Mark Fields should be feeling pretty good right about now. Ford Motor, his employer for the last 23 years, is in the midst of a remarkable turnaround. Since the US auto industry's big wreck in 2008, Ford has reported 10 consecutive profitable quarters. ...

Mr. Inside, in Sight of the Crown Mark Fields should be feeling pretty good right about now. The Ford Motor Company [ F 12.75 +0.01 (+0.08%) ], his employer for the last 23 years, is in the midst of a remarkable turnaround. Since the American auto...

Platt/Getty Images Mark Fields graduated from Harvard Business School and chose a job at Ford over offers in investment banking because the car business so enthralled him. MARK FIELDS should be feeling pretty good right about now. The Ford Motor Company...

"From a powertrain standpoint," he said, "we have a specific strategy of continuing to downsize engines and using EcoBoost with turbocharging and direct fuel injection. Another piece is continuing to take weight out of our vehicles – 250 to 700 pounds...

BASF, Toyota, Mack Trucks and Tata, are heavily concentrated in the U.S. manufacturing industry — employing 17 percent of total American manufacturing jobs," she said. Last month, Obama praised Ford Motor Co. for moving jobs back to the United States...

Kuzak has 33 years in at Ford. Booth has 34. Both will retire on April 1. Several news outlets have suggested the two men were chief competitors for Ford President of the Americas Mark Fields as Mulally’s replacement. I doubt that. Kuzak is too...

While he denied speculation that he would seek to retire by the end of next year, he did say, "Our plan at Ford is to have a very strong succession plan for every position, including my own." So who will get the job? Speculation on Mulally's possible...

After two top Ford Motor Company executives announced their retirement plans last week, Mark Fields, the automaker’s market chief for North and South America might have had reason for celebration, speculates an industry trade journal. The announcement...

Photo credit: GLEN TREIST Although his name was not mentioned once in official statements about last week's executive shuffle at Ford Motor Co. , President of the Americas Mark Fields may have been the biggest beneficiary. Ford said two veterans and...

"I read the news release very carefully and I do not find my name in it," Mulally said of the company statement announcing the retirements of Booth and Kuzak. "I have no plans to retire and I'm absolutely thrilled and honored to serve Ford." Mulally...

But current and former Ford executives tell me that the selections of Bob Shanks, 59, as CFO and Raj Nair, 47, as the next group vice president, product development, are consistent with a CEO succession plan that positions Mark Fields or Joseph...

Booth and Kuzak were on a list of potential successors that includes Joe Hinrichs, who oversees operations in Asia and Africa, and Stephen Odell at Ford of Europe, The front-runner in many minds is Mark Fields, president of the Americas, which...

2012 at 3:23 PM DEARBORN, Mich. , Feb. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. said Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth and group Vice President for Product Development Derrick Kuzak would retire April 1. Booth will be replaced by Bob Shanks, who...

Mulally named their replacements and promised that Ford's success will continue. "Nothing's changing about the way we operate," said Mulally, whose company last month reported its third straight annual profit. Company insiders say the leading candidates...

Mulally aimed to calm the organization by working to identify home-grown talent and pushing his top people to do the same in their own functions. One of the net effects: Booth, 63, will be replaced by Shanks, 59, a key player in Ford's original "Way...

Ford's success will continue as it follows the plan that led it to prosperity. "Nothing's changing about the way we operate," said Mulally, whose company last month reported its third-straight annual profit. Company insiders say the leading candidates...

"Nothing's changing about the way we operate," said Mulally, whose company last month reported its third-straight annual profit. Company insiders say the leading candidates to succeed Mulally are now Americas President Mark Fields, Asia Pacific and...

Though these men have been key players in Ford’s turnaround, none have the high profile or ace resume that Mulally boasted when he was recruited from Boeing to become Ford’s CEO. That leaves open the question of whether the company might end up going...

"We don't think that these changes in any way alter the financial or operational strategy that's been in place," Clark said. Company insiders say the leading candidates to replace Mulally are now Americas President Mark Fields, Asia Pacific and Africa...