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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Industrial Automation space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ron Goldshmidt
Co-Founder – COO and Head of Fintech of Briq
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About Briq: Briq is a financial forecasting and data intelligence platform for the construction industry.
Michael C. Johnson
President & Chief Operating Officer of Locus Robotics
Mike is a 20-plus-year serial entrepreneur, having formed and grown three previous startups implementing warehouse technologies for Fortune 500 companies.
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About Locus Robotics: Locus Robotics is a warehouse robotics company that manufactures autonomous mobile robots to support e-commerce.
Thomas Pajonas
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Flowserve
Thomas L. Pajonas, has served as Executive Vice President since February 2014 and Chief Operating Officer since January 2012. From 2004 to January 2012, he served as President of the Flow Control Division. He served as Vice President from 2004 to December 2006. He was previously employed as Managing Director of Alstom Transport, a supplier of rail products, from 2003 to 2004 and Senior Vice President from 1999 to 2003 of the Worldwide Power Boiler Business of Alstom, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served in various capacities as Senior Vice President and General Manager International Operations and subsequently Senior Vice President and General Manager Standard Boilers Worldwide of Asea Brown Boveri.
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About Flowserve: Flowserve specializes in supplying pumps, valves, seals, automation, and services to the power, oil, gas, chemical, and other industries.
Will Mapes
COO of RoboTire
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About RoboTire: RoboTire automates vehicle maintenance by combining robots and computer vision.
Suhas Ahuja
Co-Founder, COO of SIERA.AI
Suhas is an experienced entrepreneur with multiple successful exits in the high-tech sector. Suhas leads all of Stocked Robotics’ sales and business development operations globally.
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About SIERA.AI: SIERA.AI is a mobility tech company that helps warehouses and factories increase safety and efficiency of their industrial vehicle fleets.
Alon Moritz
COO and Head of Finance of OnePointOne
Alon Moritz is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Finance at OnePointOne.
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About OnePointOne: OPO has developed a fully automated vertical farming system to improve the health of humanity through plant-based foods and medicines.
Daniel Parks
Co-Founder / COO of inVia Robotics
Dan has a rich background in software development and robotics innovation. Prior to joining inVia, Dan was the head of software and customer support at CAMotion, an innovative motion control and industrial automation company focused on high speed robotic solutions for material handling.
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About inVia Robotics: InVia Robotics provides next-generation robotics warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce distribution centers and supply chains.
Daniel Padrão
COO of Solinftec
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About Solinftec: Solinftec develops and produces equipment, technology and systems for the automation of mobile assets and logistics processes.
Joe Finegold
COO & VP Manufacturing of Seek Thermal
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About Seek Thermal: Seek Thermal engineers, designs, manufactures, and markets thermal imaging products and sensors.
Gregory Ayres
Chief Operating Officer of Aurora Solar Technologies
Greg Ayres is Aurora’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Aurora, Mr. Ayres held leadership positions at a number of high-technology organizations in industrial automation, cloud services and SaaS. In addition, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Pavilion Technologies Inc., a real time performance management, advanced process control and environmental compliance software solutions provider for process manufacturers (Austin, TX) and for YesVideo Inc., a cloud-based digital imaging company that provides systems, software, and online tools to index, organize, archive and share media content in real time (Santa Clara, CA). Greg served 4 years as an executive at Honeywell Industrial Automation (NYSE: HON), serving as VP and GM of the Honeywell Industrial Pulp and Paper Automation Group and VP and GM of the Honeywell Industrial Metals Industry Group. He also served 12 years as an executive of Measurex Systems Inc., a company providing industrial measurement, automation, and information management systems to process industries, where he was responsible for the sales, software integration, and services associated with process control and information systems. Following Honeywell, Greg was instrumental in the creation of YesVideo, where he served as Chief Operating Officer and built world-class, highly automated production and cloud hosting systems in the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Australia, and India. At YesVideo, he developed efficient channels to consumers through partnerships with Costco, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Walgreens, CVS, Rite-Aid, Sony, JVC, Kodak, and FujiFilm. Prior to YesVideo,In his early career, Greg served as an engineer at Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) where he implemented capital improvement projects in P&G manufacturing plants. Greg holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and successfully completed the Program for Management Development (PMD) at Harvard Business School.
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About Aurora Solar Technologies: Aurora Solar Technologies develops and markets Production Measurement and Control systems.
Inna Kuznetsova
COO of INTTRA of Nimble Aircraft
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About : We solve the industry problems when plane and helicopters can’t. Nimble Aircraft is manufacturer and service provider of commercial drones.
Sabine Resoagli
Co-Founder & COO of Accelerate3D
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About Accelerate3D: Accelerate3D manufacture 3D printers for plastic products or components 10x faster than the market standard.
Seth Page
COO | Board of Directors of ThroughPut.ai
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About ThroughPut.ai: Grow your bottom line with supply chain data orchestration
Adrian Mayans
Co-Founder and COO of Lucid Drone Technologies, Inc.
Adrian Mayans is the Co-Founder and COO of Lucid Drone Technologies.
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About Lucid Drone Technologies, Inc.: We build autonomous drones for labor-intensive tasks.
Edward Monser
President & COO of Emerson
Monser is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Emerson Electric Co., a global industrial controls products company. Monser has more than 30 years of experience in senior operational positions at Emerson and has played key roles in globalizing the company, having held increasingly senior positions at the company, including chief operating officer (2001-2010), president of its Rosemount Inc. subsidiary (1996-2001), and various operations, new product development, engineering and technology positions. He is a member of the Economic Development Board for China’s Guangdong Province and a past board member and past Vice Chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Eastern Michigan University. As the chief operating officer of a premier industrial organization, Monser has a solid understanding of industrial operations, supply chain optimization, and continuous improvement; extensive experience in international business operations, particularly in emerging markets; and demonstrated capability in strategic planning and organizational development.
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About Emerson: Emerson is a global technology & engineering company providing innovative solutions for customers in industrial and residential markets.
Austin Thurman
Chairman and COO of Rosotics
I organize development teams and oversee business development operations in support of the object and scope of our core project. I work closely with upper management to enable Rosotics’ transition to a prominent name in manufacturing, AI, and robotics globally.
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About Rosotics: Rosotics produces hyper-efficient metal additive manufacturing solutions that address tougher problems in industrial engineering.
Susana Ruiz Lozano
Co-Founder & COO of Prysmex
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About Prysmex: Their solution integrates wearable devices, collaborative app, management platform, data analytics.
Craig Salvalaggio
Chief Operating Officer of Applied Manufacturing Technologies
Craig leads the largest segment of AMT’s automation engineering business. His technical skills in robotic automation combined with a leadership ability, led to his current role as VP of Engineering. His strategic mission is to continue driving growth and diversity of the General Industries market segments. Craig brings 14 years of Automation experience to AMT and holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lake Superior State University, a Masters in Operations Management, and an MBA from Kettering University. Craig is actively involved in the Robotics Industry Association (RIA) and Co-Chair of the Certified Integrator Committee and program.
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About Applied Manufacturing Technologies: AMT creatively solves robotic automation challenges.