MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — Honeywell announced on Monday that Darius Adamczyk has been appointed to the newly created role of president and chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately, reporting to Chairman and CEO Dave Cote.
The heads of all Honeywell businesses along with HOS Gold will report to Adamczyk, 50, who will be an executive officer of the corporation. Honeywell says that as COO, Adamczyk will work closely with Cote to drive continued profitable growth of Honeywell’s operating businesses through HOS Gold breakthrough growth strategies, including software offerings that complement the company’s technology portfolio.
“Honeywell’s success over the past decade has set the stage for continued growth of our dynamic portfolio,” Cote said. “Our growth strategy focuses on winning in high-growth regions, blending superior software capabilities with our advanced physical technologies to excel as a cyber-industrial company and effectively using HOS Gold to achieve breakthrough goals with small company speed. Having a proven leader as our COO will enable us to more rapidly achieve these critical growth priorities.”
Since 2014, Adamczyk has served as president and CEO of Honeywell performance materials and technologies (PMT), which is said to have had $9.3 billion in revenue in 2015.
Succeeding Adamczyk will be Rajeev Gautam, who will also be an executive officer. Gautam has served as president of Honeywell UOP since 2009.
