Alex Molinoroli was born on October 7, 1957, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Southern Carolina, graduating in 1983. He later earned a Master of Science in business from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Alex joined Johnson Controls in 1983. He held increasing level of responsibilities for controls systems and services sales and operations, and was Vice President and General Manager for North America Systems and Middle East for building efficiency business.
He championed the development of consistent and effective sales management disciplines within Johnson Controls and has worked to expand that consistent approach on a global basis, involving more than 300 sales offices in close to 50 countries and was promoted to vice president and general manager for the North American Systems business.
Eventually in July 2013, the company announced he would become CEO on October 1, and Chairman of the Board of the company on January 1, 2014.
Johnson Controls, Inc. is a global diversified technology and industrial business company. It has around 168,000 employees with annual sales in excess of $42.93 billion and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
