Darius Adamczyk

Darius Adamczyk
Darius Adamczyk
Born (1966-02-08) February 8, 1966
Poland
Nationality American
Education Michigan State University
Syracuse University
Harvard University
Salary US$10,255,954 (2016)[1]
Title Chairman and CEO, Honeywell
Term April 2017-
Predecessor David M. Cote

Darius Adamczyk (born February 8, 1966) is a Polish-born American businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Honeywell, an American multinational conglomerate.[2]

Early life

Adamczyk was born in Poland on February 8, 1966, and immigrated to the US at the age of 11, speaking no English.[3][4][5] He has a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Michigan State University, a master's degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University, and an MBA from Harvard University.[1]

Career

Adamczyk started his career with General Electric, as an electrical engineer.[4] He later went on to spend four years at Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm, followed by holding positions at Ingersoll-Rand PLC and Metrologic.

In 2008, Adamczyk was CEO of Metrologic Inc when Honeywell purchased the holding company for $720 million.[6] After the purchase, Adamczyk joined Honeywell's executive team.[7] He became president of Honeywell Process Solutions in 2012 and then became president and CEO of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies in 2014.[4] In June 2016, it was announced that David M. Cote would step down as CEO of Honeywell at the end of March 2017 and Adamczyk would succeed him. Cote continued as executive chairman through April 2018, when he stepped down and Adamczyk was elected chairman of the board of directors.[8][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Darius Adamczyk. "Darius Adamczyk: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Board of Directors - Honeywell". investor.honeywell.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Darius Adamczyk President and CEO". Honeywell. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Honeywell Names New President & COO | Water Quality Products". Wqpmag.com. April 4, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Executive Profile | Honeywell International Inc. | Darius Adamczyk | Customer Intelligence". Boardroominsiders.com. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Francisco Partners wraps up $720M sale of Metrologic Instruments". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  7. ↑ Gryta, Thomas (2017-09-26). "Challenge for Honeywell's New CEO: Keep Up the Winning Streak". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  8. ↑ Mann, Ted (June 28, 2016). "Honeywell CEO Cote to Step Down in March". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 29, 2016.

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