Jeff Burnstein

President, Robotic Industries Association (RIA), USA

Jeff Burnstein joined RIA in 1983 as Manager of Public Relations and has held a variety ofsenior positions at RIA, AIA and MCMA culminating in his promotion to A3 President in 2007.He is a frequent commentator on issues such as the impact of automation on jobs and thefuture of automation beyond the factory floor. He has given presentations to meetings of theCongressional Robotics Caucus, served as an industry representative on the panel celebratingthe five-year anniversary of the National Robotics Initiative, and recently testified aboutAdvanced Robotics to a subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S.House of Representatives.