John D. Fox

John Fox retired in December 2020 after a 41-year career with Parker Hannifin Corporation. Parker Hannifin Corporation is the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of control and motion technologies and systems. Parker operates in 49 countries and employs over 55,000 people worldwide.

John joined Parker in 1979 as a field application engineer in Houston, Texas. He demonstrated consistent year-over-year sales growth as he advanced through various marketing and product manager positions. John managed the 2001 acquisition and integration of Dayco’s Fluid Management business. The $305 million acquisition resulted in the creation of Parker’s Industrial Hose Division and John became the division’s first general manager. In 2006 John became global vice president of operations for Parker’s Fluid Connector Group followed by the same role with the Climate and Industrial Controls and Automation Groups. John took on the role as the corporation’s vice president of global channel strategy in 2015 and operated out of the company’s global headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio.

John serves on the board of the Heavy Duty Business Forum (HDBF) and Red Dot Corporation. He was instrumental in starting a pre-engineering program at his alma mater, St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, in 2005 and is currently a board member. John earned a BSEE from Purdue University in 1979 and received his MBA from Case Western Reserve in 1995.