Valentina Videva Dufresne
Valentina Videva Dufresne is a Product Management and Process Development Director of the ADAS Business Unit at Sensata Technologies, establishing and developing the new Business Unit and team; establishing Financial targets and performance and helping develop a business unit strategy to become a key player in the New Mobility market.
While staying with the same company for 20 yrs, Valentina has had multiple careers – starting as a Manufacturing Engineer responsible for the Process, Yield and Quality manufacturing lines for automotive sensors; Process Design and Development for new products; An expatriate at the Sensata Facility in Mexico as Engineering supervisor for 3 yrs 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 Director Roles for Process Engineering and later Product Management with responsibility for Operational and Financial performance, as well as New Product Launches.
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 and is a founding member of the D&I engineering council at Sensata Technology. As of 2017 she is the chair of the Attleboro Diversity and Inclusion Council with mission to embrace and support a diverse work culture, with initial focus on gender diversity in the engineering community, specifically improving the hiring, retention and leadership development of women.
Valentina graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Norwich University. Her real highest honor is being a mother of two preteen girls and spending time with her family reading, drawing, DIYing, and explaining the meaning of words such as “capacity”