John McKnight
John McKnight
John McKnight is President of Kollmorgen Engineered Solutions. Technologies present in the Engineered Solutions division include rotary and linear motors, electronic drives and controls. Products are sold into the Aerospace & Defense, Elevator, Fork Truck, Semiconductor, Automated Guided Vehicle, Electronic Assembly, Medical, Hybrid and general Industrial and Commercial markets. He joined Danaher in 2001 as a Program Manager and has held various Marketing and General Management roles prior to his current position. Prior to joining Danaher he held roles in Operations and Sales & Marketing with Takata Inc., a Tier 1 automotive restraint systems provider.
John earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1991 and is a 2001 graduate of the MMM program at Northwestern University, earning an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a MEM from the McCormick School of Engineering. John is a past member of the Danaher China Board of Management, as well as the Advisory Board for the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech.