Meet Fortive

Alan G. Spoon has served as Fortive’s Chair of the Board since 2016. In addition, he served as a Partner of Polaris Partners, a company that invests in private technology and life science firms, from 2000 to 2018, including as Managing General Partner from 2000 to 2010 and as Partner Emeritus from 2015 to 2018. Prior to his leadership role at Polaris Partners, Mr. Spoon previously served as president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of one of the country’s largest, publicly-traded education and media companies. 

Mr. Spoon is a member of the board of directors of Danaher Corporation, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Match Group. In addition, he previously served as a director of Cable One, Inc., a public company, until February 2021.

Mr. Spoon’s public and private company leadership experience gives him insight into business strategy, leadership, marketing, finance, corporate governance, executive compensation and board management, as well as trends in the internet and technology industries, acquisition strategy and financing, each of which represents an area of key strategic opportunity for Fortive.

Eric Branderiz has served on Fortive’s Board of Directors since 2023.  Mr. Branderiz previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Enphase Energy, Inc., a publicly traded semiconductor and renewable energy technology company, from 2018 through 2023.  As Enphase’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Branderiz oversaw all finance, legal and corporate development functions.  Prior to joining Enphase, Mr. Branderiz served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Tesla, Inc., an automotive and renewable energy company, from 2016 to 2018 and in various senior roles, including as a Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of SunPower Corporation, from 2010 to 2016.  Prior to joining SunPower, Mr. Branderiz served in various senior roles with Knowledge Learning Corporation, Spansion, Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices.  Mr. Branderiz is a Certified Public Accountant in California and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alberta.

In addition to his deep knowledge and experience with innovation and disruptive technology, hypergrowth, as well as deep experience with the sustainable energy and semiconductor sectors, Mr. Branderiz brings extensive expertise in financial operations, accounting and financial reporting, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, risk management, legal operations, ESG and corporate governance.

Daniel L. Comas has served on Fortive’s Board of Directors since 2021. Mr. Comas currently serves as an advisor to Danaher and is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Danaher Corporation, a global science and technology company, from April 2005 through December 2020, including as CFO through December 2018. Mr. Comas joined Danaher in 1991 and served in various roles over his tenure, with responsibilities ranging from corporate development and treasury to finance and risk management. Mr. Comas currently serves as a director of Veralto Corporation, a water and product quality solutions company. 

Mr. Comas holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Stanford University.

Mr. Comas brings deep expertise in finance, strategy, corporate development, capital allocation, accounting, human capital management and risk management. Through his extensive leadership experience at Danaher, he brings direct understanding of the principles of the Fortive Business System and our culture of continuous improvement.

Sharmistha Dubey has served on Fortive's Board of Directors since 2020. Since 2022, Ms. Dubey has served as an operating partner of Advent International LP, a global private equity firm. Ms. Dubey previously served as the CEO of Match Group, a publicly-traded provider of global dating products, from 2020 to 2023, overseeing growth for the portfolio of brands including Tinder, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge, Pairs, PlentyOfFish, and OurTime. In addition, Ms. Dubey pervious served in various other senior leadership positions at Match Group from 2006 to 2020, including as Match Group’s President, COO of Tinder, President of Match Group Americas, Chief Product Officer of Match, and Chief Product Officer and EVP of The Princeton Review.  

Ms. Dubey is also a member of the board of directors of Match Group, Naspers Limited, and Prosus N.V.  

Ms. Dubey holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in Engineering from Ohio State University.

Ms. Dubey’s qualifications to sit on the Board include extensive experience and leadership in operation, innovative product development, competitive strategy and marketing in the technology industry. She also has significant experience in data privacy, human capital management, scaling new technologies into new markets, and executing portfolio and investment strategies.

Rejji P. Hayes has served on Fortive’s Board of Directors since 2020. Since 2017, Mr. Hayes has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CMS Energy Corporation, a publicly traded electric and natural gas company. As CMS Energy’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Hayes oversees all treasury, tax, investor relations, accounting, financial planning and analysis, internal audit services, supply chain, facilities, fleet, corporate safety, and mergers and acquisitions for CMS Energy Corporation. Mr. Hayes also previously served as Chairman of the Board of EnerBank USA®, a former CMS Energy subsidiary and nationwide provider of home improvement loans. Prior to joining CMS Energy Corporation, Mr. Hayes served as the Chief Financial Officer of ITC Holdings Corp, a publicly traded electric transmission company, from 2014 to 2016 and as its Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from 2012 to 2014. Prior to joining ITC Holdings Corp., Mr. Hayes held strategy and financial leadership roles for Exelon Corporation, Lazard Freres & Co., and Banc of America Securities. 

Mr. Hayes holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and a master’s degree in business from Harvard Business School.

In addition to his strong knowledge of the power and energy sector, Mr. Hayes brings extensive experience in finance, capital markets, accounting and financial reporting, valuation, mergers & acquisitions, risk management, ESG and regulatory matters, and corporate governance.

Wright L. Lassiter III has served on Fortive’s Board of Directors since 2022. Mr. Lassiter is currently CEO of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system operating over 140 hospitals and over 1,500 care sites across 21 states. 

Prior to joining CommonSpirit Health in 2022, Mr. Lassiter was President and CEO of Henry Ford Health System from 2014. Mr. Lassiter is also the chair of The American Hospital Association (AHA) Board of Trustees, serving as the top-elected official of the AHA Board, a national organization that represents America’s hospitals and health systems to advance health in America. In addition, Mr. Lassiter is a director of Quest Diagnostics, a publicly traded diagnostic information services company. Until March 2023, Mr. Lassiter was a director of DT Midstream, a publicly traded energy company.

Mr. Lassiter has extensive executive experience in leading-edge health services as well as executive management experience in innovation, strategic planning and execution, governance, finance, and community service.

As Fortive’s founding President and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Lico drives Fortive’s overall vision, drawing on two decades of deep experience at Danaher.

Jim joined Danaher in 1996 as Vice President Operations of Veeder-Root in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and was tapped for roles of increasing responsibility before being appointed Danaher Executive Vice President in 2005. During his tenure at Danaher, Jim had oversight at various times of each of the businesses that was separated from Danaher into Fortive, and played a key role in market expansion into Asia and the Middle East. He has broad operating and functional experience with Fortive’s businesses, the Fortive Business System, capital allocation strategies, acquisitions, marketing and branding, and leadership strategies. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of NetScout Systems from 2015 to 2018.

Jim holds a BS from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Management from Northwestern University. He lives in Seattle with his wife and three children.

Kate D. Mitchell has served on Fortive's Board of Directors since 2016. Since 1997, Ms. Mitchell has served as a partner and co-founder of Scale Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. Prior to her current role, she served with Bank of America from 1988 to 1996 as Senior Vice President for Bank of America Online Banking. 

Ms. Mitchell currently serves as a director of SVB Financial Group, as Chairman and Founder of Venture Forward, , a non-profit affiliate of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) where she also served as Chair and board member from 2007 to 2016, and on the board and investment committee of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Ms. Mitchell holds a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from the Evening Program Golden Gate University, and has attended Executive programs at Harvard Business School (strategic marketing) and MIT CSAIL/Sloan (Artificial Intelligence). 
 

Ms. Mitchell has over 35 years of extensive experience in the technology industry, with a focus on innovative software and technology markets. In addition, she has deep experience as a director, investor, and senior executive in the areas of business management and operations, finance, financial reporting, risk management, investment and acquisition strategy, and executive compensation.

Jeannine P. Sargent has served on Fortive’s Board of Directors since 2019. Ms. Sargent has also served as a senior advisor at Generation Investment Management, LLP since 2017, a venture partner and senior advisor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures since 2018, and a senior advisor and operating partner of Katalyst Ventures since 2018, each an investment venture focused on sustainable innovation. Previously, Ms. Sargent served as president of Innovation and NewVentures at Flex, a leader in global design and manufacturing, from 2012 until 2017. Prior to joining Flex, Ms. Sargent served as the CEO at Oerlikon Solar, a thin-film silicon solar photo voltaic module manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Oerlikon, a publicly-traded Swiss company, and Voyan Technology, an embedded systems software provider. Ms. Sargent is also a director of Synopsys, Inc., an electronic design automation company, and previously served as a director of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., Proterra, Inc., and Queens' Gambit Growth Capital. 

Ms. Sargent currently serves on several investment and advisory boards and is on the board of trustees at Northeastern University. She holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Northeastern University and certificates from the executive development programs at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Harvard University and Stanford University and CERT certificate of cyber risk oversight from National Association of Corporate Directors in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University.

Ms. Sargent has over 30 years of experience encompassing leadership, operations, marketing and engineering roles with a diverse mix of high technology hardware and software companies across multiple industries. In addition, Ms. Sargent has significant experience with development and global launch of disruptive technology, executing investment and acquisition strategies, corporate governance, cybersecurity, sustainable innovation and executive compensation.