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Mr. Martin Rostan
Executive Director,
EtherCAT Technology Group
Martin Rostan studied Aerospace Engineering in Germany and in the United Kingdom and received his Diploma Degree in 1992. Subsequently he managed the international research project that developed the initial CANopen technology. From 1996 until 1998 he was marketing manager and authorized officer at Selectron. Since 1998 he is with Beckhoff, first as senior product manager for Ethernet and fieldbus systems and since 2006 as Head of Technology Marketing.
Martin serves the fieldbus community in various committees: he is the Executive Director of the EtherCAT Technology Group, chairs the CANopen groups inside CAN in Automation and represents Beckhoff in ODVA and in several conference program committees. He also is technical expert in ISO and IEC standardization committees for industrial communication. With publications in magazines, text books, conferences and symposia he contributes to the dissemination of fieldbus and Ethernet technologies. |
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Dave King
Senior Project Engineer at the AMRC
David has a First class
Honours Degree in Electronics and Control
Systems, a post graduate qualification in
Computer Science and an MBA from the
University of Sheffield. He began his career
developing control systems for industrial
applications. This was followed by seventeen
years working in research and development
for the world leader in non-contact
temperature measurement. He has extensive
electronics and software experience
developing industry leading products. In
addition to his engineering background he is
a Chartered Manager and has been a senior
manager in industry with responsibility for
development programme management and product
management.
In 2016 he joined the AMRC as
a Senior Engineer leading the Digital Design
Team in the Design and Prototyping group.
His team is currently developing the world’s
first large scale industrial high speed
sintering machine for 3D printing
applications. |
