(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- The 2010 Quality Leader of the Year Award was presented to Bennie Fowler, group vice president of Global Quality and New Model Launch, Ford Motor Co., at the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Automotive Division annual awards event held on June 21, 2011, at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Quality Leader of the Year Award is presented annually to recognize the quality leadership contributions of an outstanding automotive industry leader. The recipient is an executive who has consistently demonstrated a customer-focused quality philosophy and a defect-prevention-oriented vision.

“It is truly an honor to be recognized among the top quality leaders of the automotive industry,” says Ha Dao, chairman of the ASQ Automotive Division. “Quality leadership must be the overriding goal. Fowler was selected for this award for his visionary leadership and transformational change in driving quality improvement.

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