Paul Klinker

Paul Klinker has over 15 years of experience in sales and management roles. Paul currently holds the position of Vice President of Sales - Americas at Cognex Corporation, a role they assumed in September 2022. Prior to this, Paul served as the Director - Americas Sales, East at Cognex Corporation, where they were responsible for overseeing sales in the central and east United States as well as Canada since January 2020. Before that, they worked as a Regional Sales Manager for Cognex Corporation, managing sales in the central US and Ontario, Canada from January 2015 to December 2019. Paul also has experience as a District Sales Manager, where they were responsible for sales in the southern US states from March 2013 to December 2014, and as a Sales Engineer at Cognex Corporation from July 2010 to March 2013. Prior to joining Cognex Corporation, Paul worked as a Sales Engineer for Videojet Technologies from 2005 to 2010, covering the Kentucky and southern Indiana market. In this role, they sold a range of products to end user and OEM accounts.

Paul Klinker attended Purdue University from 2000 to 2005, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2019, they completed a High Potential Leadership program at Harvard Business School.