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Dr. Robert J. Shillman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Since founding Cognex in 1981, Dr. Shillman has gained international recognition for his unique work hard/play hard management style. He was named Inc. Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year in 1990, received an Achievement Award in Leadership from the Automated Imaging Association in 1992, and received the North American SEMI Award in 2005 for his contributions to the semiconductor industry. Dr. Shillman holds a B.S.E.E. from Northeastern University, as well as an M.S.E.E. and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Robert Willett
President and Chief Operationg Officer
Mr. Willett oversees sales, marketing, product development and manufacturing for Cognex Corporation, and also serves as President of the Modular Vision Systems Division (MVSD), the largest business division at Cognex. Mr. Willett came to Cognex in 2008 from Danaher Corporation, a diversified manufacturer of industrial controls and technologies, where he served as Vice President of Business Development and Innovation for the company’s Product Identification business group. Prior to that Mr. Willett was President of Videojet Technologies, a leader in coding and marking products, which is a subsidiary of Danaher. Mr. Willett also served as Chief Executive Officer of Willett International Ltd., a $125 million privately owned coding company with 30 wholly owned sales companies around the world, which he sold to Danaher in 2003 and which was merged with Videojet. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, and an MBA from Yale University. |
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Richard A. Morin
Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Mr. Morin is responsible for the company's Finance, Investor Relations, Information Technology, Facilities, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and Corporate Employee Services departments. Mr. Morin joined Cognex in 1999 after 10 years as Chief Financial Officer for C & K Components, Inc., an international manufacturer of electronic components and security systems, where he led the company's growth from $100 million to $200 million in revenue. Mr. Morin also served as Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance for Jamesbury Corporation. He holds a BA in Economics and Accounting from The College of the Holy Cross, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Thomas F. Nash
President, Surface Inspection Systems Division (SISD)
As President of Cognex's Surface Inspection Systems Division (SISD), Mr. Nash oversees all functional areas for the leading supplier of web and surface inspection systems used to detect and classify defects in products made in a continuous process. Mr. Nash joined Cognex in 2008 after serving as Vice President of Operations and Marketing for BTU International, a global supplier of thermal processing and automation systems. At BTU, he was responsible for marketing, product development, and engineering for the Electronics Business Group, and managed manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and China. Prior to that he served as President of CIMCIS Ltd., a start-up software company that develops real-time process control software for the electronics assembly market. He holds a B.S. degree from Boston College, and an MBA from Babson College.
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