TRAILBLAZER

– Blake Moret

Mechanical engineering and volunteer work Moret is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology , where he studied a Bachelor ' s Degree in Mechanical Engineering 1980 – 1985 . After completing this , he arrived at Rockwell Automation and worked across sales and business management roles until 2002 .

From then up until 2005 , he worked as Director of Electronic Operator Interface Business , then moved to Customer Support and Maintenance until 2007 , where he led the control products and solutions across the business segment of Rockwell Automation . Up until 2011 , Moret worked as Vice President . He was then promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer in 2016 , and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2018 .

Moret has also served as Chair of the Board for the Manufacturing Institute of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Urban Ecology Center . He is on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha , and is also on the Advisory Board of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech .

Over his 38 years at Rockwell Automation , Moret has seen a huge rise in sustainable manufacturing and is racing to meet it across the company .

Sustainable efforts in the workplace and the world Rockwell Automation , along with many other manufacturers , suspended operations and

18 February 2023