Sensata Technologies Announces Appointment of Jeff Cote as Chief Financial Officer
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Attleboro, Massachusetts | November 16, 2006 | Sensata Technologies Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Tom Wroe today announced the appointment of Jeff Cote as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective January 2, 2007.
Cote will join Sensata from Ropes & Gray LLP, where he was the Chief Operating Officer responsible for the firm's administrative and operational initiatives, including finance, information technology, facilities management, human resources, marketing and business development. Cote also served as Chief Operating, Financial and Administrative Officer for Digitas, Inc., where he had similar responsibilities.
Additionally, he served as corporate controller for the Monitor Group, where he was in charge of all aspects of the finance department worldwide, including internal and external financial reporting, treasury, taxes, budgeting, and risk management. He has a breadth of experience with mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and filing requirements and initial public offerings and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Accounting. He is a CPA in Florida and Massachusetts.
Robert Kearney, the current CFO, will transition to a newly created role as vice president of Corporate Services.
About Sensata Technologies
On April 27, 2006, Sensata Technologies B.V. ("Sensata" or the "Successor"), a company owned by an affiliate of Bain Capital Partners, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, completed the acquisition of the Sensors & Controls business of Texas Instruments Incorporated ("S&C" or the "Predecessor").
Sensata is a leading designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls in each of the key applications in which we compete. Sensata has business and technology development centers in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Holland and Japan and manufacturing operations in Brazil, China, Korea, Malaysia, and Mexico, as well as sales offices around the world. Sensata Technologies employs approximately 5,500 people worldwide.
The Company manufactures approximately 18,000 different products that are highly-engineered and application specific, and ships over one billion units each year.Sensata Technologies B.V.'s U.S. business and technology development center is located at 529 Pleasant Street, Attleboro, MA 02703-0964. Further information can be found on the company's website www.sensata.com.
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