Rockwell Automation Announces Key Additions to Leadership Team
January 26 2021 - 6:50AM
Business Wire
Software veterans Scott Genereux and Brian
Shepherd join company in executive leadership roles
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE:ROK), the world’s largest
company dedicated to industrial automation and digital
transformation, today announced two key additions to its executive
leadership team, naming Scott Genereux senior vice president and
chief revenue officer and Brian Shepherd senior vice president,
Software and Control, effective Feb. 1. Genereux and Shepherd will
report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Blake Moret.
Genereux will have global responsibility for total revenue
performance and will oversee Rockwell’s global sales and marketing
strategy and functions, with specific focus on increasing software
sales and annual recurring revenue (ARR). Shepherd will lead the
operating segment that includes control and visualization software
and hardware, information software, and network and security
infrastructure, which was created as of Oct. 1.
“Scott and Brian add great new perspectives and depth to their
respective positions,” said Moret. “Scott has tremendous experience
leading enterprise software and hardware global sales teams, and is
perfectly suited to help us build executive relationships with
customers as we play a larger role in their enterprise-wide digital
transformation. Brian brings deep industrial software product
management experience, and he understands the value of our partner
ecosystem. As software continues to play a larger role in our
future value, these two leaders will play a key role in executing
Rockwell Automation’s strategy to accelerate profitable
growth.”
Genereux joins Rockwell with more than two decades of sales and
management leadership experience. Most recently, he served as
executive vice president for Worldwide Field Operations and chief
revenue officer for Veritas Technologies, a leading provider of
cloud data management solutions. Prior to that, he led sales and
strategy for Oracle Corporation’s cloud infrastructure business.
Genereux’s career also includes senior sales and marketing
positions with QLogic, Data Direct Networks, and Hitachi Data
Systems.
“With an expanding portfolio of technologies that spans SaaS,
cloud, machine learning, and data analytics innovations, Rockwell
Automation is at the forefront of industrial digital
transformation,” said Genereux. “Nobody is better positioned to
help organizations transform their supply chains and modernize
their business practices with sustainable technology breakthroughs.
I am very excited about joining the Rockwell team as we grow the
company across both emerging and established industries
worldwide.”
Shepherd brings extensive experience in leading strategy
definition and end-to-end development of software solutions for
manufacturing companies. He most recently served as president,
Production Software and Smart Factory, for Hexagon AB. Before that,
he worked in a variety of senior leadership roles at PTC, including
executive vice president and general manager of PTC’s Enterprise
Software segments. He has strong technical expertise in design,
simulation, manufacturing planning and execution, as well as
process and quality data analytics.
“Rockwell Automation has assembled a tremendous portfolio of
technologies and solutions to enable our customers to accomplish
their digital transformation journeys,” said Shepherd. “I’m excited
to join the company at this important inflection point in strategy
and execution.”
The Software and Control operating segment was created in
October and had been led on an interim basis by Chris Nardecchia.
Nardecchia remains at the company in his ongoing role as senior
vice president of Information Technology and chief information
officer, reporting to Moret. The other two operating segments that
were created in October remain unchanged. They are Lifecycle
Services, led by senior vice president Frank Kulaszewicz, and
Intelligent Devices, led by senior vice president Fran
Wlodarczyk.
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 23,500 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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