People and talent professionals in Industrial automation
Two Schneider Electric HR people, two from Rockwell Automation and one each from ABB, Festo, TE Connectivity, B&R Industrial Automation, JR Automation and NEFF Automation make up this industrial automation group. Four of the titles name the automation business they serve, such as Process Automation at ABB, which helps if you are hiring engineers for an automation unit or setting up HR for one across several regions.
Professionals to explore
Archana Amarnath
LinkedInExperience: Regional HRBP - Southern & Eastern Asia · B&R Industrial Automation
Regional HRBP - Southern & Eastern Asia at B&R Industrial Automation since 2026, Archana Amarnath has held these roles at the same company: Manager - Human Capital (2000-2012), Head - Corporate Management Services (2012-2017), Head Of Human Resources (2017-2024) and Head - Human Resource - India & Singapore, Global D&I Workstream Lead - RAMA (2024-2026). A fit for HR in Asian markets for an automation company.
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Emma Parker
LinkedInExperience: Global HR Lead (Industrial Automation Global Delivery) · Schneider Electric
HR across automation delivery teams is the fit for Emma Parker, Global HR Lead (Industrial Automation Global Delivery) at Schneider Electric since 2025. Emma's other Schneider titles were Global HR Lead (Industrial Automation Services and Process Automation Global Delivery Ops) (2022-2025), Senior HR Director (Process Automation EURA & Global Ops) Global HR Lead (Cybersecurity) (2021-2022), EMEA Senior HR Director (Process Automation) and Global HR Lead (Digital Services) (2020) and Senior HR Director (Process Automation - EMEA) (2018-2020).
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Kasia Lampa
LinkedInExperience: Former Talent Acquisition Manager, EMEA · Rockwell Automation
At Rockwell Automation, Kasia Lampa became Manager, HR Shared Services- EMEA in 2026 after serving as Talent Acquisition Manager, EMEA (2024-2026). Kasia also held Talent Acquisition Team Lead - SW&C, ITD, R&D & IT (2021-2024), Talent Acquisition Team Lead - Strategic Development & Plex (2023-2024) and Software and Control Business Unit Leader Senior Talent Advisor (2018-2021), and describes leading recruitment operations across EMEA countries, including for engineering.
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Kristen Schuitema
LinkedInExperience: Former Talent Acquisition Manager · JR Automation
Kristen Schuitema has held a string of titles at JR Automation: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (2021-2022), Talent Acquisition Lead (2022-2023), Talent Acquisition Manager (2023-2025), Talent Acquisition & Learning Management Manager (Interim) (2025-2026) and Talent Strategy & Execution Manager since 2026. Those roles fit questions on recruiting and learning programs at JR Automation.
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Kristin Fritz
LinkedInExperience: Vice President - Human Resources Business and Technology · Rockwell Automation
Kristin Fritz holds two Rockwell Automation titles: Vice President - Human Resources Business and Technology since 2019 and Vice President- Human Resources Architecture and Software since 2011. Kristin was also Vice President, Human Resources - Global supply chain at Rockwell Automation (2002-2011) and Vice President, Human Resources at Golden Books Publishing (1993-2002). Fit for HR questions at the vice president level in software and supply chain parts of an automation company.
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Magdalena Kędzierska
LinkedInExperience: Senior Global Talent Partner - Process Automation · ABB
For global automation hiring, Magdalena Kędzierska describes end-to-end responsibility for talent acquisition at ABB Process Automation, as Senior Global Talent Partner - Process Automation at ABB since 2023, after Senior Global Talent Partner (2021-2023) and Global Talent Partner (2019-2021) there. Magdalena was a Freelance Headhunter at It Works Recruitment Agency (2017-2019) and recruited for JLR (2018), and is a fit for questions on that kind of hiring.
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Martina Urbano
LinkedInExperience: HR Business Partner - Industrial Automation & Process Automation · Schneider Electric
Martina Urbano is HR Business Partner - Industrial Automation & Process Automation at Schneider Electric, and has also held HR Business Partner - Industrial Automation there, both since 2023. Martina was Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Italy at Schneider Electric (2019-2023) and Talent Acquisition Recruiter- Engineering Division at ALTEN Italia (2017-2019), so questions on partnering with automation managers and hiring engineers fit.
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Sunshine McCartt
LinkedInExperience: Human Resource Director · NEFF Automation
Human Resource Director at NEFF Automation since 2015, Sunshine McCartt has also been Key Adjunct Professor of Business at Ivy Tech Community College since 2013, and was Business Owner HR Manager at Caterpillar Clubhouse (1998-2015). Sunshine lists benefits negotiating, benefit administration, structuring self funded plans, ADP and UKG among the skills, which makes Sunshine the person for benefits and HR systems questions at an automation company.
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Urszula Kostarska
LinkedInExperience: Global HR Director, Operations - Industrial Automation & Electrification Business Unit · TE Connectivity
Since 2026, Urszula Kostarska has been Global HR Director, Operations - Industrial Automation & Electrification Business Unit at TE Connectivity. Urszula's earlier TE Connectivity titles were Global HR Director - Channel Business Unit (2024-2025), Global HR Director - Corporate Operations & Corporate Technology (2022-2024) and Global HR Business Partner - Industrial Business Unit (2020-2022), plus Regional Head of HR EEMEA at Croda (2019). Suited to HR for operations in an automation unit.
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Vanessa Waldmann
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent Acquisition · Festo
Head of Talent Acquisition at Festo since 2021, Vanessa Waldmann also held Head of HR BP Corporate and Headquarter Functions (2020-2024), Head of HR BP Head Office and Business Units (2020), Head of HR Head Office Units (2019-2020) and HR Business Partner (2018-2019) there. Moving between business partnering and recruiting at one automation company makes Vanessa a fit for questions on linking hiring plans to business units.
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Choose the right perspective
For HR structure around an automation business unit, Kristin Fritz, Urszula Kostarska and Emma Parker hold the senior titles. Kasia Lampa, Magdalena Kędzierska, Vanessa Waldmann and Kristen Schuitema have held talent acquisition or talent partner titles and suit engineering hiring questions, Archana Amarnath and Martina Urbano are business partners, and Sunshine McCartt fits benefits questions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you recruit controls and robotics engineers when system integrators and manufacturers are hiring from the same pool?
- 02How should HR be organized when an automation business unit sells in several regions but delivers projects globally?
- 03What keeps field service and commissioning engineers who spend most weeks on customer sites from leaving?
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