Executive Team

Jeffrey Cote is Chief Executive Officer and President of Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST), a rapidly growing industrial technology business with operations and business centers in 11 countries.

Prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer in March 2020, Mr. Cote served as Sensata’s President and Chief Operating Officer, with global responsibility for both of the Company’s business segments, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions, as well as Global Operations.

Mr. Cote joined Sensata as Chief Financial Officer in 2007 through the Company’s initial public offering in 2010 and has served in several executive roles with expanding responsibility.

Prior to joining Sensata, Mr. Cote was the Chief Operating Officer at Ropes & Gray LLP’s and managed their operations by directing the firm’s administrative and operational initiatives, including being responsible for building the infrastructure to enhance Ropes & Gray’s position as a leading national law firm and helped to develop its global presence.

Additionally, Mr. Cote served as Chief Operating, Financial and Administrative Officer for Digitas, Inc., where he managed worldwide operations, finance, investor relations, facilities management, delivery management, information technology and corporate development.

Mr. Cote started his professional career with Ernst & Young and served in their tax, audit and national accounting groups.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Accounting degree from Florida Atlantic University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Florida and Massachusetts.

Mr. Cote also serves on the Board of Directors at Trinseo S.A. (NYSE:TSE).

Lynne Caljouw has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer since January 2023. Ms. Caljouw served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from June 2020. Ms. Caljouw joined Sensata in October 2014 as a Senior Director, Human Resources supporting the Sensors business and was promoted in 2016 to the role of Vice President, Human Resources supporting the Automotive, CTO, HVOR & Control Solutions businesses. In late 2016, her role expanded to include ownership of Talent Acquisition and in 2017 she added Talent Management and HR Services to her responsibilities, bringing oversight to the end-to-end employee experience. In 2018, Ms. Caljouw added HR leadership of the Finance, HR, IT and Legal teams to her responsibilities and in late 2019, she started leading the Compensation, Benefits and HRIS teams.

Before joining Sensata, Ms. Caljouw spent 10 years in various HR leadership roles at Sears Holdings Corporation, her most recent being Senior Director of Human Resources for Home Services including in-home, supply chain and engineering services. Other leadership roles at Sears included Director of Human Resources and Director of Talent Acquisition, all within the Home Services segment.

Prior to Sears, Ms. Caljouw worked for The Gillette Company in various roles including Senior Human Resource Advisor, Senior HR representative for Staffing & Development and Senior HR representative for Learning Services which were all global roles. She has a B.A. in Psychology from Dickinson College, a Master of Science in College Student Development and Counseling from Northeastern University and a Master of Business Administration in Global Management from the University of Phoenix.

Paul Vasington was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer by the Board in February 2014. Mr. Vasington has diverse financial and managerial experience, most recently with Honeywell International Inc. from 2004 to 2014. He most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Aerospace from 2012 to 2014. Previously, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies from 2009 to 2012 and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Security from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Vasington held finance leadership roles at Crane Co. and Fortune Brands, Inc. Mr. Vasington began his career at Price Waterhouse and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

George Verras was appointed Exectutive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) effective May 2022. Mr. Verras previously served as Senior Vice President, CTO from January 2021 in addition to his responsibilities as Senior Vice President, Sensata Ventures, which began in September 2019. Mr. Verras previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Heavy Vehicle and Off-Road from November 2015 to September 2019. Mr. Verras joined Sensata’s predecessor company, Texas Instruments, in 1994 and served in various design engineering roles. He was named Operations Director in January 2013, Design Engineering and Product Management Director in December 2013 and Senior Director and Integration Manager of HVOR in August 2014. Mr. Verras holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Business Administration from Babson College.

Jacquie Boyer joined Sensata as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer in January 2022. Prior to joining Sensata, Ms. Boyer served as Vice President of Global OEM Sales and Corporate Officer at Donaldson Company, a $3.0B publicly-traded global leader in technology-led filtration products and solutions, serving a broad range of industries and advanced markets. In this role, which she held for more than four years, she was responsible for developing and executing the global go-to-market strategy for the OEM business, delivering the P&L, and leading high-profile, market maker client relationships.

Prior to Donaldson, she held the role of Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at Stanadyne, L.L.C., a fuel injection system supplier to the automotive and diesel markets. Ms. Boyer’s background includes nearly 30 years in progressive sales and leadership roles, including experience with large, mid-size and start-up companies. She has led sales and business development teams at companies in a wide range of industries, including General Electric, United Technologies and Tyco Electronics.

Ms. Boyer holds a B.S. in Business and Psychology from the University Wisconsin-River Falls.

Jing Chang was appointed Senior Vice President, Asia, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions effective February 2019. Mr. Chang joined Sensata as Vice President, Performance Sensing, China in February 2012 and was later appointed Senior Vice President, Performance Sensing, China and India, and Asia Sensing Solutions in April 2017. Prior to joining Sensata, he was with Lear Corporation where he held the role of Vice President & Managing Director, China. Prior to this, he led Johnson Controls’ Asia Electronics division and Konka Group Co.’s automotive division. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chang held a number of roles of increasing responsibility during his 8-year tenure at Motorola Corporation. Mr. Chang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University.

Hans Lidforss was appointed Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer in February 2020. In this role, he is responsible for the overall strategy of the company and all M&A activities. Mr. Lidforss joined Sensata as Senior Vice President of Strategy and M&A in 2014. Prior to joining Sensata, Mr. Lidforss served as Senior Vice President, Strategy at Taleo Corporation where he led Taleo’s corporate strategy and M&A activities, including the successful sale of Taleo to Oracle. Mr. Lidforss has also held roles as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Hewlett-Packard Company; Operations Executive at Cerberus Capital Management; and General Manager and Integration Director at GE Capital IT Solutions. Mr. Lidforss holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linkoping Institute of Technology in Sweden and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Jennifer Slater was appointed Senior Vice President, Automotive & Aftermarket effective April 1, 2023. Ms. Slater joined Sensata in September 2022 as the Vice President and General Manager of Sensata’s Heavy Vehicle and Off-Road business.  Prior to joining Sensata Technologies, Ms. Slater served as the Group Vice President and General Manager, Global OE and Products for Clarios, formerly Johnson Controls Power Solutions.  In this role she transformed the business to meet the emerging Global Automotive needs of vehicle electrification and autonomy. She led the global business for the Original Equipment customers to develop and execute new product strategies for the entire product life cycle, including Aftermarket. From 2016 to 2019, Ms. Slater served as Vice President and General Manager OE, Americas and APAC. Prior to joining Clarios, Ms. Slater served in various leadership capacities at Visteon, Johnson Controls and Woodbridge in the areas of general management, engineering, finance, sales, product management and strategy.

Ms. Slater holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Dearborn and a Master of Business Administration from Walsh College. Ms. Slater was a 2017 STEP Ahead winner, that recognizes Women in Manufacturing by The Manufacturing Institute. 

Brian Wilkie was appointed Senior Vice President, Sensing Solutions effective April 1, 2023. Mr. Wilkie joined Sensata in January 1998 as a Design Engineer and assumed several roles of increasing responsibility across Engineering: In 2005, Mr. Wilkie was promoted to Engineering Manager; in 2011, he was promoted to Engineering Director; in 2014, he was promoted to Director, Global Design Engineering; and in 2016, he was promoted to Senior Director, Global Design Engineering and Product Management.  Mr. Wilkie led global Design Centers of Excellence for two of our major product families, APT and MSG, and holds two patents in Occupant weight sensing and MSG.

In 2019, Mr. Wilkie leveraged his engineering excellence and took on a new role, Senior Director, M&A Integration, overseeing the successful integration of GIGAVAC, Sensata’s high-power relay and power contactors business. In 2020, upon completion of the GIGAVAC integration, Mr. Wilkie took over leadership of Sensata’s Heavy Vehicle and Off-Road (HVOR) business as Group Vice President and in 2022 moved to lead Sensata’s Clean Energy and Insight businesses. He spearheaded the Group’s transformation to Electrification and delivered strong commercial success.  

Mr. Wilkie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

Kok Joon Wong was appointed Senior Vice President – Operational Excellence in December 2021. Wong is a Sensata veteran, with more than 23 years of experience at Sensata and its predecessor company, Texas Instruments. He joined TI/Sensata as a quality engineer in 1996 and held many roles of increasing responsibility across Global Operations. In 2002, Wong was elected to Member of the Group Technical Staff for his technical contributions. And in 2013, he was recognized with the prestigious Leadership Excellence award at the Company’s Leadership Summit, in recognition of the instrumental role he played in capacity expansion as well as several new product launches. Wong graduated from the National University of Malaysia with a Bachelor of Engineering with Honors, Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

David Stott has been Vice President, General Counsel since October 2022. Prior to this position, Mr. Stott served as Assistant General Counsel, M&A, supporting Sensata’s growth and megatrend initiatives. Mr. Stott began his legal career by clerking for the Honorable Barbara S. Jones, U.S. Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York. He then practiced law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City and London and with Latham & Watkins in Houston. Mr. Stott brings a wealth of global transactional experience, with over $30 billion in acquisitions and divestitures in over 20 countries and more than 45 debt and equity offerings. Prior to joining Sensata, Mr. Stott spent several years as in-house counsel in the energy industry where he gained further wide-ranging corporate, compliance and international experience before joining Sensata in December 2020. Mr. Stott holds a B.A. in Political Science from Brigham Young University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the BYU Law School. He also is a frequent speaker at legal and compliance conferences.