Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. In 2016, they worked as a Design Engineer at the Distributed Autonomous Systems Laboratory. Ben then moved on to become an Automation Engineer at Soil Diagnostics, where they worked until 2017. Ben then served as the Chief Operating Officer at EarthSense, Inc. for a year before joining HCM Systems as a Robotics Application Engineer in 2018. Ben's most recent role was at Formic, where they held multiple positions including Robotics Application Engineer, Application Engineering Manager, Deployment Engineering Manager, Product Manager, and currently as a Production Optimization Manager. Ben also has a prior background as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps from 2008 to 2012.

Ben Thompson completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Systems Management from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2018. In addition, they obtained several certifications, including In-Sight Spreadsheet Standard and Advance from Cognex Corporation in October 2019, Keyence XG-X Machine Vision System from KEYENCE CORPORATION in August 2019, Advance iRVision Operation and Programming from FANUC America Corporation in May 2019, Advanced TPP Programming from FANUC America Corporation in January 2019, CR-Series Collaborative Robot Operations and Programming from FANUC America Corporation in January 2019, V-iR Vision Operation and Programming - 2D from FANUC America Corporation in January 2019, Dual Check Safety from FANUC America Corporation in December 2018, and Handling Tool Operation and Programming from FANUC America Corporation in December 2018.