The Board of Directors of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION announced the appointment of Jennifer L. Slater as the Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2024. Jennifer replaces Rolando Guilott, interim Chief Executive Officer. Slater is a senior executive at Sensata Technologies Inc. with over 25 years of experience as a leader and a manager.

Her experience includes general management, engineering, finance, sales and strategy. She has delivered results for owners across a diverse set of enterprises that include publicly traded companies, privately held firms, and private equity owners. Slater is currently the Executive Vice President and General Manager, Performance Sensing, for Sensata Technologies Inc. In the past year, she led the business through a significant transformation to an electrified product and systems business from an internal combustion business.

She did that with a balanced focus on near term execution and intermediate term goals to deliver on a five year growth plan. Slater has delivered strong results and innovative solutions, as she moves from vision and strategy to execution. Slater currently serves as a director for Valvoline Inc. She previously worked as Group Vice President and General Manager Global OE for Clarios, LLC, where she was responsible for shaping all aspects of the advanced technology, product management, engineering and launch to support the growth of a $3.3 billion battery business.

She worked at Johnson Controls International plc for 11 years in a series of senior positions, finishing her time there as Vice President Finance, Power Solutions. A graduate of the University of Michigan at Dearborn, Slater also earned her master?s degree in business administration from Walsh College. She has been active in the Milwaukee community, including being the Milwaukee lead for a volunteer program that brings science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to life and helps to spark the interest for elementary students into engineering professions and is looking forward to continuing to support the community.