Jim Rau - Office of Professional Practice - Purdue University

With over 50 years in the automotive business with TRW Inc. varied business units and consultation advisory role with ZF-TRW, now ZF, Rau brings a balanced contemporary view of the past, current and exploding market opportunities for new innovative products. He is executive advisor to ZF, operating from his consulting company JLRau&Associates LLC.

Mau has participated in many TRW new business development plans, startups and joint ventures around the globe. He chaired TRW Inc. technical board for two years as an honorarium CTO position, cross linking TRW’s vast global automotive technologies with its aerospace / electronics capabilities.

Now retired from TRW Northrop Grumman, senior VP technology, quality and electric powered steering systems business units, Rau still is involved in the growth of the automotive industry with ZF. He also has served on the SAE International Board of Directors and supports the mechanical engineering, cooperative engineering and student athletics scholarship programs at Purdue University.

Purdue experience

Completed a five-session co-op with International Harvester Motor Truck Division