As CEO of Johnson Controls, Alex Molinaroli led the company through significant transformation that continues today. In 2016, Johnson Controls International plc was formed through a merger with Tyco International. The combined company is a global leader in buildings technologies and solutions.  

 

In 2016, the company’s OEM automotive businesses were divested, beginning with the sale of the company's Automotive Electronics businesses and ultimately the spinoff of the Automotive Seating and Interiors business, which became Adient. 

 

While divesting the Automotive Businesses, substantial changes were also being made to augment and improve the legacy Building Efficiency Business. These undertakings streamlined the business operations and improved margins, including the sale of the Global Workplace Services Business, the acquiring of ADTi and a global joint venture with Hitachi Appliances. The portfolio and operational changes dramatically improved the building’s business fundamentals and ultimately led to the merger with Tyco International in September 2016.

 

Molinaroli joined Johnson Controls in 1983, rising through increasing levels of responsibility. In 2003, he became vice president and general manager of the North American Building Efficiency Business. In 2007, he was appointed president of Power Solutions.

 

As president of Power Solutions, he oversaw a renaissance within the company’s battery business. During this timeframe the profitability and topline growth dramatically improved – driven by investments in China, the development of advanced battery technologies and vertical integration into battery recycling and separator technologies. 

 

Molinaroli graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor degree in Engineering and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. He is a founding member of the Electrification Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group for electrification of transportation.