Advisory Board Member Profile
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Sami Spahi
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Director of Product Development
Area of Expertise
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Dr. Sami Spahi is a versatile engineering leader with years of broad-based experience in product development, innovation, and management of technology. His specific areas of expertise cover strategic planning to commercialization, including R&D, manufacturing, and process improvement. He enjoys helping companies innovate, differentiate, grow, and lead. As the former Director of Product Development at Tompkins Robotics, Sami led the development of next generation t-Sort robotic systems consisting of autonomous mobile robots for retail and e-commerce from concept design to system integration. Prior to robotics and automation, Sami was a Product Engineering Lead and Scientist for subsea power interconnect and chemical injection products, where he established product life cycle processes and technology roadmaps in addition to generating multiple patents disrupting conventional technical solutions.
Prior to his work with Subsea products, Sami was an Assistant Professor and Graduate Scholar at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. During his academic tenure, in addition to teaching and mentoring, he headed the Prototyping and Product Realization Laboratory, issued various publications in the field, and generated SBIR and STTR opportunities in conjunction with the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Sami received a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida with a specialization in mass customization and personalization of products, a Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.
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