Currently, Charles R. Patel occupies the position of Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at Tenneco, Inc.

Mr. Patel previously was Chief Information Officer of Motorola, Inc., Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President for VWR Funding, Inc., Vice President-Information Technology of Johnson Controls LLC, Systems Engineer at Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Principal at A.T. Kearney, Inc.

Mr. Patel received an undergraduate degree from Marquette University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.