John Robertson

As a young electrical engineering co-op from RIT, I commenced my career at Bailey Controls in Cleveland. After a decade of accumulating industrial automation and controls experience, a couple graduate degrees and 15 patents, someone thought I could run their worldwide engineering operations. And I did so - for three years, before deciding to enter the emerging market of control system integration.

I founded RoviSys in 1989 with great optimism, little sales experience, and no clients, but I’ve been rewarded with a few of the most memorable years of my life. After gaining a foothold in the industry, RoviSys has organically grown every year and now in 2020 has over 900 employees. Our laser focus on the client’s needs, application expertise in an ever expanding list of served industries, commitment to be an independent solution provider, and exceptional dedicated staff has propelled our journey. Culture starts at the top; we haven’t spent any time accumulating awards or accolades… instead we work on building reputation with our clients.

A talented and devoted staff has allowed me to recently shed my role as President and promote myself to CEO. I can now spend more time on growth and diversification opportunities for RoviSys collective operations. Theoretically, I’m able to spend more time with my wife and our four kids, and my boat which sails the Great Lakes with family, friends, and employees.