The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and former Detroit News business reporter, writes a blog, Starkman Approved .

By Eric Starkman

Dr. Sterling Anderson (GM photo)

Auto writers took notice of GM losing three of its high-profile, Silicon Valley–based tech executives within weeks. But true to form, they swallowed GM’s spin and dutifully framed the departures as fallout from a benign “restructuring.” In fact, the undeniable senior management upheavals were sparked by robotics PhD guru Dr. Sterling Anderson reimagining GM’s future and moving quickly to put his stamp on what Mary Barra insists is a “technology” company.

One of Anderson’s first moves was a quiet yet unmistakable rebuke of Barra’s leadership: bringing Rashed Haq back into the GM fold.

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