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2024 Election Results Announced for A3 Technology Strategy Boards
POSTED 02/06/2024
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) is pleased to announce the results of the recent elections for its Technology Strategy Boards (TSB). Three of the boards hosted elections this year: The A3 Robotics Technology Strategy Board, A3 Vision & Imaging Technology Strategy Board, and A3 Motion Control & Motors Technology Strategy Board. There is also an A3 Artificial Intelligence Strategy Board, which did not hold elections this cycle. The full list of board members can be found here.
A3 Robotics Technology Strategy Board
Three newly elected members joined the Robotics TSB:
- Jane Heffner, MiR – Mobile Industrial Robotics
- Scot Lindemann, Mission Design & Automation
- Melonee Wise, Agility Robotics
The following members were re-elected:
- Carl Doeksen, 3M
- Joe Gemma, Wauseon Machine
- Mark Lewandowksi, Procter & Gamble
- Robert Little, ATI Industrial Automation (Novanta)
- Craig Salvalaggio, AMT – Applied Manufacturing Technologies
- Tom Stocker, Yaskawa Motoman
Additional board members include:
- Milton Guerry, Schunk
- Lou Finazzo, FANUC
- Eric Nieves, Plus One Robotics
- Thomas Evans, Honeywell Intelligrated
- Joe Gemma, Wauseon Machine and Manufacturing
- Christelle Keefer, ABB
- Matt Rendall, OTTO Motors
- Ted Rozier, Festo
- Stu Shepherd, Shepherd Solutions
- Matthew Wicks, Zebra
A3 Vision & Imaging Technology Strategy Board
Gloria Putnam from Gpixel and Nick Sischka from Edmund Optics are the newly elected board members for the A3 Vision & Imaging TSB.
The following members were re-elected:
- John Agapakis, Omron Automation
- Ghislain Beaupré, Teledyne DALSA
- David Bruce, FANUC America
- David Dechow, Landing AI
- Armin Khatoonabadi, Apera AI
Additional board members include:
- Darcy Bachert, Prolucid
- Steve Kinney, Smart Vision Lights
- Jeff Adolf, 3M
- Jim Anderson, SICK Sensor Intelligence
- Jonathan Hou, Pleora Technologies
- Daniel Lau, University of Kentucky
- David Mayers, IDS
- Pablo Molina, Avidbots
- Rusty Ponce de Leon, Phase 1
- John Salls, Vision ICS
- Steve Wardell, ATS Automation
A3 Motion Control & Motors Technology Strategy Board
David Gelfuso from Advanced Motion Controls is the new board member for the A3 Motion Control & Motors TSB.
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The following members were re-elected:
- Chris Blake, Maxon
- Bill Kegley, Rockwell Automation
- Kevin McNicholas, Integr-i-motion, LLC
- Silas Robertson, Applied Industrial Automation
- Andy Sklierenko, Moons’ Industries, Inc
Additional board members include:
- Gunnar Block, Schunk Carbon Technology
- Eric Rice, Festo
- Peter Zafiro, LinMot
- Kevin Barker, Beckhoff
- Phil Faluotico, AMEREK Advanced Motion Solutions
- Matt Hanson, AMETEK
- Ted Hiserodt, Parker
- Jim Hulman, Rexroth
- John Krasnokutsky, Siemens
- Corey Morton, B&R Industrial Automation
- Scott Murr, Electron Energy Corporation
- John Payne, Yaskawa
About Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) is the leading global advocate for the benefits of automating. A3 promotes automation technologies and ideas that transform the way business is done. Members of A3 represent over 1,280 manufacturers, component suppliers, system integrators, end users, academic institutions, research groups and consulting firms that drive automation forward worldwide.
A3 hosts a number of industry-leading events, including Automate 2024 (May 6-9, 2024, in Chicago), The International Robot Safety Conference (October 1-3, Cincinnati, Ohio); Autonomous Mobile Robot & Logistics Conference (October 8-10, 2024, Memphis, Tennessee); and the A3 Business Forum (January 20-22, 2025, Orlando, Florida).
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