Cummins Inc. announced Jennifer Rumsey, the company’s president and chief operating officer, was elected to the company’s Board of Directors.
Tom Linebarger, Cummins chairman and CEO, commended Rumsey’s skills and perspectives to help address decarbonization efforts.
“Decarbonization is a growth opportunity for Cummins and essential to our planet,” Linebarger said, “(W)e will need Jen’s deep technical knowledge along with her customer and market knowledge to evolve our technologies and our business.”
Linebarger said Rumsey was key to developing products that further the company’s sustainability commitments. Rumsey’s 25-year career focused on advancing technology and bringing products to market that make a positive difference in the world, Cummins stated.
Rumsey began her Cummins career working on the first products where Cummins introduced emissions aftertreatment systems. Since then, Rumsey has worked across the product lifecycle and in various parts of the business — from advanced research to product quality — and has been deeply engaged with some of the company’s most important OEM partners.
While serving as chief technical officer, Rumsey led Cummins’ efforts to reduce criteria pollutants from its products. As the president of Components, Rumsey oversaw a global portfolio of business units. Under Rumsey’s leadership, components launched National Standard VI (NSVI) products in China and Bharat Stage VI (BSVI) products in India designed to reduce emissions while offering industry leading performance.
While president of the Components business, Rumsey was a member of the Eaton Cummins joint venture Board of Directors. In March 2021, Rumsey was promoted to president and chief operating officer, overseeing Cummins’ global operations.
Rumsey is a member of the Society of Women Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, the Purdue Engineering Advisory Committee and Women in Trucking Association. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Throughout her career, she has been an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion and women in STEM fields.
