Ben Patel

Ben Patel was named Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer in November 2019. He is responsible for product planning and development, as well as engineering and technology across all regions. Patel leads a technology organization that includes a global technical center as well as technical centers in Asia, Europe and North America.

Patel joined Cooper from Tenneco, Inc. where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer. In an earlier role at Tenneco, he served in the Global Clean Air Division as its Vice President, Global Research and Development, and helped create new products for global light and commercial vehicle customers to meet environmental and performance standards. Prior to Tenneco, Patel spent 12 years at General Electric (GE) in technical roles of increasing responsibility including Senior Research Scientist at GE’s Global Research Center within the Polymer and Chemical Technology Laboratory.