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aging industrial, construction and retail distribution channels in North America. Most recently, he directed sales/marketing efforts at a diamond tool company and at a New England supply company. Prior to this, he had an active, ten-year progressive tenure at Apex Tool Group, formerly Danaher Tool Group. Connor and his wife reside in Winchendon, Massachusetts.
For almost 30 years, Mr. Hibbard
has held management and business
development roles in industrial dis-
tribution and manufacturing in the
United States. His consistent career
progressions in the industrial space
include sales to end users, branch of-
fice management, overseeing corporate
operations, and directing sales and
business development efforts. Most
recently, he was with PFERD North
America, and prior to this he was with
Stellar Industrial Supply for over 24
years. Hibbard and his wife reside in
Kennewick, Washington.
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commitment, Athena and the iTSpeeX
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team have added full-time executive
leadership in the form of Jay Requarth as vice president of Technical Develop- ment and Jerry Rex as chief revenue officer.
Requarth brings with him a solid background of over 20 years in IT, software development, data model- ing, project management, continuous improvement and technical leadership. Rex has served in a variety of roles in the manufacturing industry over the last four decades, including apprentice, engineer, sales, sales management and president/CEO.
Athena is a universal voice-oper- ated assistant technology specifically designed for manufacturing work. With
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Athena, an operator can control a ma- chine using simple voice commands. Athena can complete tasks, from warming up the machine to running a job, as well as deliver status reports,
calculate key measurements and coach operators on many of the processes they need to execute throughout the day.
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