Speakers 2023

Tiffany Cappellari is an Engineer in the Robotic Software section at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). She works across industrial manipulation and vehicular autonomy. Cappellari is SwRI’s primary ambassador to the MoveIt working group that enables new functionality for the motion […]

Josh Caputo is the Founder, President and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Humotech. He has a background as a multi-disciplinary engineer focused on robotics with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He discovered the field […]

Jeff Cardenas is co-founder and CEO of Apptronik and specializes in new product development and go-to-market strategy. Cardenas received his Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin. He previously worked in the Global Commercialization […]

Dr. Marco da Silva is a Senior Director of R&D at Boston Dynamics. He is currently focused on making Spot useful as a tool for autonomous inspection of industrial facilities, remote inspection in dangerous settings, and other applications. Prior to […]

Mike Dooley is a leading pioneer in consumer robotics, successfully shipping millions of products into homes for over the past 20 years. He launched the original LEGO MindStorms product line, introducing millions of kids to robotics. Dooley later co-invented and […]

Alix Dorfman is a Managing Human Factors Specialist within the Human Factors Research & Design group at Emergo by UL. She is primarily responsible for managing medical device usability evaluations involving both hardware and software, and ensuring medical manufacturers’ products […]

Dave Evans is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fictiv, the operating system for custom manufacturing. Since its founding in 2013, Fictiv has manufactured more than 20 million custom parts for more than 3,000 companies, driving innovation with agility for new […]

Dan Friel has been in the battery industry since the commercialization of Li-Ion in the mid-1990s. He holds several patents related to smart battery technology and has worked for startups and multi-nationals ranging from Duracell to Texas Instruments. Friel is […]

Automation and Control engineer with experience in motion control, electronics and programming. He began his career working on electronics and firmware at Seat and BCN3D Technologies. Later, he joined INGENIA Motion Control, where he worked on motion control solutions for […]

Ryan Gariepy is co-founder and CTO of both Clearpath Robotics by Rockwell Automation and OTTO Motors by Rockwell Automation, where he leads Canada’s largest and most experienced mobile robotics development team. In addition, he serves on the board of the […]