John McDermott — Senior Vice President at Rockwell Automation

Mr. John P. McDermott serves as Senior Vice President at Rockwell Automation Inc. and served as its Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing since February 2004 and is responsible for its global customer experience including worldwide sales, marketing and customer care. Mr. McDermott served as Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Solutions Group of Rockwell Automation Control Systems since November 2002. He served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Solutions of Rockwell Automation Control Systems at Rockwell Automation Inc. since November, 2002. He served as Senior Vice President, Americas Sales of Rockwell Automation Control Systems from October 2000 to November 2002; Senior Vice President, Motion and Information Group of Rockwell Automation Control Systems prior thereto. In his 30-plus years with Rockwell, which began when he joined Allen-Bradley in 1980, he has held many roles of increasing responsibility throughout its businesses, including Vice President and General Manager in the Standard Drives business and Segment responsibilities in the Motion and Information group. He has led customer-facing organizations including the North and South America Sales regions. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University.