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Logan Jones

Logan Jones is the General Manager of SGS, and has over a decade of national security and defense experience in the US and globally, in which he’s worked extensively with the DoD and with commercial defense companies.

Jones is the former vice president and founding member of the largest aerospace venture fund and innovation group, Boeing HorizonX. As senior director of business development, he also led a team at Boeing NeXt, a business division focused on the future of urban, regional and global mobility.  In both roles he forged nontraditional partnerships, cultivated new business opportunities to extend Boeing’s core capabilities into existing and emerging markets, led multiple venture transactions, and launched partnerships with multinational companies and startups to create new businesses.

Additionally, Jones formerly served on the board of Wisk Aero, an urban air mobility company, and was recently chair of the urban air mobility committee at AIA.
 
Jones has a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Montana State University and a master’s degree in program management from Boston University. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis.

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  • GMTA announces Scott Knoy as company Vice President

    Knoy will continue to oversee the sales and marketing of the company, in addition to other administrative duties at the Ann Arbor headquarters.
    09 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • MENNEKES introduces online power distribution configuration tool

    Using the configuration tool, users can build a standard or custom AMAXX power distribution center in less than a minute.
    09 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Kistler's maXYmos process monitoring system boosts P.J. Hare's quality control

    P. J. Hare focuses its development work primarily on hydraulic presses for use in the automotive supply sector. Because customers require traceable quality control, Hare integrates this aspect directly into the production process for its special-purpose machinery with the help of systems from Kistler.
    09 December, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • ABB's John Malinowski recieves Motor Summit 16 award

    John Malinowski, Senior Director of Industry Affairs for Baldor, the ABB Group Company received a MS’16 Award in recognition “for his personal engagement to make IE3 premium efficiency motors the global market standard”
    09 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • HIMA introduces turbine safety solutions at POWER-GEN International

    The HIMA SIL 3 platform combines all safety functions and machinery control, including overspeed trip and anti-surge control and meets all requirements of API 670 5th edition.
    09 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Schneider's Ampla MOM software improves data visibility for Australian mining company

    Australian Metals, Mining and Minerals (MMM) company, has selected Schneider Electric’s Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) solution. Schneider Electric provided a solution that has provided improved global visibility and understanding of their Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
    09 December, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Fluenta to provide gas monitoring systems to Malaysian refinery

    Fluenta’s flare gas monitoring systems will be installed at the Petronas refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) complex in Southeastern Johon, Malaysia.
    09 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for MEMSIC announces the MMC5883MA 3-Axis magnetic sensor

    MEMSIC announces the MMC5883MA 3-Axis magnetic sensor

    The MC5883MA is complete system incorporating on-chip signal processing and an integrated I2C 400 kHz FAST mode operation digital interface for direct connectivity to the system microprocessor.
    08 December, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Open Design Alliance and C3D Labs announce C3D Modeler for Teigha

    Open Design Alliance and C3D Labs announce C3D Modeler for Teigha

    C3D Modeler for Teigha was developed by C3D Labs in cooperation with the ODA. It supports a wide range of 3D solid modeling functions, including the creation of solids, editing through Boolean operations, lofting, and chamfering.
    08 December, 2016
  • Egemin announces AGV pilot project at Audi logistics facility

    In a pilot project, Egemin Automation will be equipping part of Audi's logistics operations at Ingolstadt with AGVs. For the project Egemin will be integrating an automated E’gv HYBRID ((Egemin Guided Vehicle) solution based on two FM-X 12 reach trucks manufactured by STILL.
    08 December, 2016 | 1 minutes
  • PI appoints Scott Jordan as Head of Photonics Market Segment

    Jordan, who has several patents related to fast alignment techniques, was central in the development of PI's Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment System, a system that automates SiP alignments for packaging and test, operating with nanometer precision and device safety.
    08 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Emerson releases Roxar RMS 10 software

    Emerson releases Roxar RMS 10 software

    The 10th version of Emerson’s Roxar RMS reservoir modeling software is a geosciences and reservoir engineering platform for seismic interpretation, well log interpretation and correlation, mapping, geomodeling, gridding and flow simulation.
    08 December, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Tibbo Technology Announces new TIDE Release 5.03.03 that features TiOS Simulator

    Tibbo Technology Announces new TIDE Release 5.03.03 that features TiOS Simulator

    Tibbo IDE (TIDE) release 5.03.03 includes a Tibbo OS (TiOS) Simulator. The Simulator implements a virtual TiOS device incorporating virtual Ethernet interface, virtual EEPROM, virtual flash memory, virtual MD button, buzzer, and status LEDs, as well as virtual LCD and keypad.
    08 December, 2016
  • Thumbnail for IBASE announces MI811 Mini-ITX motherboard

    IBASE announces MI811 Mini-ITX motherboard

    The MI811 Mini-ITX Motherboard comes built in with the Intel 2.5GHz Pentium QC N4200 or Celeron DC N3350 processors. Measuring 170mm by 170mm, the MI811 is populated with two Intel I211-AT PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet and four COM ports.
    08 December, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Alicat Scientific introduces EPC & EPCD family of pressure controllers

    Alicat Scientific introduces EPC & EPCD family of pressure controllers

    EPC instruments are ideal for use in OEM gas chromatographs, fluidics dispensing for flow cytometry, and anywhere responsive pressure control is needed.
    08 December, 2016
  • Thumbnail for DWFritz Automation releases Automated Seal Inspection system

    DWFritz Automation releases Automated Seal Inspection system

    The Automated Seal Inspection system (ASI) verifies the integrity of sterile package seals while simultaneously reducing manual inspection costs. ASI is designed to detect hair, foreign particles, voids, weaknesses, and other defects.
    08 December, 2016
  • Thumbnail for Divelbiss announces IoT connectivity for P-Series PLC on a Chip

    Divelbiss announces IoT connectivity for P-Series PLC on a Chip

    Applications include remote response monitoring, rental equipment, field testing, proactive machine maintenance, machine to machine control, data collection for predictive maintenance, plus many more.
    08 December, 2016
  • Phoenix Contact and Flowserve join Endress+Hauser's Open Integration Partner Program

    Endress+Hauser’s Open Integration Partner Program strives to mitigate risks when commissioning customer plant by ensuring that operators can easily integrate their devices and components into automation systems.
    08 December, 2016 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Design of a Self-Tuning Regulator for Temperature Control of a Polymerization Reactor

    Design of a Self-Tuning Regulator for Temperature Control of a Polymerization Reactor

    Temperature control of a polymerization reactor is used to illustrate the potential of adaptive control design by employing a self-tuning regulator concept.
    By: ISA Transactions
    07 December, 2016 | 1 minute
  • Olympus introduces the DP74 microscopy camera

    These intelligent features – together with the anti-whiteout function, which restores the live image saving many seconds each time an objective is changed – reinforce the DP74’s position as a choice for both routine and specialist applications
    07 December, 2016
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