Episode 12: Electric Vehicle Revolution
Kenny and Carrie get the latest industry scoop on the navigation from traditional gasoline engines to EV in the automotive market from Strategic Account Manager Bryan Monty and our Senior Director of ...
About Our Guest
Robb Black
President, CEO & COO, Omron Automation Americas and Executive Officer, Omron Corporation
Robb Black is the president, CEO & COO at Omron Automation Americas headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Ill. As part of the global Omron Corporation, Omron Automation is a worldwide company and leading manufacturer of technologically advanced industrial automation products and application expertise. As CEO, Robb is dedicated to delivering the company’s strategy to bring innovation to manufacturing through automation to enrich the lives of people all over the world. Under his leadership, Omron Automation Americas develops future manufacturing solutions in collaboration with customers, a process termed “innovative-Automation.” “innovative-Automation” ensures that all of Omron’s products, solutions and services are integrated, intelligent and interactive.
Robb has held a variety of sales and marketing leadership positions over the past 30+ years in industrial automation. His background in the industrial market includes extensive experience in various sensor technologies, industrial device level networks and RFID for both the factory and process automation markets. Robb has a proven track record in marketing and selling innovative high-technology products, building high-performance teams and strategic planning.
Robb’s previous leadership positions at major industrial automation companies include Rockwell Automation, Honeywell and Turck. Robb holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, and a Master of Science degree in Management from Cardinal Stritch University, and he brings a wealth of industry experience working on both regional and global programs.
Starting from April 1, 2020, Robb has also taken the responsibility of managing Omron Delta Tau and Omron Microscan Systems. The incorporation of these two divisions into the greater Omron Automation Americas umbrella has resulted in a “One Americas” organization with the goal of providing the business talent and scalability necessary to achieve new practices of professionalism in sales, marketing and customer-centric value generation.
Recent Episodes
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Episode 11: The Factory of the Future
Mike Chen, Sr. Director of Solutions & Technology Development, joins hosts Carrie Lee and Kenny Heidel to talk about the evolution of factories with advanced production capabilities and other new tech...
Episode 10: IO What? IO-Link!
Special guest Mike Hamoy joins the podcast to talk about all things IO-Link -- the first standardized IO technology worldwide for communication with sensors and other machine devices on the ever-chang...
Episode 9: Shedding some light on machine safeguarding
Join hosts Carrie Lee and Kenny Heidel to understand where it is beneficial to use certain types of machine safeguarding and the evolution of new machine safeguarding solutions.
Episode 8: Where have all the maintenance people gone?
Join Carrie Lee and Kenny Heidel while they discuss the industry challenge of an aging and retiring skilled workforce and how Omron can support this transition.
Episode 7: 'Into the Unknown'
Are people “webinar-ed out” and itching to go back to in-person events? Or will we keep some of the virtual interactions we’ve been perfecting for the past year and a half? Join Carrie Lee, Kenny Heid...
Episode 6 : 'Making sense of IIoT's alphabet soup'
Join Carrie Lee, product manager for controllers, and Kenny Heidel, product manager for safety light curtains, in their inaugural podcast. In this episode, Kenny and Carrie help us better define commo...
Episode 5: 'We Can Integrate Safety if We Want To'
What’s integrated safety, and how does it improve system validation and troubleshooting? Join Carrie Lee, Kenny Heidel, and special guest Pamela Horbacovsky (Product Manager – Safety Controllers and C...
Episode 4: 'Air Supply Chain'
It seems 'Global Supply Chain Challenges' are a daily topic these days, across industries. Join Carrie and Kenny as they talk with Omron's experts Juli Harvey, director of supply chain for Omron Autom...
Episode 3: 'She's Got the Whole World in Her Hands'
What’s around the corner in packaging? Hear it from the experts in this podcast featuring Omron Global Account Manager Terry Kiesling, who discusses the challenges of deplasticking, eCommerce, and why...
Episode 2: 'Back to the Future of Predictive Maintenance'
Join Carrie Lee and Kenny Heidel to learn from special guest Justin Lantin, who is a former Omron product manager for components, about how customers can migrate to a predictive maintenance model with...
Episode 1: 'Veep Talks'
An interview with Omron Automation Americas Vice President of Marketing, Mark Sadie. Mark shares some perspectives and lessons learned during his long career at Omron. We discuss work force changes, t...