Klein succeeds Tom Potosnak who, after six years as leader of System Sensor Americas
Klein was most recently Vice President of Marketing for System Sensor Americas

Jeff Klein has been appointed General Manager for System Sensor Americas. System Sensor is a global manufacturer of fire and life safety devices, specialising in smoke detection, carbon monoxide detection, and notification technology for world-wide applications. Klein succeeds Tom Potosnak who, after six years as leader of System Sensor Americas, was appointed to a new role at Honeywell.

Klein was most recently Vice President of Marketing for System Sensor Americas, a role he held for the past six years. He joined Honeywell in 2001 as Director of Marketing for System Sensor and went on to roles of increasing responsibility within the business. “Jeff brings more than 20 years of business management experience and previously held marketing, engineering, and management roles in the finance, consulting, and defense industries,” says Gary Lederer, President of Honeywell Fire Safety.

Klein earned a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.

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