10 Ingersoll Rand engineering leaders
A senior director of global engineering and operations, a director of advanced engineering and several directors of engineering are among the roles held today by these ten Ingersoll Rand engineering leaders. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Ingersoll Rand from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Craig Schell
LinkedInExperience: Director, Advanced Engineering · Ingersoll Rand
Craig Schell has been Director, Advanced Engineering at Ingersoll Rand since March 2024, leading motors, power electronics, firmware, computer aided engineering and batteries according to the profile. Craig Schell held director roles at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. from 2006 to 2022, including Director, I 4.0 Value Stream Leader for Automation and DFMA from 2019 to 2022.
Frank Klaus
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director Rotary Compressors Europe · Ingersoll Rand
Frank Klaus has been Engineering Director Rotary Compressors Europe at Ingersoll Rand since September 2022 and has also held the title Engineering Manager Rotary Compressors Europe there since March 2020. Frank Klaus was Engineering Manager Simmern Plant at Gardner Denver from 2016 to 2020 and Engineering Manager Oil Free there from 2012 to 2016.
Jonathan DeSousa
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Engineering · Ingersoll Rand
Jonathan DeSousa has been Director of Global Engineering at Ingersoll Rand since March 2025. Jonathan DeSousa held several roles at Parker Hannifin, including Division Marketing & Business Development Manager from 2022 to 2025, Customer Solutions Engineering Manager from 2018 to 2022 and Division Applications Engineering Manager from 2014 to 2018.
Luke Gray
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Process Flow Technologies · Ingersoll Rand
Luke Gray has been Director of Engineering - Process Flow Technologies at Ingersoll Rand since January 2024 and was Engineering Manager - Rotary Screw Compressor at Ingersoll Rand from 2020 to 2024. Luke Gray held Gardner Denver roles as PD Blower - Engineering Manager from 2018 to 2020, as a supervisor in the airend technology and innovation group from 2017 to 2018 and as Senior Airend Design Engineer from 2012 to 2017.
Pedro Ponte
LinkedInExperience: Director, Engineering & PM - Global OEM Marine Engineering - Rotary Compressors Europe · Ingersoll Rand
Pedro Ponte has been Director, Engineering & PM - Global OEM Marine Engineering - Rotary Compressors Europe at Ingersoll Rand since January 2026. Pedro Ponte was Engineering & Product Management Director - Global OEM & Marine at Ingersoll Rand from 2024 to 2025 and Market & Product Director - Global OEM & Marine there from 2022 to 2024, and was Power Systems Global Product Strategy Manager at Cummins Inc. from 2020 to 2022 and Sales Application Engineering Leader - Greater Europe there from 2019 to 2020.
Ramesh K V
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director - Engineering & Technology Centers · Ingersoll Rand
Ramesh K V has been Engineering Director - Engineering & Technology Centers at Ingersoll Rand since March 2020, based in Bengaluru according to the profile. Ramesh K V also held Ingersoll Rand roles as Global Engineering Director, Aftermarket & Services Product Portfolio and as Global Engineering Director - Italy, France, West Chester & India, both listed from 2016 to 2020.
Richard Hilton
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering and Product Management - Air Treatment and Rotary Compresors. CSS EMEIA · Ingersoll Rand Compressor Systems & Services
Richard Hilton has been Director of Engineering and Product Management - Air Treatment and Rotary Compresors. CSS EMEIA at Ingersoll Rand Compressor Systems & Services since January 2026 and was Director - Engineering and Product Management CSS EMEIA at Ingersoll Rand from 2024 to 2025. Richard Hilton was European Product Director Rotary Compressors at Ingersoll Rand from 2020 to 2024 and held product director roles at Gardner Denver from 2017 to 2020.
Rob Phillips
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Ingersoll Rand
Rob Phillips has been Director of Engineering at Ingersoll Rand since October 2022 and was Senior Engineering Manager Blowers and Vacuum Technology at Ingersoll Rand from 2020 to 2022. Rob Phillips was Rotary Engineering Manager at Gardner Denver from 2017 to 2020, Senior Product Engineer there from 2016 to 2017, and Operations Manager at Pinnacle Industries from 2012 to 2016.
Rohit Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering - Power Tools and Lifting Equipments · Ingersoll Rand
Rohit Gupta has been Director of Engineering - Power Tools and Lifting Equipments at Ingersoll Rand since April 2026. Rohit Gupta's other Ingersoll Rand roles include Global Mechanical Engineering Leader - Power Tools and Lifting Equipments from 2022 to 2026, Senior Engineering Manager - Power Tools & Pumps from 2019 to 2022 and Engineering Manager - Power Tools from 2016 to 2019.
Will Kuyvenhoven
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Global Engineering & Operations - ARO Fluid Management · Ingersoll Rand
Will Kuyvenhoven has been Senior Director - Global Engineering & Operations - ARO Fluid Management at Ingersoll Rand since March 2024 and has also held the title Global Engineering Leader - Fluid Management there since May 2017. Will Kuyvenhoven was Global Division Engineering Manager - Hydraulic Pump Division at Parker Hannifin from 2012 to 2017 and Technical Director at IMI Industrial Automation from 2002 to 2007.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current engineering role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which product or design problems get your engineering team's attention first?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about running engineering teams across more than one country?
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