E. Scott Santi

Executive Vice President

E. Scott Santi is Executive Vice President of ITW. Mr. Santi is responsible for ITW’s worldwide Welding, Electronic Component Fabrication, and Aircraft Ground Support Equipment Group, currently consisting of 52 businesses with operations in 17 countries.  These businesses manufacture and market arc welding power sources, filler metals and related accessories, electronic component fabrication equipment and materials, and ground support equipment for commercial and military aircraft.  He was elected to this position in October of 2004.

Mr. Santi, 45, has spent his entire career with ITW. He joined the company in 1983 as a sales representative for ITW’s Buildex division which manufactures fasteners for the commercial construction market.  From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Santi progressed through a series of sales and marketing management assignments at Buildex and at ITW’s Paslode division. In 1995, he was named General Manager of ITW’s Vortec division.  He was appointed Vice President & General Manager of ITW’s Hobart Ground Power business in 1997, and became Vice President & General Manager for all of the Hobart Brothers businesses (welding filler metals and aircraft ground support equipment) in 1998.  In 2002, he was promoted to Group Vice President for the Welding Products Group, adding responsibility for ITW’s welding businesses in Europe and Asia.  In 2003 he was appointed President of the Welding Products Focus Markets Group which added responsibility for a number of welding power source and welding accessory divisions in North America.

Mr. Santi graduated from the University of Illinois in 1983 with a B.S. degree in Accounting, and received a Masters of Management degree from The Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.in 1992.

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