Cognex promotes Willett to CEO

VISION inspections specialist Cognex Corporation said Robert Willett, the company's president and chief operating officer, has been promoted to chief executive officer. Mr Willett will continue to report to Dr Robert J. Shillman, who remains the chairman and who will take on the newly created role of Cognex's chief culture officer.
"Since joining Cognex just three years ago, Rob has done a superb job of both managing our business during the 2009 downturn and in laying the groundwork for our company's record-breaking financial performance in 2010," said Dr Shillman. "His leadership was instrumental in every key area, including choosing the strategic markets to pursue for growth, establishing our product development priorities and, finally, in guiding and motivating the talented team of 'Cognoids' around the world to make it all happen."
In his most recent role as president and CEO, Mr Willett had management responsibility for sales, marketing, product development and operations for both of Cognex's Modular Vision Systems Division and the Surface Inspection Systems Division. As CEO, he will now also be responsible for the company's global Finance & Administration functions.
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