# Jerome D. Okarma

> Jerome D. Okarma is a startup investor at Johnson Controls (Milwaukee). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Johnson Controls](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnson-controls)
- Location: Milwaukee, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromeokarma

Jerome D. Okarma is a startup investor at Johnson Controls in Milwaukee. Jerome Okarma joined Johnson Controls in 1989 as assistant general counsel. He served as group general counsel for each of the company’s business units, and was elected a corporate officer as assistant secretary in 1990. He was named to his current position in 2004.Prior to joining the company, Okarma was an attorney at Inland Steel Company,from 1977 through 1982. He joined Borg-Warner Corporation in 1982, where he served as assistant secretary and senior attorney.Okarma received his law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He graduated with honors from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts in history.Okarma serves on the board of directors for the United Way Leadership Team, Legal Division. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Western Illinois University.

## About Johnson Controls

VC Fund · Cork, Ireland

Johnson Controls offers smart buildings that create safe, healthy, and sustainable environments. Johnson Controls operates in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide. It builds efficiency business designs, produces, markets, and installs integrated heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; andbuilding management systems, controls, security, and mechanical equipment. It also provides technical services, energy management consulting, and operations of real estate portfolios for the non-residential buildings market. This segment also offers residential air conditioning and heating systems. Its automotive experience business designs and manufactures interior products and systems for passenger cars and light trucks, including vans, pick-up trucks, and sport/crossover utility vehicles. This segment's products and systems include seating systems and components; cockpit systems, such as instrument panels and clusters, information displays, and body controllers; overhead systems, including headliners and electronic convenience features; floor consoles; and door systems. It also produces automotive interior systems for original equipment manufacturers. The company's power solutions business produces lead-acid automotive batteries serving automotive original equipment manufacturers and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. It produces lead-acid batteries, as well as offers absorbent glass mat, nickel-metal-hydride, and lithium-ion battery technologies to power hybrid vehicles.

5 contacts available at Johnson Controls.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joakim Weidemanis | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joakim-weidemanis |
| Austin Domenici | vice president and general manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-domenici-4aa8 |
| Buddy Saucier | Vice President, Service and Security & Fire Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buddy-saucier |
| Claude Allain | Vice-President and General Manager Middle-East & Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claude-allain |
| Jerome D. Okarma | Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-d-okarma |

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