Mark Rushbrook joined Ford Performance in 2014 as an engineering manager and became global director in December 2017. He oversees all of Ford’s racing initiatives in NASCAR, IMSA, NHRA and Formula Drift in North America and WRC and Australia Supercars overseas.
He earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State University in 1989 and got his Master’s degree a year later at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He eventually gained his MBA from Michigan in 1999 and started at Ford in June of that year in the product development leadership program.
Rushbrook came to Ford Performance after spending 2013 as the Noise and Vibration Harshness Manager for all North America programs, including Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Mustang, Taurus, Escape, Edge, Explorer, Flex, Expedition, F-150, F-250, MkZ, MkX, MkS, and MkT.
He spent two years (2011-12) as the Lincoln MkC vehicle engineering manager after having a five-year run (2005-10) as the North America vehicle dynamics manager, working on every major product in the company portfolio. Rushbrook has also played a major role in the history of Mustang as evidenced by a two-year stint as vehicle development manager from 2002-04.
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