Brooke Sutherland, Columnist

The Industrial World Just Lost a Great Leader

Roper Industries’ Brian Jellison isn’t well-known outside of certain circles. He should be.

November 5, 2018 at 5:24 PM UTC

Brooke Sutherland is Bloomberg News' Boston bureau chief and writes the Industrial Strength Newsletter. She was previously a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals and industrial companies and an M&A reporter for Bloomberg News.

Roper’s software focus includes technology to support E-ZPass. — Roper’s software focus includes technology to support E-ZPass.
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The industrial world just lost one of its best leaders.

Brian Jellison, who stepped down as Roper Technologies Inc.’s CEO in September due to health issues, died on Friday. He isn’t well known outside of industrial-company circles, but he should be.