Martin P. Aalund Ph.D.

Martin Aalund Ph.D. has over 30 years of experience in various roles within the engineering field. Martin is currently the Vice President of Product Engineering at Plus One Robotics. Prior to this, they worked at ARM Automation from 1993 to 1997, first as President and CTO and then as part of the Board of Directors. Martin also worked as a Technology Scout at Aalund Engineering from January 2023 to May 2023.

Before their current position, Martin worked at Amazon from 2013 to 2023, holding multiple roles including Senior Engineering Manager, Senior Hardware Development and Operations Manager, and Principal Engineer/Senior Innovation and Design Manager. Martin played a key role in launching Amazon Glow and building high-performing teams for product development and operations. Martin was also responsible for innovation and design of fulfillment technologies at a global scale.

Prior to Amazon, Martin worked as a Mechanical Engineering Manager/Technical Lead at TechnipFMC from 2012 to 2013, where they led cross-functional teams and improved simulation accuracy for manipulator control. Martin also served as a Director/Senior Manager of Engineering at KLA-Tencor from 2008 to 2012, overseeing the introduction and maintenance of optical metrology tools.

Martin's experience also includes roles such as Vice President of Product Development and Engineering at Aquest Systems, Director of Engineering at KLA-Tencor, Director of Product Development and Support at McKesson APS, and Director of Advanced Technology and Director of Electrical Engineering at Brooks Automation. In these positions, they developed automated systems, drove technology roadmaps, and managed engineering teams.

Overall, Martin Aalund Ph.D. has a diverse background in engineering leadership, with expertise in product development, innovation, and cross-functional team management.

Martin Aalund Ph.D. obtained their Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Science (MS), and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, completing their studies between 1988 and 1997. In 2001, they pursued a Leadership and Management Program (LAMP) at the University of California, Santa Cruz. From 2010 to 2011, they took Optics/Optical Sciences Graduate Courses at San Jose State University. Additionally, they have obtained various certifications, including "Learning GitLab" from LinkedIn in April 2023, "Hands-On Introduction: Python" from LinkedIn in December 2022, "Practice It: Python Data Structures" from LinkedIn in December 2022, "8 Things You Must Know in Python" from LinkedIn in November 2022, "Getting Started with Python" from LinkedIn in November 2022, "Programming Foundations: Algorithms" from LinkedIn in November 2022, "Programming Foundations: Data Structures" from LinkedIn in November 2022, "Python Object-Oriented Programming" from LinkedIn in November 2022, "Python for Engineers and Scientists" from LinkedIn in November 2022, "Certified Scrum Product Owner" from Scrum Alliance in June 2013, and "Lean Six Sigma Green Belt" from McKesson APS in 2003.