Chris Helsel is Goodyear’s Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer. In this role, Helsel leads a global team responsible for product design and innovation, overseeing product and technology development, R&D operations, product lifecycle optimization, product quality, complexity optimization and intelligent tire solutions.

Helsel joined Goodyear in 1996 and has held multiple leadership roles in the company, including Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Chief Technology Officer. He also previously served as the technology director of Goodyear's North America Commercial and Global Off-Highway business, as well as overseeing global technology development at the company's Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg.

As an accomplished technology leader, Helsel brings an extensive knowledge of the transportation industry, combining his expertise in traditional tire innovation with new technologies to produce leading products and services. He has experience building strong relationships across the automotive and technology sectors and ensuring the performance of Goodyear’s premium products throughout their lifecycle.

Helsel received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University and his master’s degree from The University of Akron in the same discipline. Prior to Goodyear, Helsel worked as an engineer at Babcock & Wilcox, designing nuclear propulsion equipment for Navy ship systems.

Helsel served on the Exascale Computing Project Industry Council and is a lead executive partner with Sandia National Laboratories, an advanced research and development laboratory that delivers science and engineering solutions for national security and technology innovation.