Charles E. McLaughlin — Senior VP & CFO at Fortive

Mr. Charles E. McLaughlin, also known as Chuck, serves as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Fortive Corporation and served as its Treasurer. As Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. McLaughlin leads Fortive's financial operations. With his strong finance background and ample experience in M&A, he helps Fortive leadership create shareholder value by driving Fortive's financial planning and M&A agendas. He was previously Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, while also serving as Group Chief Financial Officer of Danaher's $4.7 billion Diagnostics platform. With a focus on growing the platform and its businesses, he was instrumental in integrating Beckman Coulter into Danaher. He played a key role in several major acquisitions, including IRIS International and MicroScan for Beckman Coulter, Devicor for Leica Biosystems and Hemocue for Radiometer. He originally joined Danaher in 2007 with the acquisition of Tektronix, Inc., where, as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer, he led the integration of the Danaher Business System in the company's financial planning and reporting functions and played a key role in developing talent within the finance function. He joined Tektronix, Inc. from Hewlett Packard in 1995 as a business unit controller. He briefly left to serve as Chief Financial Officer of a start-up LiveBridge, Inc., but returned in 2004 as corporate controller and continued to assume broader responsibilities within the finance team. He holds a BS in Finance from the University of Oregon and received his MBA from Willamette University.