David L. Dechow is an experienced engineer, programmer, and entrepreneur specializing in the integration of machine vision, robotics, and other automation technologies, with an extensive career in the industry. He is the is Vice President of Outreach and Vision Technology at Landing AI. Prior to his current position Dechow was the founder, owner, and principal engineer for two successful vision systems integration firms and also has supported machine vision technologies at FANUC America Corporation and Integro Technologies.
Mr. Dechow is a recipient of the A3 Automated Imaging Achievement Award honoring industry leaders for outstanding career contributions in industrial and/or scientific imaging. He is a member of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Imaging Technology Strategy Board, and a contributing editor for Vision Systems Design magazine.
As a key educator within the machine vision industry, Mr. Dechow has participated in the training of hundreds of engineers as an instructor with the A3 Certified Vision Professional program. He is well known for his frequent informative technical articles, papers, webinars, and conference sessions and classes covering a wide range of technical topics involving machine vision and enabling technologies in industrial automation.