REAL NAME: Dr. Robert Shillman, aka Doctor Bob
DAY JOB: Founder, Chairman and Chief Culture Officer of Cognex
AGE: Doesn’t matter—it’s only a state of mind!
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: The thrill of working alongside intelligent, talented, creative and driven people
GUILTY PLEASURE: The Three Stooges reruns
INTERESTS: High-margin revenue growth and dressing up in wacky Halloween costumes
LIFE MANTRA: High tech, high profits and high jinks!
If you’re a force of nature with boundless energy, enthusiasm and ideas…then we’ll get along just fine! Seriously, living the good life is what I’m all about! And that’s why I try to make every day both fun and challenging. Don’t believe me? I once dressed up like a giant peanut and stopped traffic on Route 9 in Natick, Massachusetts…then later that day helped solve a complex machine vision problem with advanced algorithms! How’s that for a fun-loving personality?
Welcome to Scanning for Love, the free online service where manufacturers from around the world can connect with their vision and ID match, operated by Cognex Corporation.
Scanning for Love is a way for users to discover their machine vision match. You may become a member at no cost. Members do not need to be least 18 years of age, or have obtained parental or guardian consent, to access and use Scanning for Love.
If you’ve been following Cognex for the past 37 years—or even for the past 37 months—you know that we’re not your average high-tech company. There is nothing average about Cognex!
We dare to be different in everything we do—from designing unique AI vision algorithms to holding elaborate Halloween parties to designing wacky annual reports. Hey, why be bland when you can be colorful and creative…and maybe even a bit over the line? If we do what other companies do, then we’ll be just like them: average. That doesn’t work for Cognex, because one of our core values is excellence. Good is not good enough; we strive for excellence in everything that we do.
Our out-of-the-box thinking paid off big time in 2017! Thanks to the innovative thinking and hard work of our 1,771 employees (aka Cognoids) around the world, we established new financial records for revenue, net income and earnings per share, all from continuing operations. Clearly, our customers love Cognex products as much as we love designing and manufacturing them, and that’s saying a lot!
Our customers and all of our Cognoids know just how special we are, and now it’s time for you, our loyal and passionate shareholders, to discover that too. So, when it came time to create our 2017 Annual Report, we decided to be unconventional once again. That’s why the annual report you’re looking at right now is…a Cognex dating website!
We know that you love machine vision and ID. So, whether you want a serious relationship or just a casual fling, it’s important that you look for your true love in the right place. And our Scanning for Love website is just that! It’s the only dating website dedicated to people searching for their match in machine vision and ID.
If you’re ready to find your perfect match, forget about those corny pickup lines and get ready to meet your true love!
Dr. Robert J. Shillman
Founder, Chairman and Chief Culture Officer
Cognex Corporation
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