Motoman Inc. has hired Trevor Jones as senior general manager of Yaskawa Motoman Canada (Missisauga, Ontario). Jones brings more than 23 years of robotics industry experience to his new role. He was a founding member of CRS Robotics, which was later acquired by Thermo CRS Ltd, a Thermo Fisher Scientific subsidiary in the life science industry. He held key posts at CRS such as VP/manager of R&D, VP/manager of product development, chief technical officer, VP and business unit manager for OEM markets, director of North American sales, and director OEM sales and business development. Currently, Jones is also president of the Robotics Industries Association (RIA). Jones will report to Roger Christian, Motoman’s vice president of marketing and international groups.

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