Steven Gray Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Midwest Regional Senior District Manager - product and engineered robotic automation system sales direct to end users, plant automation audits, simulations, product selection, pre-sales applications engineering support, post-sales technical support coordination, specification/contract creation and review. Fully support over 25 ASI partners, high level business/marketing planning for the primary and secondary food packaging/palletizing, order fulfillment, assembly, machine tending, and material removal markets.

Key account development for SCARA, Cartesian, and vertically articulated industrial robots. Market development and support of integration partners. Coordination of pre-sales applications engineering and post commissioning support. Concurrent position held as US Product Coordinator - High Speed IC/Semiconductor Surface Mount Technology Feeding Equipment.

Represented a syngergistic group of companies/products, including special production/automation machinery, conveying systems, high speed linear, centrifugal/rotary and vibratory parts feeding systems, automation components (robotic grippers/vacuum tech, rotary and linear indexing units and actuators, torque applicators, sonic welders, staking devices, high-frequency ultrasonic welding, fixed and variable frequency drive systems). Engineering studies, proof of concept and justification audits.

Elgin, Il

Sr Applications Engineer (2 years), Sales Engineer (5 years). Manufacturer of custom high speed assembly systems, continuous motion/cam driven and indexing, synchronous and non-synchronous. Responsible for all proposal activity, machine specifications, project management, custom technical manuals, etc. Account based North American sales in the consumer products, electronics, pharmaceutical, and medical products sectors.