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Dale F. Elliott is president of American Standard's global Bath and Kitchen business. American Standard is the world's largest manufacturer of Bath and Kitchen products.
Elliott joined American Standard in 2006 after most recently serving as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Snap-on Tools Corporation, a global leader in professional tools, diagnostics and equipment with $2.4 billion in annual sales and 11,500 employees.
In his three-and-one-half years leading Snap-on Tools, Elliott drove a strategic turnaround that eliminated $65 million in redundant operating expenses and improved headcount productivity by 34%. He also led an increase in new product sales of $722 million annually or 30 percent of total revenue.
Before leading Snap-on Tools Corporation, Elliott was president of the company's diagnostics and industrial businesses with overall responsibility for the power tools group; industrial tool sales and diagnostics; equipment and service operations; and related product development centers. He joined Snap-on in 1995 as president of the industrial business.
Prior to Snap-on Elliott spent 11 years with Emerson Electric, first with the Dremel division and later with the S-B Power Tool business, then a joint venture between the Skil division of Emerson and Robert Bosch GmbH.
He holds an M.B.A. from Michigan Technological University and a B.S. from Michigan State University. | 