Martin J. Habalewsky is a vice president and senior account executive at AutoCom Associates.

He directs the agency's new business development, customer satisfaction programs and media distribution services, in addition to his responsibilities as an account manager.

Prior to joining AutoCom Associates, Habalewsky was a senior executive at Detroit's two largest public relations firms and a regional marketing manager for PR Newswire and Business Wire, the two leading global commercial newswire services. He also has worked as a public relations account executive at BBDO Detroit, dedicated to Dodge and Chrysler programs.

Habalewsky's other previous automotive clients include Mazda, Kelsey-Hayes Group (now TRW Automotive), FANUC Robotics North America, Dupont Automotive, Hayes Lemmerz, BASF Corp., Ziebart Corp., and SAE International.

His automotive media clients have included Automotive News and Motor Trend magazine. He managed the Motor Trend “Car of the Year” public relations as well as similar activities for the magazine's “Truck of the Year” and the former “Import Car of the Year” programs.

Habalewsky's areas of expertise include strategic communication, media and financial relations, product and services marketing communications, media interview training, community relations and crisis management.

Accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America, he is a past board member of that organization's Detroit Chapter. Habalewsky is a past president of the Detroit Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and a past board member of the National Investor Relations Institute's Michigan Chapter. He also is a member of the Automotive Press Association.

Named the first "Communicator of the Year" by IABC's Detroit Chapter, Habalewsky also was awarded a "Key to the City of Detroit" for his volunteer contributions to the Accounting Aid Society of Detroit. A guest lecturer at no fewer than six of Michigan's leading universities, he holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Detroit (now the University of Detroit Mercy).

Habalewsky resides in Warren, Michigan.