Jeannine P. Sargent

Jeannine P. Sargent has served on Fortive’s Board of Directors since 2019. She has served as an operating partner of Katalyst Ventures, an early-stage technology venture fund, since 2018. Ms. Sargent served as president of Innovation and New Ventures at Flex, a leader in global design and manufacturing from 2012 to 2017. Prior to joining Flex, Ms. Sargent served as the chief executive officer at Oerlikon, a publicly-traded Swiss company, and Voyan Technology, an embedded systems software provider. Ms. Sargent is also a director and a member of the compensation committee, and nominating and governance committee, of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., a publicly-traded provider of advanced embedded system solutions. She currently serves on several investment and advisory boards and is on the board of trustees at Northeastern University.

Ms. Sargent has over 30 years of experience encompassing leadership, operations, marketing and engineering roles with a diverse mix of high technology hardware and software companies across multiple industries. In addition, Ms. Sargent has significant experience with the development and global launch of disruptive technology, executing investment and acquisition strategies, corporate governance and executive compensation.