Mark Messina on the future of warehouse automation

Welcome to Episode 72  of The Robot Report Podcast, which brings conversations with robotics innovators straight to you. Join us each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.

In today’s episode, Steve and Mike interview Mark Messina. Mark was recently hired as CEO, Americas to lead Addverb Technologies expansion into the Americas region. The company recently pulled in $132M to support this expansion into the Americas

Mark discusses the breadth of capabilities that Addverb Technologies has in its portfolio and why he believes that the company is well positioned to be competitive in automating warehouse workflows from top to bottom.

Mark brings a breadth of experience to the role, having previously led the Americas team for Geek+. He discusses the challenges of launching an automation solution into a new region and building the team to support that growth.

Steve and Mike also talk about the latest robotics news stories from the last week.

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