Drew Dayton

Drew Dayton is a Senior Manager of Product Planning at Yokohama Tire Corporation, overseeing the product planning and management department with direct reports of two product managers. Drew is responsible for all consumer replacement tire product lines in the U.S. and previously managed motorsports strategy, budgeting, and implementation. Experience includes serving as Product Manager at Toyo Tires, where Drew handled the product life cycle of Light Truck Radial, Competition, and Winter tires, along with an earlier role as Product Engineer. Drew's career began as a Wheel R&D Design Engineer at Carlisle Tire & Wheel, managing wheel development projects, and before that, served as a Product Engineering Intern at Exemplis Corporation and Shift Lead at Peet's Coffee & Tea. Drew holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Long Beach.