Visiting Committee Member Profile: Steve Pilotti

Stephen K. Pilotti

Senior Vice President - Human Resources, Industrial Sector at Eaton

Steve Pilotti was appointed to Senior Vice President - Human Resources, Industrial Sector in April 2015. In this role, Pilotti is responsible for overseeing the human resources function for the Industry Sector with a focus on talent management and development, building functional capability and driving standardized processes to support growth.

Previous to this role, Pilotti was Vice President Human Resources, Electrical Sector - Americas. From 2009-2012 he was Vice President Human Resources, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Pilotti joined Eaton in 1986 and held a variety of accounting positions in the corporate payroll department based in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1995, he joined the Truck Component Operations Group as a Human Resources Generalist. He became Human Resources Supervisor in 1996 and Human Resources Manager in 1998 at the Shelbyville, Tennessee Heavy-Duty Transmission plant.

Pilotti was named Human Resources Manager at the Truck Components Operations headquarters in 2001 and two years later was named Division Human Resources Manager for the Light and Medium Duty Transmission Division. In 2005 he became the Vice President - Human Resources for the Hydraulics Group based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Pilotti is a Cleveland State University BBA alumnus and holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.