Speakers 2023

Gary is the co-founder and CEO of Raise Robotics, a startup developing mobile manipulators to build and maintain the world’s physical infrastructure. Prior to Raise, he worked on autonomous vehicles, with a focus on problems in transferring models from simulation […]

Greg Chiocco is an accomplished engineering and product leader with over 25 years of experience in the AgTech and autonomy industries. As FarmWise’s VP of Product, Greg focuses on bringing the new AI-powered Vulcan precision cultivator to market. Greg’s career […]

Steve Crowe is Editor of The Robot Report. He joined WTWH Media in January 2018 after spending five years as Managing Editor of Robotics Trends and Robotics Business Review. He was co-chair of RoboBusiness and has produced robotics conferences for […]

Stuart Diller is the CEO and Co-founder of ESTAT Actuation, a hardware startup located in Pittsburgh. Diller completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he received multiple awards and fellowships for his work on robot hardware performance enhancements using […]

Dima was a Tech Lead of an outdoor delivery robot project with 100k autonomous deliveries accomplished in less than two years since the project started. After that, he and his co-founder came up with the idea of a next-generation indoor […]

Drew Fortin is a people-first, values-driven leader with over 20 years of growth strategy and team-building experience across retail, marketing technology, local media, and HR tech. He spent eight years at The Predictive Index, where he was Chief Growth Officer […]

Prabh Gowrisankaran is Performance Motion Devices’ (PMD) Vice President of Engineering and Strategy, responsible for future-proofing PMD and its customers who innovate in a fast-paced technology environment. With a degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance & Strategy […]

Joel leads the Intel® RealSense™ Marketing team, Product Management, and Customer Support teams. Joel joined Intel Corporation in 2018, bringing with him more than 25 years of experience in leading teams focused on Product Management, Product Marketing, and Business Development. […]

Kyle Hanley is the West Coast Area Sales Manager for Kollmorgen, a Regal Rexnord Brand, specializing in the Robotics, Medical, and Aerospace and Defense industries. He holds a degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Chico State, and his career background is […]

Shanif Merchant is the Chief Product Officer of Numurus. He has over 15 years of product management experience where he built complex software and hardware products in the fields of industrial automation, robots, telecommunications and cameras. He helps clients navigate […]