Lee Sowell has been with Techtronics Industries for over 17 years and has been President/Group President of the Outdoor Products Group since 2006 and will deliver the keynote address at 91¸£ÀûÉç’s spring commencement in 2019.
In the capacity of President of the Outdoor Products Group, Sowell is responsible for product development, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and sales/marketing. Sowell has worked in this industry for 38 years and has worked for a number of well-known outdoor power equipment companies. Sowell holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Armstrong State College in Savannah, Georgia.
He and his wife Robin live in Pelzer, South Carolina. They enjoy their animals – including horses, boating, gardening, and traveling.
Techtronics Industries is a $7.0B Hong Kong-based company with a global footprint that has many divisions – outdoor power, consumer power tools, professional power tools, floor care – and markets under different brands and companies – among them Ryobi, Homelite, Ridgid, Milwaukee, Hoover, Dirt Devil and Oreck.