Austin Appel
Eric Danziger
Jonathan Hou
Jonathan is President of Pleora Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of video interfaces for system manufacturers and camera companies serving the military, medical, and industrial automation sectors.
Jonathan is responsible for Pleora’s day-to-day operations, including the company’s expansion into embedded, AI, and machine learning solutions. Jonathan joined the company as CTO in 2018, and brings extensive experience from the quality inspection, machine vision, and sensor networking industries. He has a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Engineering from McGill University.
Shih-Chang Lin
Kristian Hulgard
Kristian is the General Manager of the Americas division at OnRobot – the One Stop Shop for collaborative and light industrial robot applications. He has been part of the collaborative robot market since its emergence and a thought leader in cobot applications and activation of robots in the collaborative space. Language skills: English, German, and the Nordic Languages.
ABOUT ONROBOT
Step into the Universe of Collaborative Robot Applications
OnRobot is a born-global, pioneer in automation, passionate about innovative and value
creating technologies. We provide a wide assortment of tools for collaborative and light
industrial robot applications including: electric and vacuum grippers, force/torque sensors, a
2.5D vision system, screwdriver, sander kits and tool changers.
The new combination of offerings from OnRobot makes it quicker and simpler to automate
tasks such as packaging, quality control, materials handling, machine tending, packaging,
assembly, and surface finishing. Headquartered in Odense, Denmark, OnRobot also has
offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, Soest (Germany), Barcelona, Warsaw, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul,
Singapore and Budapest.
Our vision to provide the One Stop Shop that enables easy and fast deployment of
collaborative and light industrial robot applications. OnRobot's out-of-the-box solutions are
easy to customize and can be seamlessly integrated with a wide range of major robot brands
through our One System, Zero Complexity.
Kai Yang
Juan Aparicio Ojea
Juan Aparicio is the VP of Product at READY Robotics. Prior to joining READY Robotics, he was the Head of Advanced Manufacturing Automation at Siemens Corporate Technology in Berkeley, CA. Juan has extensive experience managing complex projects, involving hardware and software; and bridging the technology gap between universities and businesses. His areas of interest include Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Robotics, Connected Cars, Industry 4.0, and Cyber-Physical Systems. He is member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing (ARM) Institute in the US and the Project Manager of the Open Process Automation Forum. His work has been featured at NYTimes, MIT Tech Review and Medium.
Dr. Youngjun Choi
Christopher Nichols
Christopher Nichols is Director of IT/OT Resiliency & Support at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. He has been employed by the Fortune 500 manufacturer, Stanley Black & Decker for over seven years, and is currently Director of IT/OT Resiliency & Support. In this role, he is responsible for deploying Level 2/3 system architectures and connecting all other level systems to level2/3, while supporting them. Additionally, he manages remediation with Edge components, and deploys servers and connectivity for all OT-Related systems, plus Level 1 support of all OT-Related SW applications.
Gregory Brown
Vice President of the Global Advanced Technology Group focused on several emerging technology pillars (Data Driven Decisions, Robotics/Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, IoT & Sensor Technology, and Drones). The ATG is where our UPS emerging technology story starts, as we strategize on how we align technology to our internal and external customer needs. With emerging technology, UPS experience, and external talent my team is shaping UPS to help build out our Global Smart Logistics Network.