Robert Willett

Robert Willett is the current President & CEO of Cognex. Prior to this, they were Group Vice President & General Manager at Danaher from April 2007 to May 2008. Before that, they were President at Videojet Technologies Inc from January 2003 to April 2007, where they were responsible for leading the company as a world leader in coding and marking. From July 1998 to January 2003, they were CEO of Willett International Ltd., a privately held product identification business with $125M of sales, 1100 employees and direct subsidiaries in 29 countries around the world. Prior to that, they were Manager - Strategic and Financial Planning at Lever Brothers from January 1996 to December 1996. Before that, they were Assistant Marketing Manager at Pfizer Inc from May 1993 to December 1995. Robert began their career as a Senior Research Associate at Optima Group, Inc from January 1989 to December 1992.

Robert Willett received their Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Yale School of Management. Prior to that, they received their BA hons from Brown University. Robert also attended Radley College for high school.

Carl Gerst - EVP, Vision & ID Products, Sheila Dipalma - EVP, Corporate Employee Services & Corporate Officer, and Paul Todgham - SVP of Finance & CFO report to Robert Willett.