Robotics Alley would like to welcome its 2015 advisory board members. This year's distinguished group includes a mix of returning and new advisory board members. Together they have experience in manufacturing, business large and small, financial, academic, research, security and defense, agriculture, engineering, and more.
This group will help steer the direction of the 2015 conference, which will once again bring many of the world's top robotics companies and experts to the Midwest to showcase this rapidly expanding industry.
The 2015 Robotics Alley Advisors are:
Adam Marsh, 2015 Conference Chair, Vice President & General Manager Product Development, PaR Systems, Inc.
Andrew Aarestad, Organizer, MAVMeetup
Todd Carpenter, Chief Engineer and Co-Owner, Adventium Labs
Don Craighead, CEO, DHC Enterprises, Inc.
Duke Creighton, Founder, President, and CTO, Pulse Therapeutics
EJ Daigle, Dean – Robotics & Manufacturing Technology, Dunwoody College of Technology
Juli Denny, MBA, Vice President, Business Development, Ximedica
Tien Do, 2014 STEM Scholarship Recipient; Student, University of Minnesota
Norm Domholt, President, NPC Robotics
Dr. Andrew Drenner, Ph.D., Director of Engineering, Co-founder, ReconRobotics
Nicola J. Ferrier, Argonne National Library, Principal Automation Engineer
Sean Green, Key Account Manager, DeltaTech Controls
Ryan Gubrud, Regional Sales Manager, Altron Inc.
Paul Gunderson, PhD, MS, Director, Dakota Precision Ag Center, Lake Region State College
Eric Heinz, Chief Marketing Manager, IMRIS
Anne Imsdahl, Manufacturing Engineer, Boston Scientific
Gene Jasper, Minnesota First Regional Planning Committee
Tom Kenville, Founder/Rainmaker, Tglobal, Inc.; Board of Directors, Unmanned Applications Institute International
Chip Laingen, Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.); Executive Director, Defense Alliance
Mark Lawrence, MN First Competition Committee
Dana Lonn, P.E., Managing Director, Center for Advanced Technology, The Toro Company
Eileen Manning, Executive Producer, Robotics Alley Conference & Expo; CEO, The Event Group, Incorporated
Jim Merritt, Marketing Chair, National Sales & Marketing Manager, Altron Inc.
Nilesh Mohan, Group Manager, Distribution: Engineering & Facilities, Target
Nikos Papanikolopoulos, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
Mark Ritchie, Former Minnesota Secretary of State, Office of the Secretary of State
Max Seeley, Senior Electrical Engineer, PCB and Manufacturing Engineer, Advanced Electronics Group, 3M
Chad Stiernagle, Senior Director of Automated Retail, Best Buy
Aaron Sykes, Organizer, MavMeetup
Craige Thompson, JD, EE, PE, Patent Attorney, Thompson Patent Law Offices PC
Scot Wesolaski, Senior Director, Business Development and Product Marketing, Z Aerospace
Mathew Woodlee, Senior International Trade Specialist, U.S. Export Assistance Center
For the full bios of this year’s advisors and more information on the Robotics Alley Conference & Expo 2015 go to roboticsalley.org
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