Steve’s extensive global business experience, in addition to his background and expertise as it relates to the application of advanced technology in the transportation industry, have made him an invaluable Advisor to BlueDot Ventures.
Steve has extensive experience in managing advanced technology for commercial application and leading businesses with P&L responsibility through his many years with Sensata Technologies, a spin-off of Texas Instruments where he has was the chief technology officer between 2015 and 2022. In this position, Steve identifyied, evaluated and developed new megatrend applications for Sensata primarily in the areas of electrification, autonomous vehicles and the Internet of Things. Prior to this position, he held the role of executive vice president, Performance Sensing, leading Sensata’s largest business unit and driving strong growth and profitability improvement for many years.
Steve joined Sensata’s predecessor company, Texas Instruments in 1988, and held a series of positions of increasing responsibility and oversight in the engineering function where he helped shift the focus of the company to a new range of safety sensors for automotive and commercial vehicle applications. Beringhause has a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science – both in mechanical engineering – from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.