John Van Gilder, a SAE Fellow, is currently an engineering consultant (Van Gilder Engineering, LLC) supporting clients with the development and implementation of on-board diagnostic systems, both algorithms and hardware.  Prior to his retirement from GM in March of 2021, Mr. Van Gilder was the Technical Fellow, OBD II Development, in General Motors Propulsion System Embedded Controls.  In this position, he was responsible for implementing statistical techniques in OBD design, model based on-board diagnostic design, development of OBD requirements for new powertrain systems, and in-use assessment of OBD systems.

Prior to working at GM, Mr. Van Gilder was a Commissioned Officer in the United States Navy working in materials research and development for application in the nuclear propulsion of warships.

He has organized and presented at numerous SAE OBD and Powertrain Controls technical meetings. Mr. Van Gilder has a B.S.E. in Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan, a M.S.E. in Nuclear Engineering from the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and a M.S.E. in Reliability Engineering from Kettering University and is a Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan.