 He was responsible, as director of that company's Special Vehicle Team (SVT) group, for a number of special performance cars in the 1990s and 2000s, including the Ford Focus "SVT", "SVT" Contour, Ford F-150 "Lightning" and the Ford Mustang "Cobra".He later spearheaded development and production of the Ford GT supercar.Since retirement, he has been the managing director of Automotive Performance Partners.