While the auto industry tries to right itself financially, it has also been bleeding senior communications talent like a leaky gasket. Most recently, Tony Cervone stepped down from his post as VP of global strategy and operations at General Motors to join UAL Corp., the holding company for United Airlines. This February, Simon Sproule decamped from Nissan Motors, where he was corporate VP of global communications, to join Microsoft. Both Sproule and Cervone were well-regarded auto industry lifers who took ...