10 Carrier operations leaders
Senior vice president of operations, vice president of operations for Asia Pacific and head of global operations strategy are among the roles held by these ten Carrier operations leaders, some of whom have since moved on. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Carrier from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alejandro Garcia Mainou
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Operations Strategy · Carrier
Alejandro Garcia Mainou has been Head of Global Operations Strategy at Carrier in the Zürich area since December 2025. Alejandro Garcia Mainou was Vice President Global Operations at TE Connectivity from 2022 to 2026 and Vice President of Operations Automotive Americas there from 2019 to 2022, and held manufacturing operations vice president roles at Luminar Technologies and HARMAN International.
Jamey Greene
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations, Refrigeration · Carrier
Jamey Greene has been Vice President Operations, Refrigeration at Carrier in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, since January 2020. Jamey Greene was Vice President Operations (2019–2020), Vice President Fortive Business System Office (2017–2019) and Vice President Operations, Veeder-Root (2016–2017) at Fortive, and Vice President Global Operations at Danaher (2013–2016).
John Dansby II
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Carrier
John Dansby II has been Vice President Operations at Carrier since January 2022, and the profile headline names Residential & Light Commercial Systems. John Dansby II was Vice President Operations and Director of Operations at Polaris Inc., VP Global Manufacturing at Harley Davidson, Inc and a Plant Manager at General Motors Corporation.
Ken Erickson
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Manufacturing Operations · Carrier
Ken Erickson was VP Manufacturing Operations (2016–2020), VP Operations & Logistics, HVAC Systems and Service, North America (2016–2020) and VP Operations - Asia (2015–2016) at Carrier in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the profile describes responsibility for operations, quality, logistics and EH&S for global Climate Controls and Security. Ken Erickson was VP Operations - North Asia at UTC Building and Industrial Systems (2014–2015).
Machiel Duijser
LinkedInExperience: SVP Operations · Carrier
Machiel Duijser has been SVP Operations at Carrier in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, since August 2025, and the profile describes responsibility for global operations, supply chain resiliency, operational excellence and productivity across manufacturing. Machiel Duijser was EVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer at Ecolab from 2020 to 2025 and Chief Supply Officer at Reckitt.
Matthew Walker
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations, Commercial HVAC · Carrier
Matthew Walker was Vice President of Operations, Commercial HVAC at Carrier from 2023 to 2024, Vice President of Manufacturing Operations from 2020 to 2023 and Vice President of Operations, Transicold and Refrigeration systems from 2016 to 2020. Matthew Walker has been Vice President Operations at Pratt & Whitney in Palm City, Florida, since February 2025.
Piyush Bhargava
LinkedInExperience: Global Vice President Operations & Head of Operations Strategy and Planning · Carrier
Piyush Bhargava has been Global Vice President Operations & Head of Operations Strategy and Planning at Carrier in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, since August 2024, and was Vice President Operations & Global Head of SIOP from 2023 to 2024. Piyush Bhargava held vice president roles in customer and financial services, supply chain planning and indirect procurement at Dell Technologies.
Sarah Van Sickler
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations - Climate Solutions Americas, Residential · Carrier HVAC
Sarah Van Sickler has been Vice President Operations - Climate Solutions Americas, Residential at Carrier HVAC since September 2025. Sarah Van Sickler was Vice President Integration (2025) and Vice President of Manufacturing (2022–2025) at Amcor, Executive Vice President of Operations at CoVolt Power (2020–2021) and a Plant Manager at Arconic (2018–2020).
Simon Tang
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations, APAC & MEA · Carrier
Simon Tang has been Vice President, Operations, APAC & MEA at Carrier in Shanghai since May 2025, and was Executive Director, APAC Operations (2024–2025) and North Asia Operations Director (2020–2023) there. Simon Tang was GM for Asia Fire Suppression (2018–2020) and GM for Fyrnetics (2016–2018) at Carrier.
XZ Yan
LinkedInExperience: VP Operations, APO · Carrier
XZ Yan has been VP Operations, APO at Carrier in Shanghai since June 2016. XZ Yan was VP North Asia Supply Chain & Global Sourcing (2014–2015) and VP Asia Supply Chain & Global Sourcing (2012–2014) at Carrier, and VP Supply Chain APO & Global Sourcing at UTC Building & Industrial Systems (2015–2016).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's area, such as global operations strategy and planning, regional manufacturing in the Americas, Europe or Asia, refrigeration operations or residential HVAC plants, to the question you face. Weigh whether they run plants in one region or set operations direction for the whole company, since each sees capacity and cost differently.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you plan capacity across plants when demand swings?
- 02What has worked to improve productivity and quality on your production lines?
- 03How do operations teams make supply chains more resilient?
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