2019
Andy Long
CEO
Cyth Systems
2018
Robert Tait
Partner
Optical Metrology Solutions
2017
Keith Reuben
President, Asia-Pacific, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Digital Imaging, Montreal
Teledyne DALSA
2015
Michael Cyros
Chief Commercial Officer
Allied Vision
2013
Andrew Wilson
Vision Systems Design Magazine
2012
John Stack
President of Optical Systems Division
Zygo Corporation
2011
Robert Steinke
Retired Chairman and CEO
DVT Corporation
2010
Joseph Christenson
formerly with
PPT Vision
2009
Toshi Hori
President
GEViCAM, Inc.
2008
Don Cochran
President and CEO
Pressco Technology Inc.
2007
David Dechow
President
Aptúra Machine Vision Solutions
2006
Dr. Steven Case
Chairman
CyberOptics Corporation
2005
Dr. Norbert Stein
President
VITRONIC GmbH
2004
Dr. Savvas Chamberlain
CEO and Chairman
DALSA Corporation
2003
Perry West
President
Automated Vision Systems, Inc.
2002
Amir Novini
President and Chairman
Applied Vision Company
2001
Pat V. Costa
President and Chairman of the Board
Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (RVSI)
2000
Nello Zuech
President
Vision Systems International
1999
Stanley M. Karandanis
Chairman of the Board
Datacube, Inc.
1998
John C. Pemble
Vice President
Fechtor, Detwiler & Co.
1997
Dwight Carlson
Perceptron
1996
Kenneth Levy
KLA-Tencor
1995
Gary Wagner
– Leadership
Acuity
1995
Stephen S. Wilson
– Technology
AISI
1995
Bruno J. Lay
– Scientific Application
Noesis
1994
Kevin Harding
– Leadership
Industrial Technology Institute
1994
William Silver
– Technology
Cognex Corporation
1994
Jerrold Pine
– Industrial Application
Motorola Manufacturing
1994
Dr. Daniel L. Farkas
– Scientific Application
Center for Light Microscope Imaging and Biotechnology
Carnegie Mellon University
1993
Dr. Robert Shillman
– Leadership
President and CEO
Cognex Corporation
1993
Rafael C. Gonzalez
– Technology
Founder
Perceptics Corporation
1993
J. Thomas Hardesty
– Industrial Application
General Supervisor, Packard Electronic Division
General Motors Corporation
1993
Paul Goodwin
– Scientific Application
Manager, Image Analysis Laboratory
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1991
Richard D. Schwarz
–Leadership
Founder and President
EI Consortium, Inc.
1991
Rashid Beg
– Technology
Chairman
Imaging Technology, Inc.
1991
Valerie Bolhouse
– Industrial Application
Supervisor, Advanced Manufacturing, Electronics Division
Ford Motor Company
1991
Leopold Neumann
– Scientific Application
Vice President of R & D
Analogic Corporation
