The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced the appointment of John T. Lucas as the company's new senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective February 2, 2015. Lucas will succeed Joseph B. Ruocco who announced his retirement 2014. Lucas joins Goodyear with more than 30 years of human resources leadership experience, the past six years at Lockheed Martin Corporation where he served as senior vice president of human resources for the global security and aerospace company since 2010.

Lucas succeeds Ruocco who has served as Goodyear's chief human resources officer for the past six-and-a-half years.