Since May 2020, Mr. Stroup has served as the Executive Chairman of Belden, Inc., a global supplier of specialty networking solutions built around two global business platforms - Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Solutions. Prior to his role as Executive Chairman, Mr. Stroup had been the President and Chief Executive Officer. He has also been a member of the board of Belden since 2005. He also serves as Operating Advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Prior to joining Belden in 2005, Mr. Stroup was employed by Danaher Corporation, a manufacturer of professional instrumentation, industrial technologies, and tools and components. At Danaher, he initially served as Vice President, Business Development and was promoted to President of a division of Danaher’s Motion Group and later to Group Executive of the Motion Group. Prior to his time at Danaher, he was Vice President of Marketing and General Manager with Scientific Technologies Inc. In addition to Belden, Mr. Stroup is a director of Rexnord Corporation and Crane Co.
Mr. Stroup has been a director of our company since 2020. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of California-Berkeley.