John D. Soriano
Former Vice President­Compliance and
Deputy General Counsel
Ingersoll Rand

Through February 2010, John D. Soriano was Vice President-Compliance and Deputy General Counsel of Ingersoll Rand Company, a $13 billion revenue diversified industrial company, having been promoted to that position in June 2007. In that role as the Company's Chief Compliance Officer, he had global responsibility for Ingersoll Rand's ethics and compliance program, an exceedingly important and sensitive position given the Company's Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States Department of Justice. In his role, as an officer of the Company, he reported directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, as well as to the General Counsel.

In addition to his background in the ethics and compliance area, Soriano also have more than 20 years of diverse litigation experience. These include roles as head of litigation at Ingersoll Rand (2000-2008)and prior to that, litigation positions at Becton Dickinson (1998-2000) and Johnson & Johnson (1998). Soriano began his career at the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (1987-98).

Soriano received his undergraduate degree in 1984 from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1987. He is a frequent speaker on ethics and compliance topics and a contributor to publications such as Compliance Week.