Aerotech, Inc.
Jim Johnston is an experienced professional in the engineering and manufacturing sectors, currently serving as a Strategic Account Manager and Business Unit Manager for the Precision Manufacturing Industry Group at Aerotech, Inc. since September 2004. In this role, Jim Johnston defines and executes business strategies while communicating the group's vision to achieve long-term growth goals. Additionally, a temporary assignment provided strategic market support to Aerotech Japan, where Jim Johnston addressed customer applications and contributed to regional marketing plans. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Applications Engineer at Aerotech, where technical expertise was applied to solve complex automation challenges, and as a Senior Electrical Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Corp, focusing on hardware design and system software for control systems. Jim Johnston holds both a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, earned between 1997 and 2002.
Aerotech, Inc.
Aerotech designs and manufactures best-in-class motion control and precision positioning systems for industry, government, science, and research institutions. Aerotech's precision motion control products provide the critical performance for today's demanding applications in markets such as medical device and life sciences, semiconductor and flat panel, photonics, automotive, data storage, laser processing, military/aerospace, electronics manufacturing, test, assembly, research and development, and other markets requiring high precision, high throughput motion solutions. Aerotech’s philosophy of building superior motion control systems starts with designing and manufacturing technically superior components. An Aerotech system begins with Aerotech motion components that are already best in class and specifically designed and optimized for the highest performance and lowest cost of ownership available. All design and manufacturing is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, with sales, service and support on a worldwide basis through direct subsidiaries in the U.K., Germany, Singapore, Taiwan and China.