AKRON (Feb. 28, 2008) — Thomas Connell has been named vice president and chief information officer of Goodyear, and Richard Noechel replaces him as vice president and corporate controller.
Connell has been controller since 2003.
Noechel had served as chief financial officer for Goodyear's South Pacific Tyre subsidiary in Australia since 2006. He joined Goodyear in 2004, serving as assistant controller in Akron.