Dennis Fehr
Global CFO | Business Strategist | Forward Thinker | Team Builder | Successful IPO | Industrial Manufacturing
Cognex Corporation•Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Dennis is a Global Chief Financial Officer and strategic business partner who works across the organization to optimize growth and enhance profitability. He is a go-to executive tapped to steer companies through exponential growth, turn around underperforming businesses, and institute discipline and analytical rigor. He operates with broad industry exposure; background ranging from startups to high growth and maturity; and expertise in Financial Planning & Analysis, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, IT/ERP implementations, M&A, and Procurement. Dennis brings experience maturing finance organizations; leading a successful IPO, equity raise, spin off, and acquisitions; and steering a newly public company. As Chief Financial Officer of Fluence Energy, he guided a company that expanded revenue from $30 million in FY18 to a projected $1.1 billion in FY22 and building international presence to 10 regional entities across the globe. He built a finance function for the newly formed joint venture and raised $1 billion through an oversubscribed IPO priced above the range. Previously, Dennis advanced through numerous finance roles at Siemens with assignments in Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, and China. As Vice President, Finance, he turned around an unprofitable, €350 million engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) operation, rationalizing geographic and vertical market focus, downsizing footprint and workforce, and strengthening risk management associated with the contracting process. He also led ERP implementations, completing on time and on budget. Dennis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Cooperative State University in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the German International School Washington.
Career Timeline
- Cognex CorporationCurrentMay 2024–Present· 2 yrs 4 mos
- Group Chief Financial OfficerCurrentMay 2024–Present
- 2023–Apr 2024· 1 yr 3 mos
- Group Chief Financial Officer2023–Apr 2024
- 2018–Sep 2022· 4 yrs 8 mos
- Group Chief Financial Officer2018–Sep 2022
- Oct 2003–Dec 2017· 14 yrs 2 mos
- Vice-President Finance Medium Voltage SolutionsOct 2014–Dec 2017
- Finance Director ASEAN RegionFeb 2012–Sep 2014
- Head of Business Administration and ControllingApr 2011–2012
- Head of Business AdministrationOct 2008–Mar 2011
- Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis2006–Sep 2008
- Project Manager, SAP ImplementationOct 2003–Dec 2005
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Business Administration
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW)