Sales professionals in Industrial automation
Eight of these industrial automation sales professionals are based outside the United States, four of them in India and the others in Germany, Sweden, Canada and Poland; the two in the US sell for Siemens and Omron Automation. Their work spans factory automation portfolios, sensors, SCADA and MES software and machine automation at Schneider Electric, TURCK, Banner Engineering and B&R Industrial Automation, useful to a manufacturer comparing vendors and local support.
Professionals to explore
Anant Singh
LinkedInExperience: Director - Industrial Automation Sales · Schneider Electric
At Schneider Electric, Anant Singh's titles are Director - Industrial Automation Sales since 2025, Global Delivery Director - Global Capability Center (2023–2025), Sr. General Manager - Business Development - APAC & China region (2017–2023), General Manager - Head of Global R&D (2013–2017) and AGM (2012–2013). Based in Bengaluru, Anant describes 18 years in product development for industrial process automation and energy management.
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Andreas Herrmann
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Sales Germany West · TURCK
Since 2020, Andreas Herrmann has been Director Sales Germany West at TURCK, after Sales Engineer there (2016–2020). At Coal Control GmbH, Andreas was Head of Sales Authorised Signatory (2012–2016), Project Manager (2006–2012) and International Field Service and Maintenance Engineer (2001–2006), and names IIOT, RFID and cloud solutions for factory and process industry, a fit for sensor and connectivity questions in Germany.
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Jaykumar D Patil
LinkedInExperience: Regional Sales Director -West · Banner Engineering
Regional Sales Director -West at Banner Engineering since 2013, Jaykumar D Patil is based in Mumbai. Jaykumar was Regional Sales Manager,Building Construction Division at Trimble Inc. (2010–2013), Regional Sales Manager- North , Field Solutions Business at Honeywell Technologies (2004–2010), Product Manager at Forbes Marshall (1999–2004) and Senior Sales Engineer at M H Sherbiny for Commerce,Saudi Arabia (1998–1999), with 27+ years in sensors, control and automation sales in India and the Middle East.
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Marcus Titland
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director Industrial Automation · Schneider Electric
In Malmo, Marcus Titland has been Sales Director Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric since 2023 and served as Interim VP Industrial Automation Nordic Baltic Zone (2024–2025). Marcus was Sales Manager at Atea Sverige (2019–2023), and Manager End User Sales Nordics (2018–2019) and Sales Manager Sweden (2012–2018) at Rockwell Automation, and describes 25 years selling industrial automation from push-buttons to MES.
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Miguel Mercedes
LinkedInExperience: OEI Sr. Director, FA Sales Americas · Omron Automation
OEI Sr. Director, FA Sales Americas at Omron Automation has been Miguel Mercedes's title since 2025. Miguel's other Omron titles are OEI Director Strategic & Technology Sales Americas (2024–2025), Sales Director - U.S. & Canada (2022–2024), Director of Sales - East, US & Canada (2020–2022) and Regional Sales Director - East U.S. (2018–2020), a fit for questions on automation sales across the US and Canada.
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Mukesh Kumar Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Former Regional Sales Manager (North India) · Rockwell Automation
From Indore, Mukesh Kumar Sharma has been Head of Sales at CastNX Private Limited since 2025. Mukesh was Vice President (Sales & Marketing) at Robro Systems (2022–2025), CEO of Innotek India (2018–2025), Country Head (India) at GeoWGS84 Corp (2019–2022) and Regional Sales Manager (North India) at Rockwell Automation (2013–2019), and names AI, automation, power control and robotics across 33+ years in automation and control.
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Pawel Czepiel
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director · VIX Automation
Three VIX Automation titles belong to Pawel Czepiel: Sales Director since 2019, Sales Manager (2011–2018) and Sales Engineer (2007–2010). Since 2006, Pawel has worked on consulting, training and implementation projects in SCADA and MES in Poland and other EU countries, with a focus on production efficiency (OEE), which makes Pawel the person here for plant software rollout questions.
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Robert Veldhuis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales · Samuel Automation
Robert Veldhuis has been Vice President of Sales at Samuel Automation since 2023, after Director of Sales there (2013–2023). Robert was Marketing and Sales Manager at Ionic Mechatronics (2009–2013), Account Manager at ATS Corporation (2005–2009) and Sales Manager at MULTIVAC Group (2001–2004), and describes identifying and implementing high-impact automation improvements, a fit for questions on scoping automation projects.
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Shyam Padwal
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director · B&R Industrial Automation
Shyam Padwal has been Sales Director at B&R Industrial Automation since 2024 and describes B&R as part of ABB Group. Shyam, in Pune District, cites 20+ years helping customers transform their machines through industrial automation and mechatronics, which makes Shyam a fit for questions on automation and mechatronics for machines.
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Thorsten Julich
LinkedInExperience: Architecture & Portfolio Sales Director Factory Automation, Zone Americas · Siemens
Thorsten Julich has spent over 25 years at Siemens and since 2025 has been Architecture & Portfolio Sales Director Factory Automation, Zone Americas, overseeing the full factory automation portfolio across the U.S., Canada and LATAM. Earlier Siemens titles include Business Head for AI & Edge Computing IPC PC-based Automation & SCADA (2014–2025), Sales Manager Customized & PC-based Automation (2011–2014) and Business Development PC-based Automation Germany (2007–2010).
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Choose the right perspective
For a factory-wide platform decision, Thorsten Julich and Miguel Mercedes hold Americas sales titles at Siemens and Omron Automation, and Anant Singh and Marcus Titland hold industrial automation sales titles at Schneider Electric. Pawel Czepiel is the pick for SCADA and MES rollouts, Andreas Herrmann and Jaykumar D Patil for sensors, RFID and IIOT, Robert Veldhuis for automation improvement projects, and Shyam Padwal and Mukesh Kumar Sharma for machine automation and robotics in India.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build the payback case for automating a production line when volumes are uncertain?
- 02When should a plant standardize on one vendor's controllers instead of mixing brands?
- 03What makes a SCADA or MES rollout stall after the pilot line, and how do you prevent it?
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