David M. Cote is chairman and CEO of Honeywell. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Honeywell ( is a major American multinational conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products engineering services and aerospace systems He was first elected president, CEO and a member of the Board of Honeywell in February 2002, and became chairman of the Board of Directors on July 1, 2002. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Previously, Cote served as chairman, president and CEO of TRW, a $16 billion Cleveland-based products and services provider for the automotive, aerospace and information technology markets. TRW Incorporated was an American Corporation involved in a number of businesses mostly defense-related but including Automotive, Aerospace and The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles This article is about the field of research and industry for the corporation see The Aerospace Corporation Aerospace comprises the Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support
Cote joined TRW from General Electric in November 1999, where he served twenty five years, progressing through a series of top-level positions in manufacturing, finance, marketing, strategic planning and general management. He was appointed to his last position at GE, corporate senior vice president and president and CEO of GE Appliances, in 1996.
Cote is a 1976 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. University of New Hampshire ( UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire (USNH United States. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and In Business, administration consists of the performance or management of business operations and thus the making or implementing of major decisions