Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
Colin R. Sabol is responsible for ensuring that Xylem has the global strategy and capabilities needed to achieve the company's aggressive short- and long-term growth goals. He was named Chief Strategy & Growth Officer of Xylem when the company was formed from the spinoff of the water businesses of ITT Corporation in 2011. He joined ITT in 2006 and served most recently as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development for Fluid and Motion Control, where he was responsible for the group’s strategy, marketing, business planning, M&A, product development and organic growth initiatives.
Prior to joining ITT, Sabol held a variety of professional and managerial positions over 17 years with General Electric, including Chief Financial Officer for GE Energy Services, and Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions for GE Corporate. He led the acquisitions of the companies that became GE Water and in 2002 was named the group’s Chief Marketing Officer.
Sabol graduated from Alfred University with a B.S. in Materials Engineering.