John M. Coll
Mr. Coll joined Allison as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, Sales and Service in October 2016. Prior to joining Allison, Mr. Coll was Vice Present of Sales and Marketing at Gerdau Ameristeel U.S., a manufacturer of steel products, from January 2015 to October 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Coll served fourteen years at Eaton Corporation, or Eaton, most recently as Vice President of Global Marketing for the vehicle group from January 2011 to January 2015. Prior to that, he held a number of other roles at Eaton, including Director of Global Channel Marketing for Eaton Electrical, General Manager of Aftermarket and Vehicle Solutions for Truck Components and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Truck Components. Prior to joining Eaton, Mr. Coll served thirteen years at Philips Electronics in a variety of sales and distributor relations roles. Mr. Coll earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from West Virginia University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
Thomas D. Eifert
Mr. Eifert currently serves as Vice President, Quality, Planning and Program Management, a position he has held since December 2021. In August 2021, following leadership changes, his role began reporting directly to the CEO. In August 2020, his role was expanded to include oversight of Quality and Reliability and Engineering Test Operations including our Vehicle Electrification and Environmental Test Center. Mr. Eifert previously held the positions of Vice President, Program Management and Product Planning from December 2018 until December 2021, where he was responsible for planning and leading product initiatives across the portfolio serving the On-Highway, Off-Highway, and Defense end markets, Vice President, Program Management and Mobile Source Emissions from April 2017 until December 2018, and Executive Director, Product Teams and Program Management from 2014 until April 2017.
Mr. Eifert began his career with General Motors in 1989 as a co-op student at the Inland (Fisher Guide) Division in Dayton, Ohio and served in a variety of roles with Delphi Automotive. He joined Allison in 1996 as a Supplier Quality Engineer. In 1997, he was promoted to Senior Supplier Quality Engineer and in 1999 to Supervisor, Supplier Quality Engineering. Over the course of his career, he worked in several different areas of the business, including Purchasing, Business Planning and Engineering. In 2007, he was promoted to Executive Director of Global Customer Support in the Marketing, Sales and Service group. In 2013, he rejoined the Engineering division and then assumed a cross-functional leadership role to define, plan and implement product initiatives for the On-Highway Products Team, the Controls System Team, and the Off-Highway Products Team. Mr. Eifert is also the executive sponsor for the Company's multicultural Employee Resource group. He graduated from the University of Dayton with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned a Master in Business Administration from Butler University.
Ryan A. Milburn
Mr. Milburn currently serves as Vice President, Product Engineering for Allison Transmission, a position he has held since August 2021. Mr. Milburn previously served as Vice President, e-Mobility Engineering from June 2020 until August 2021. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Mechatronics & Controls Software from May 2019 until June 2020, and before that as Executive Director, Embedded Controls from July 2015 until May 2019. Prior to his positions in engineering leadership, Mr. Milburn served as Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) based in The Netherlands from 2012 to 2015 and as Vice President and Chief Information Officer following our divestiture from General Motors in 2007. Mr. Millburn began his career with Allison in 1990, holding roles of increasing responsibility in manufacturing operations and information technology including Manager of Information & Control Systems for the green-field launch of our former manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Maryland, Manager of Engineering & Product Development Systems and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Millburn received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from GMI Engineering & Management Institute as part of a co-operative education program with Allison. Mr. Milburn serves on the Marian University E.S. Witchger School of Engineering Board of Visitors and SAE International COMVECTM Executive Council.
Dana J.H. Pittard
Mr. Pittard joined Allison in October 2015 as Deputy Vice President of Defense Programs. He was promoted to Vice President, Defense Programs in January 2016. Mr. Pittard retired from the U.S. Army with the grade of Major General (2 Star) after 34 years of active duty. He has commanded Armor and Infantry units at every level from platoon to Division, including command of the 1st Armored Division. His service included multiple combat tours.