Almelo, The Netherlands - Sensata Technologies Holding N.V., a company engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of sensors and controls, announced that Martha Sullivan has assumed the role of chief executive officer and a director.
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Ms. Sullivan was named President in September, 2010.
Previously, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a position she held since the business was purchased by Bain Capital in April 2006.
Ms. Sullivan joined Texas Instruments in 1984 and held various management positions, including Vice President of Sensor Products from 1997 to 2006.
Past and present external positions include the Key Executive Council at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, President’s Alumni Council at Michigan Technological University, and Ford International Supplier Advisory Council.
She was recently inducted into the Academy of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech, and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from that institution.
Ms. Sullivan has been a speaker and panelist in a number of technology industry and academic forums including the Ernst & Young China Business Roundtable, Executive Women’s Conference (Morgan Stanley), International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, Inc. and the Innovation Leadership Forum.
Ms. Sullivan, who continues to hold the title of President, succeeds CEO Thomas Wroe.
Mr. Wroe will remain on the Board of Directors and become Non-Executive Chairman.
Mr. Wroe joined Texas Instruments in 1972 as a Manufacturing Engineer after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Rhode Island.
During his career at Texas Instruments, he held a variety of management assignments in operations, engineering, marketing, and business development across Texas Instruments Materials & Controls businesses.
He was named President of Materials & Controls in June 1995 and Senior Vice President of Texas Instruments in March 1998.
The business within TI was renamed Sensors & Controls in September 2000 and was purchased from TI by Bain Capital in April 2006.
In March 2010, Mr. Wroe led the company through a successful initial public offering.
Mr. Wroe is a member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, and is a Director of the Chase Corporation.
In addition, he is a member of the Board of Advisors to Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, and he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cape Cod Healthcare.
Mr. Wroe is immediate-past Chairman of the Board of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
Sensata also announced that Steve Beringhause has been named Senior Vice President of the global Sensors business. Steve Major, his predecessor, retired on December 31, 2012.
Mr. Beringhause joined Sensata's predecessor company, Texas Instruments, in 1988 and served in various Design Engineering capacities.
He was named as Vice President of Sensors Americas in 2006, Vice President of Sensors Asia in 2010 and Senior Vice President of Sensors Asia and the Americas in July 2012. ■