Rockwell Automation Names Gina Ayala Claxton President for Americas Region
January 24 2022 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest
company dedicated to industrial automation and digital
transformation, announced today that Gina Ayala Claxton joined the
company and is named president, Americas Region effective
immediately. As regional sales leader, she reports to Rockwell
Automation Chief Revenue Officer Scott Genereux, and succeeds
Alejandro Capparelli, who has taken a new role within the company
as vice president, Global Commercial Lifecycle Services.
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Most recently, Ayala Claxton was at IBM, where she had a 20-year
career with demonstrated experience in consultative, enterprise
solutions sales and services, with the past 10 years in sales and
enterprise leadership roles. In her latest role, she was
responsible for all customer go-to-market segments across a set of
industry verticals, including CPG and transportation, acquiring
customers from major global brands. She was also a member of the
IBM CEO’s transformation team, and she led various change
initiatives for the company on behalf of senior leadership.
“Gina will be instrumental in our efforts to simplify our
organization for our customers, drive accelerated profitable growth
and operate with a global mindset in our largest global region,”
said Genereux. “In looking to the future, we want to have new ideas
and fresh perspectives from leaders in other industries to
complement that with our valuable customer knowledge and deep
domain expertise in operational technologies. Gina brings
considerable experience building, motivating and developing high
performance teams in customer-focused and matrixed
environments.”
Rockwell’s Americas organization consists of five regions
including Canada, Central U.S., Eastern U.S., Southwest U.S.
Regions and Latin America. Ayala Claxton will be the company’s
first Latina president of the Americas region and is a passionate
advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion. She will be based in
the San Francisco Bay Area.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell
Automation employs approximately 24,500 problem solvers dedicated
to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about
how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across
industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
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