Agilent Technologies Appoints Ron Nersesian Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Guy Séné to Head Electronic Measurement Group
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Ron Nersesian has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Nersesian has been president of Agilent’s largest business, the Electronic Measurement Group (EMG), since 2009.
Nersesian, 52, will have day-to-day responsibility for Agilent’s three businesses, Electronic Measurement, Chemical Analysis and Life Sciences, with the presidents of those businesses reporting to him. Nersesian will continue to report to William (Bill) Sullivan, president and chief executive officer.
Guy Séné, 56, who has been vice president of the Microwave and Communications Division (MCD) since 2009, will replace Nersesian as EMG president.
Nersesian first joined Hewlett-Packard, Agilent’s predecessor company, in 1984. Since then he has served in various management positions, including vice president of the Wireless Business Unit, before being named EMG president.
Nersesian holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Séné has been vice president and general manager of MCD since 2009. He has been with the company since 1976, holding a variety of leadership sales and marketing positions throughout the world, including in Europe and Asia.
Séné holds a diploma in electronic engineering and an MBA from the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises de Paris and an Executive MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
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