Biography

Gary Cohen is chief executive officer at iRobot and has served as a director since May 2024. With more than 25 years of executive leadership and turnaround experience, Gary has successfully driven enterprise-wide transformation and brand growth at Fortune 500 and privately held companies in both consumer and B2B segments. He has a history of leading successful turnarounds, most recently at Qualitor Automotive. There, he led a successful transformation as CEO and board director from 2015 – 2022, increasing sales and profits by approximately 100% through the design of proprietary wiper technologies, improved supply chain operations, and the implementation of an omnichannel strategy that allowed the business to scale distribution globally. Prior to Qualitor Automotive, Gary served as CEO at Timex from 2011 – 2013, where he led an $800 million multi-brand business and global team of 5,000 employees, increasing sales through the development of a advertising platform as well as a blueprint for product innovation and restructuring of its product portfolio. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Energizer from 2007 – 2010, Playtex from 2006 – 2007 and Gillette from 1988 – 2006, where he acquired extensive experience in the areas of sales and marketing, product development and design, brand building, global omnichannel strategies, retail, manufacturing, supply chain and M&A. At Playtex. Mr. Cohen was part of a turnaround team that led the sale of Playtex to Energizer for $1.16 billion in 2007. At Gillette, Mr. Cohen played an integral role in new product innovation and advertising, growing Oral-B global sales from $1 billion to $1.8 billion and launching the Mach3, one of the company’s largest global razor introductions.