People on the move November 2014
Adept Technology hires VP for North America
Adept Technology has hired Michael Jellen as vice president for North America with a focus on accelerating growth in the region
Jellen joins Adept after more than 10 years with Danaher Corporation, where he held successive roles of increasing responsibility, including VP and general manager for various business units.
"Mike is an accomplished leader who comes to Adept with more than twenty years of experience in the motion industry guiding sales, marketing, engineering and operations efforts to success," said Adept CEO Rob Cain.
He began his career as an automation engineer with Seagate Technology, applying Adept robotics in hard drive manufacturing, later joining Motion Engineering Inc. in engineering and commercial management roles.
