Jason Smid

Head of Automation Adoption @Marmon Holdings, Inc.

Leader and Builder Builder and manager of a group to accelerate automation adoption and capital spend projects across 200+ businesses Strategic- Identified blockers to adoption in our businesses and built tools to work around them - Developed training programs, communication programs to create a self-sustaining Marmon Automation Ecosystem - Built out processes and best practices for factory automation - Acted as a thought leader and subject matter expert for mature and emerging technologies Tactical- Built a team to execute automation projects inside Marmon owned businesses - Built micro-level project management tools for the team to execute on individual projects - Built macro-level project management tools and processes to manage over 30 simultaneous projects - Assessed business operations and matched opportunities with mature technologies to kick-start automation investments in facilities