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Joe Donahue
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer

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Joe Donahue serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TE Connectivity, one of the world’s largest providers of products and solutions that connect and protect the flow of power and data in virtually every industry. With fiscal 2011 sales of $14billion, TE Connectivity has approximately 100,000 employees in 50 countries. In this role, Mr. Donahue has company-wide responsibilities for global operations and emerging markets.

Mr. Donahue also serves as President of TE’s Transportation Solutions segment, one of the world’s largest suppliers of connectors, terminals, specialty cable assemblies, mechatronics, relays, sensors, and central electric boxes to the automotive and commercial vehicle marketplaces. The Transportation Solutions business also supplies high-performance wire and cable, interconnect devices and RF products to both military and civilian aerospace, defense and marine customers around the world. Mr. Donahue is responsible for all aspects of the global business.

Since joining the company in 1982, Mr. Donahue has served in a variety of engineering, operations and leadership assignments across several industries. He served in overseas assignments in Japan, China, and Germany. Mr. Donahue was employed in 2006 by Valspar Corporation as a Group Vice President responsible for the Global Coatings Business.

Mr. Donahue holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. and a Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.

About TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity is a global, $14 billion company that designs and manufactures approximately 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of power and data inside the products that touch every aspect of our lives. Our nearly 100,000 employees partner with customers in virtually every industry—from consumer electronics, energy and healthcare, to automotive, aerospace and communication networks—enabling smarter, faster, better technologies to connect products to possibilities.