Valentina Videva Dufresne is a Sr. Director of Business Operations in the Office of the CTO at Sensata Technologies, responsible for pre development, new product development and commercialization of the Sensata Smart & Connected Vehicle Area Network & Sensor Solutions.
While staying with the same company for 21 yrs, Valentina has had multiple careers – starting as a Manufacturing Engineer; Process Design and Development for new products; An expatriate at the Sensata Facility in Mexico insuring the success of a newly established plant; an elected Member of the Technical Staff as a recognition for excellence in technical contributions. Once back in Attleboro, Valentina moved to Management roles for Process Engineering and later Product Management, as a Director in Process Development and Director in Product Management.
Throughout her career, Valentina remained tireless in Learning and Problem solving, and is a certified Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt. She has applied this passion in the Diversity and Inclusion activity, is a founding member of the D&I engineering council at Sensata Technology. As of 2017 she is the chair of the Attleboro D&I Council with mission to embrace and support a diverse work culture. Valentina is also the executive sponsor of AWI – the Attleboro Women’s Initiative affinity group.
Valentina was recently appointed to serve on the Bristol Community College Board Of Trustees, a community college that serves the local community and shares the Sensata commitment to Diversity and Inclusion and STEM.
Valentina graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Norwich University. Her real highest honor is being a mother of 10yr and 13 yr old girls and spending time with her family reading, drawing and finding connections between art, math and engineering.