Karine Brand
Karine Brand has served as the CEO of Laird Thermal Systems (Morrisville, N.C.), a thermal management solution supplier, since the start of this year.Brand was the interim CEO for four months and was the VP of technology of Laird Thermal Systems before becoming CEO. Prior to joining Laird, Brand was the director of global R&D, a business development manager and an innovation engineer at Wieland-Werke for more than 12 years.
She received her PhD in mechanical engineering with a concentration in heat transfer from Texas A&M University.