Jay Johnson is an industrial automation professional with over 30 years of engineering and product management experience with an emphasis on motion control and automated test systems. He began his career as an engineer in the CNC integration space, and managed an engineering team with an automotive parts manufacturer. Transitioning to the commercial side after 15 years Johnson served Emerson Electric as a AC Drives Product Manager and Director of Utility Scale Solar, and has been with SICK for the last 6 years as the Market Product Manager of Motion Control Sensors. He resides in Minneapolis and holds a MS in Electronic Computer Technology from Indiana State University.