Biography

Joined Allegro MicroSystems Board: 2026

Mr. Willett served as Chief Executive Officer of Cognex Corporation (“Cognex”), a manufacturer of machine vision systems, software and sensors used in automated manufacturing, from 2011 until his retirement in 2025. Mr. Willett first joined Cognex in 2008 and also served as a Board member of Cognex from April 2011 until March 2026. Prior to joining Cognex, he served as Vice President of Business Development and Innovation for the Product Identification Business Group at Danaher Corporation (“Danaher”), a diversified industrial company specializing in process improvement and acquisitions, and as President of Videojet Technologies (“Videojet”), a leader in coding and marking products. Prior to that, Mr. Willett served as Chief Executive Officer of Willett International Ltd., a coding and marking company that was sold to Danaher and merged with Videojet. Mr. Willett currently serves as a director of Clean Harbors, Inc., a publicly held industrial and environmental services company and of Formlabs, a private industrial company in the field of 3D printing.

Mr. Willett holds a B.A. from Brown University, and an M.B.A. from Yale University.