Stephen C. Hassell

President, Avocent

Mr. Hassell took on the role of President of Avocent in January 2010, after Emerson acquired Avocent Corporation. Mr. Hassell joined Emerson in February 2004 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He was responsible for all information technology hardware, software, services and telecommunications across Emerson. Mr. Hassell came to Emerson from Invensys, where he served as Chief Information Officer.

Prior to Invensys, Mr. Hassell was at Northrop Grumman-Newport News where he rose through several positions in Strategic Planning and Operations, ultimately becoming both Vice President and Chief Information Officer, and President and CEO of Naptheon, a wholly owned information technology subsidiary of Newport News. Additionally, Steve spent seven years as a surface line officer in the United States Navy.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Management degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.