Ivo Jurek joined the Gates Corporation as Chief Executive Officer in May 2015 after spending the entirety of his career in the industrials area, both in the US and internationally where he has held senior leadership positions at some of the world’s leading industrial companies. Immediately prior to assuming his role at Gates, Ivo served as President of Eaton’s Electrical business in Asia Pacific. He served as Group President at Cooper Industries and a President at Cooper Bussmann. Prior to joining Cooper, he spent 10 years with International Rectifier Corporation, a leading power semiconductor company holding significant general management positions in their automotive and electronic motion systems businesses. He also spent over eight years at TRW Automotive in various leadership positions. His vision for Gates going forward includes his commitment to growth, innovation, and operational excellence.
David Naemura has served as Chief Financial Officer since March of 2015. Prior to joining Gates, David held a number of finance positions within Danaher Corporation. Most recently, he served as Group CFO for the Test and Measurement Segment as well as the Retail Petroleum platform businesses. Prior to working as Group CFO, David was CFO for the Communications Platform of businesses within Danaher’s Test and Measurement Segment. David has also served as operating company CFO for one of the Communications Platform businesses. David holds a BBA from Oregon State University and was a Certified Public Accountant.
Walt Lifsey joined Gates Corporation as Chief Operating Officer in August 2015 from View Inc., a world-class manufacturer of intelligent windows. He has more than 30 years’ experience in operations, marketing, finance, and information systems in such diverse industries as semiconductor, automotive, defense, and building products. Prior to his engagement at View, Walt served as COO of Atmel Corporation, a $1.5B semiconductor company, where he led the global operations team. Prior to joining Atmel, he was Executive Vice President of Operations at International Rectifier Corporation; Director of Global Marketing and Planning for AMP Inc.; and held various operational and financial management positions at TRW Corporation. He holds a BA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Tom Pitstick serves as Chief Marketing Officer for the company with responsibility for the global marketing and product line functions around the world. Tom joined Gates as Senior Vice President, Innovation with responsibility for all Research & Development and Product Line Management around the world while driving closer alignment between what our end market customers need and the new, innovative products we engineer. He comes from the Electrical Sector of Eaton Corporation where he served as Senior Vice President of Global Marketing – Electrical Sector. He also led the Business Development efforts at Cooper Industries prior to the merger with Eaton and has also worked in leadership roles for two different startup companies. Tom holds advanced business and engineering degrees from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in engineering from Notre Dame University.
Enzo Strappazzon is President, EMEA Region for Gates, responsible for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Prior to Gates, Enzo was with Eaton where he held a number of senior management roles and most recently the position of SVP and GM, Industrial Controls & Protection Division EMEA and VP and GM for the Bussmann & Power Systems Division EMEA.
Prior to Eaton, he held senior leadership roles with Cooper Industries in the Bussmann division as VP and GM for the Global IEC Electrical Products business and MD for Bussmann EMEA & the Indian Subcontinent. Enzo started his career with Siemens AG and held various senior positions in Africa, China, the USA, and Europe before joining Cooper Industries. Enzo holds a Higher National Diploma and National Diploma in electrical engineering from the University of Johannesburg and a Management Advancement Program certification from the Witwatersrand University, South Africa.