Automation Ladies explores the personal stories and tech driving industrial automation. Catch us on Spotify or join our LinkedIn Lives!

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Nikki Gonzales has 20 years in industrial automation and AI, with a career spanning sales engineering, startups, and leadership at Keyence and Festo. Currently Director of BD at Weintek USA, she works with robotics and packaging OEMs while completing an AI strategy certificate at MIT Sloan. Nikki co-founded Automation Ladies and OT SCADA CON, and serves on the board of Process & Controls Energy.
People who know her well call her "Nikkipedia." Friends call her the Director of Silver Linings. Both are accurate.

Alicia Gilpin is a process-turned-controls engineer with a decade of experience in systems integration and OT networks for aerospace and O&G. After roles at Maverick Technologies and Harris Group, she founded Process & Controls Engineering LLC, a CSIA-certified firm in Seattle. A co-founder of Automation Ladies and OT SCADA CON, she also launched Kids PLC Kits and holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Rose-Hulman.

Courtney Fernandez is a robotics expert who mastered machine vision at Zero Motorcycles before becoming a Senior Robotics Hardware Engineer at Relativity Space. With a Master’s in Control Systems from Cal State Long Beach, she co-founded FAST One Solutions and joined the podcast in 2022 to provide technically grounded insights. Her motto: give her a week with any IDE, and she’ll figure it out.
She calls herself the Capybara of Industrial Automation. If you've spent any time around her, you'll get it.

Thank you to our sponsors Clarify, Siemens, Tractian, ePLAN, Software Defined Automation, Quotebeam, PCE LLC, Mavens of Manufacturing, Banner, Rockwell Automation, Opto22, Inductive Automation, and many others!



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