Biography:

Pat has close to 20 years of industry experience in the field of robotics, machine vision, and manufacturing productivity. He has designed and implemented numerous machine vision and robotic factory-floor applications for a variety of industries. He was most recently a Senior Engineer in Product Development for Vision-Guidance for FANUC Robotics, North America. He was instrumental in the development of FANUC’s visLOC product.

Pat received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Michigan Technological University, and his Master’s degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In 2001 he received the DaimlerChrysler Doctoral Fellowship to complete a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering at Oakland University where he developed his dissertation titled:

IMPROVING MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH
OPPORTUNISTIC PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE VIA
SIMULATION AND ANALYTICAL MODELING

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