Executive Leadership

Adam Norwitt is our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. Prior to becoming our Chief Executive Officer in 2008, Mr. Norwitt was our Chief Operating Officer from 2006 to 2007 and our Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, Worldwide RF and Microwave Products from 2004 to 2006. Prior to these roles, Mr. Norwitt served as group general manager, general manager and business development manager with various operating groups in the Company, including approximately five years resident in Asia. Mr. Norwitt has a juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School and trained as a corporate lawyer prior to joining the Company in 1998. He also has a Master’s in Business Administration from INSEAD and a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.

Bill Doherty is our President, Communications Solutions Division. Prior to his current role, he was Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, Information Communications and Commercial Products from 2016 to 2021. Prior to this role, he was Group General Manager, IT Communications Products from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Doherty also previously served as general manager of the high-speed products business unit and as general manager of the backplane connectors business unit. Mr. Doherty joined Amphenol in 2005 through the Company’s acquisition of the connection systems division of Teradyne where he had been employed for approximately three years. Mr. Doherty has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Peter Straub is our President, Interconnect and Sensor Systems Division. Prior to his current role, Mr. Straub was Vice President and Group General Manager, Sensor Technology. He also served as General Manager, Advanced Sensors from 2013 to 2018. Mr. Straub joined Amphenol in 2013 through the acquisition of GE Advanced Sensors where he served as Product General Manager. Prior to joining GE in 2001, Mr. Straub served in senior roles at Spirent-Keystone Thermometrics and held roles in engineering at Delphi and General Motors. He has a master’s in Manufacturing Management from Kettering University and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State University.

Luc Walter is our President, Harsh Environment Solutions Division. Prior to his current role, he was Senior Vice President and Group General Manager, Military and Aerospace Operations, a role he held from 2016 to 2021. Mr. Walter was Group General Manager, International Military, Aerospace and Industrial Operations from 2004 to 2015 and was Director, European Military & Aerospace Operations from 2000 to 2003. He has been with the Company since 1984.

David Silverman is our Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to his role heading human resources, Mr. Silverman was general manager of the Amphenol Alden business unit from 2010 to 2013. He joined the Company in 2007 as a corporate business development manager. Mr. Silverman has a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from Bates College.

David Abbott is our Vice President and Controller, Interconnect and Sensor Systems Division.  Prior to his current role, he was Group Controller, Interconnect and Sensor Systems from 2018 to 2021 and Group Controller of its predecessor Global Interconnect Systems from 2011 to 2018.  Mr. Abbott joined Amphenol in 2005 through the Company’s acquisition of the connection systems division of Teradyne where he served as Operations Controller for seven years.  Mr. Abbott started his career in 1992 at Lockheed Martin in the Financial Leadership Development Program.  He has a Master of Business Administration from Babson College and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Merrimack College. 

Linda Chan is our Vice President, Information Technology. Prior to joining Amphenol in 2020, she spent five years at The Nature’s Bounty in a number of high-level IT roles including most recently as VP, Digital and Commercial Solutions. Prior to working at The Nature’s Bounty, Ms. Chan worked for fourteen years at Veeco Instruments, most recently as Global Senior IT Director. She has a Master of Business Administration from Hofstra University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Binghamton University.

Yaobin (Richard) Gu is our Vice President and Group General Manager, Mobile Consumer Products. He served as general manager Shanghai Amphenol Airwave Electronics Co. Ltd. from 2012 to 2015 and served in a variety of sales, business development and management roles for that unit from 2006 to 2011. He joined the Company in 2006 after working in various senior engineering roles including at Nokia. Mr. Gu has a Bachelor’s in Electromagnetic and Microwave Technology from the Beijing Institute of Technology.

Julie Hoben is our Vice President, Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S). Prior to her role heading EHS&S, Julie was Director of Compliance for the Amphenol Industrial Products Group from 2017 to 2021. She joined the Company in 2010 as Director of Quality for Amphenol Alden Products. Ms. Hoben has a Master of Business Administration from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

Philippe John (PJ) Lantin is our Vice President and Controller, Harsh Environment Solutions Division. Prior to his current role, he was Group Controller, Military and Aerospace Operations from 2016 to 2021. Mr. Lantin joined Amphenol in 2015 as Group Controller, Amphenol International Military Aerospace and Industrial.  He began his career as a consultant for McKinsey and Company, followed by 12 years in the logistics industry in a variety of global financial and managerial leadership roles with ABX Logistics and DSV Global Transport.  Mr. Lantin was born in Belgium and graduated from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. He also has a Master’s in Business Administration from INSEAD.

Petro Lay is our Vice President, Internal Audit. Prior to joining the Company in 2011, he was senior manager at Deloitte & Touche’s national office and has thirteen years of experience in public accounting. Mr. Lay has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Business School in Singapore.

Ursula Nadeau is Vice President and Controller, Communications Solutions Division. Prior to her current role, she was Group Controller, Information, Communications and Commercial Products from 2007 to 2021. Ms. Nadeau joined Amphenol in 2005 through the Company’s acquisition of the connection systems division of Teradyne where she served as Controller.  Prior to joining Teradyne in 2000, Ms. Nadeau served in a number of finance, accounting and auditing roles at BAE Systems for six years. She has a Master of Business Administration from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Western New England University.

Sherri Scribner is Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations at Amphenol. Prior to joining Amphenol in 2018, she was a Director at Deutsche Bank Securities and Senior Research Analyst covering the IT Hardware and Technology Supply Chain sectors. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2002, she worked as an architect. Ms. Scribner has a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees in architecture.

Gary Voccio is our Vice President, Tax. Mr. Voccio joined Amphenol in 2018 after spending 14 years in progressive leadership positions with United Technologies. Prior to joining United Technologies, Mr. Voccio was with Ernst & Young. He received his LLM in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, juris doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Boston University.