Jane L. Warner

Executive Vice President, Finishing, Stretch & Protective Packaging

Jane L. Warner

Jane L. Warner is Executive Vice President of Illinois Tool Works Inc. ( ITW), a Fortune 200 diversified manufacturer of highly engineered components and industrial systems and consumables.  With $13.9 billion in revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The Company consists of 840 business units in 57 countries and employs some 59,000 people. 

Ms. Warner joined ITW in 2005 as President of Worldwide Finishing after a successful career in automotive manufacturing and information systems. She was previously the President of Plexus Systems, a manufacturing software company, and a Vice President with EDS, where she led their global manufacturing industry group. Ms. Warner brings operating experience from Textron Automotive where she was President of a multi-plant, international automotive supplier and a 20-year career with General Motors with executive positions in manufacturing, engineering and human resources.  In 2007, Ms. Warner was named Executive Vice President of Global Finishing and Stretch and Protective Packaging businesses.

Ms. Warner graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's and master's degree in business and education and was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University, where she received her Masters of business Administration (MBA) in 1988.

Ms. Warner is a member of the Board of Directors of Tenneco Inc. and MeadWestvaco Corporation.  She is also a board member of the Steppenwolf Theater and Shedd Aquarium.  She is a member of The Chicago Network.

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