Speakers

Dr. Cuttino is the Director of Tire Development and Testing at Yokohama Corporation of North America. In that role, Jim supervises the development of tires for both the Original Equipment and Replacement markets as well as the related testing activities.  Prior to joining Yokohama, Jim was the Director of Tire Technologies and Product Line at LINK Engineering, where he oversaw the conceptualization and development of new tire testing equipment, business development related to tires, and tire testing services.  He received his BS and MS degrees from Clemson University in 1985 and 1987, and began his career at Michelin Americas R&D Center before returning to school to earn his Ph.D. in Precision Engineering at NC State University.  Over the next 14 years he taught Mechanical Engineering at The University of Alabama and UNC Charlotte, where he started the Motorsports and Automotive Research Center.  Jim left teaching in 2009 to start Camber Ridge, a first of its kind tire testing facility designed to improve accuracy and fidelity in tire testing.  He subsequently sold the technology to LINK Engineering in 2017. 

Dr. Cuttino is the Chair of the SAE Truck and Bus Tire Committee along with having served on numerous organizing committees for the SAE, the Clemson Tire Conference, and others.  Dr. Cuttino was the Keynote Speaker at the 2017 American Society for Precision Engineering Annual Meeting and received an SAE Best Paper Award at the 2013 SAE Commercial Vehicle Conference.  He is the author of nine patents.