Todd Deaville has served as Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation since 2022. In this role he leads Magna’s’ Corporate R&D teams with responsibility to identify, develop, and enable scale of advanced manufacturing technologies within Magna operations. Previously, Todd served as Director, Technology Innovation and Outreach for Magna R&D. Todd has worked for Magna in the automotive industry for 25 years, beginning with an apprenticeship in Mold Engineering and plastics molding. He received his Masters of Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Toronto in 2010, based on the development of a novel automotive acoustics actuator.