible for performance assessments to the international automotive community. Before that, he served as the director of automotive services at DNV Business Assurance (Houston, TX) and managed certification assessments to TS 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 18001 for DNV automotive clients. Djurovic began his career as the Midwest regional manager at ABS Quality Evaluations (Houston, TX) and as the regional manager for Perry Johnson Inc. (Southfield, MI).

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Davenport University (Grand Rapids, MI) and has served as the executive director for the Automotive Executive of the Year award since 1990.

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