1661889353682 Blakemoretrockwell

Rockwell CEO Blake Moret to become board chairman

Sept. 7, 2017
Effective in 2018, the Rockwell president and CEO has been elected to serve as chairman of the board, the company announced

Rockwell Automation CEO Blake Moret at Cisco's 2017 Internet of Things World Forum. Photo byĀ Aidan Synnott.

(Source: Rockwell Automation)

Rockwell Automation announced that its board of directors has elected president and chief executive officer Blake Moret as chairman of the board effective Jan. 1, 2018. Moret, 54, succeeds Keith Nosbusch, who has served as chairman since 2005. Nosbuch will remain as a director and Rockwell will continue to have an independent lead director. ā€œSince Blake became CEO and joined the board in July 2016, he has demonstrated that he is exceptionally well-qualified to lead the company and the board," said Donald Parfet, lead director. "Blake is a champion of the company’s high performance culture with an extraordinary ability to inspire and connect with customers, employees, partners and the leadership team. The board is confident that this leadership structure will continue to drive the company’s success.ā€ Moret began his career in 1985 as a sales trainee before serving in senior positions across the organization, including international assignments in Europe and Canada. He was promoted to senior vice president of control products and solutions, one of the company’s two business segments, in 2011, and to president and chief executive officer in July 2016. Moret serves on the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) Board of Directors and Executive Committee and on the boards of other industry and civic organizations and is a member of the Business Roundtable.

Sponsored Recommendations

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) provide viable options for machine control. This Control Design collection explains the differences...
Motion control engineers tend to focus on torque and speed specifications during the design process, but often fail to notice the unique features that differentiate a high-quality...
Covering the basics of choosing the right position feedback option for your application.
This white paper describes advantages of using advanced angle sensor technologies and focuses on best practices for correctly implementing non-Ā­contact and touchless angle sensors...