TRUMPF Inc. names director of TRUMPF Smart Factory

Farmington, Conn.-based TRUMPF Inc. has named Kartik Vaidyanathan Iyer as director of the TRUMPF Smart Factory in Hoffman Estates, Ill. He succeeds Markus Zimmermann, who has been appointed head of R&D for TRUMPF Austria.

Iyer joined the company in 2019 as head of the software division for North America. Before that he served as president/CEO of Metamation Inc. He holds a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Michigan State University, as well as an executive education certificate from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in Artificial Intelligence with a focus in strategies for leading business transformation.