Swisslog, a number one supplier of best-in category warehouse automation and tool, has introduced Mike Barker as the corporate’s new president and CEO of Swisslog Logistics, Inc.
Swisslog stated that Barker will pressure the corporate’s expansion within the Americas and key industries, convey renewed focal point to evolving and embellishing Swisslog’s SynQ tool, fortify the corporate’s built-in answers, and increase methods for additional AI integration into Swisslog’s portfolio of best-in-class robotics and tool answers.
“Outgoing president and CEO Sean Wallingford considerably contributed to the corporate’s luck within the Americas area, carrying out record-setting expansion and setting up new buyer partnerships. As we transfer into this subsequent bankruptcy, we achieve this with a powerful basis within the Americas area that he helped construct,” stated Jens Schmale, CEO of Swisslog. “I’m assured that Mike is the proper particular person to additional boost up the corporate’s luck within the Americas area. His management, perception and dedication to the client is strictly what’s had to handle the corporate’s ahead development. I’m excited to look the place his management takes Swisslog.”
Barker brings over 34 years of enjoy in warehouse automation, logistics and tool, coming again to Swisslog after serving as Vice President of Shopper Items at Swisslog in 2021. Swisslog additionally famous that Barker brings a wealth of experience and information to his new function with Swisslog, together with defining company methods to reinforce the evolution and enhancement of tool choices. He additionally has treasured enjoy running intently with gross sales, product control and engineering to align with company objectives, in addition to main skilled provider groups in deploying huge scale tool answers.
“Swisslog supplies leading edge price to shoppers during the energy of integration, the bodily side of uniting a couple of answers on a unmarried platform and the tool side of offering a unmarried level of keep watch over for managing the more than a few subsystems that cross into the answer. Our skill to ship good automation and collaborate intently with shoppers is unrivaled,” stated Barker. “I’m excited to rejoin the corporate and keen to construct on those strengths to extend our marketplace percentage and convey additional innovation to our automation answers and tool to assist our shoppers proceed to fulfill the desires in their evolving provide chains.”
Swisslog added that with Barker’s tool enjoy, he sees an actual alternative to fortify Swisslog’s SynQ tool to supply additional advantages to shoppers. SynQ now not best optimizes the glide of the apparatus to extend potency and accuracy of the operation, it additionally orchestrates the operation of a couple of methods.
