Philip G. Gott Automotive - Powertrain
Phil Gott is a Director for Automotive Consulting, focusing on technical and market opportunity assessment within the Global Automotive Group of Global Insight. He specializes in identifying technical/competitive advantages and creating and implementing technical, business, and/or market entry strategies to exploit advantages and achieve targeted business results. He has served the automotive industry since 1975 and has conducted a number of technology and market assessments, in addition to developing market entry strategies for many light-vehicle technologies, including Powertrain, electronic and mechanical systems, as well as advanced materials. Gott was with Arthur D. Little from 1973 to 1985, and was one of the founding members of ADL’s Automotive Technology Unit. Both at ADL and Global Insight, he has consulted on passenger car and truck original equipment, aftermarket component and material suppliers, as well as governmental agencies, including the EPA, DOT, and NASA. He helps clients arrive at focused, implementable solutions to technically driven business problems. At other times, he has been involved in straightforward engineering research and development programs requiring innovative solutions to technical problems. He has assessed the market opportunities for both in-house and client companies and participated in the development of a number of market entry, business, and product plans. He assisted one client in raising $8 million to develop a business around a high-risk technology. Several clients substantially increased sales, one gaining sufficient market share to put a competitor out of business. From 1985 to 1988, Gott was vice president and a member of the Board of Directors of Barrack Technology Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary, Barrack Consulting, Inc. There he was responsible for the establishment and operation of this international company's U.S. engine research and development laboratory and consulting operations. Gott's challenge was to build that business as a professional, technical resource for the U.S. auto industry. Gott has authored a number of industry publications, including the award-winning book, Changing Gears, a hardbound, over 400-page history of the automotive transmission and how the industry responded to different market, societal, and business forces to develop new transmission technologies. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the honorary engineering fraternity, Pi Tau Sigma. Gott also holds an SCCA National Competition license, campaigning an Acura Integra in the Northeastern United States. He has developed and prepared five racecars, four of which are regional and/or national champions. Gott is a 1974 SCCA solo events national champion.
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