Patrick Desbois and Brad Trenkle appointed as co-Chief Operating
Officers
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, June 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN),
announced today that Patrick Desbois
and Brad Trenkle have been appointed
to the newly created role of co-Chief Operating Officer (co-COO),
effective July 1, 2024. Desbois will
provide executive oversight for Garmin's aviation and auto OEM
segments, global supply chain and operations, information
technology and human resources. Trenkle will provide executive
oversight for Garmin's consumer business segments, engineering
innovation and support, as well as global consumer sales, marketing
and creative. Both leaders will report to Cliff Pemble, Garmin Ltd.'s President and CEO,
who will focus on Garmin's long-term growth strategies, business
and organizational development, and the finance and legal functions
of the company.
Desbois joined Garmin as Vice President, Executive Office in
2011. He was promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations in
2017 and has been responsible for global oversight of operations,
communications and consumer marketing, as well as human resource
management and information technology. Prior to Garmin, Desbois was
a senior director of engineering at Dell Computers, where he worked
for 10 years, including two years on an expatriate assignment in
Taiwan. Desbois earned a
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from George Mason University.
Since joining Garmin in 2002 as a software engineer, Trenkle has
contributed to the development of many product lines, particularly
in Garmin's outdoor segment. He has served in a variety of
leadership roles, including engineering management and providing
leadership for some of Garmin's most consequential acquisitions. In
2017, Trenkle was promoted to Vice President of Garmin's Outdoor
Segment. Trenkle earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering
from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
"Garmin is a unique company with significant operational
scale that serves a diverse set of markets. We have leveraged
growth opportunities that shaped us into the company we are today,
and we have an amazing team of over 20,000 associates around the
world who are dedicated to serving customers with highly
differentiated products. We also believe that there are many more
opportunities that lie ahead. I'm excited to have Patrick Desbois and Brad
Trenkle expand their executive leadership responsibilities
as co-COOs to help me lead Garmin to a bright and successful
future." — Cliff Pemble, President
and CEO
About Garmin International Inc.: Garmin
International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN).
Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries
are located in the United States,
Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin is a registered
trademark.
Notice on Forward-Looking Statements:
This release
includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its
business. Such statements are based on management's current
expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances
discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could
differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and
uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the
risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 30, 2023, filed by
Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file
number 0-31983). A copy of such Form 10-K is available
at http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No
forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and
Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
Media contact:
Krista
Klaus
Garmin Corporate Communications
913-440-1422
corporate.communications@garmin.com
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