Scott Damon was named Chief Executive Officer of Bridgestone West, Group President of Bridgestone Americas and Global Chief Digital Transformation Officer in November 2024. In this role, Damon leads the growth strategy and operations for all business units. Damon will be instrumental in evolving and optimizing the organization’s portfolio by driving efficiencies and cost controls, and operating with a customer-focused mindset.
Previously, Damon served as Group President, Bridgestone Mobility Solutions (BMS), Vice President and Senior Officer, Bridgestone Corporation, and Member of the Board, Bridgestone Europe, Middle East, and Africa where he was responsible for the growth strategy and operations of all BMS business units. This included fleet management solutions, retread solutions, advanced tire solutions, CFNA, Firestone Airide, and more. Under his leadership, BMS focused on leveraging a digital ecosystem through products, services and solutions to make mobility more sustainable, productive, safe and efficient.
Prior to his BMS leadership role, Damon served as Chief Operating Officer, Bridgestone Americas. In this role, Damon was responsible for the Core Tire Business in the Americas, which included original equipment and replacement tire sales for the company’s consumer, commercial truck, ag and off-the-road tire businesses. He also had responsibility for Manufacturing, LSCM, Quality and Procurement. In addition, Damon served as Vice President and Senior Officer of Bridgestone Corporation and a Member of the Board for Bridgestone Europe, Middle East, India and Africa.
In 2019, Damon served as Group President, Operations for Bridgestone, overseeing the strategic focus and integration of the company’s end-to-end supply chain. Prior to his role as Group President Operations, Damon served as President, Commercial Group, U.S. and Canada, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO), where he oversaw all business operations within the commercial tire portfolio including Truck and Bus (TBR) tires, the company’s Bandag retread business, Firestone Agricultural tires, Off-the-Road (OTR) tires and the commercial retail operations of GCR Tires & Service.
Damon joined Bridgestone Americas in 1996 as Development Engineer for Bandag in Muscatine, Iowa. Bridgestone Americas acquired Bandag in 2007, integrating it into the Bridgestone Commercial business. In his time with Bridgestone, he has served in various leadership roles providing strategic direction to the businesses, including President, Firestone Industrial Products, President of Speedco, Executive Director of Strategic Planning, Bridgestone Americas Technical Center, and Vice President of Marketing for the Commercial Truck Tire and Retreading segments.
Damon graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He earned an MBA from Frostburg State University and completed certificate studies in Executive Leadership and Management at the University of Notre Dame.
