John Benjamin
Product Manager - US Paint Systems at ABB
Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Benjamin is a Product Manager for US Paint Systems at ABB with 10 years of focused experience in electrical and robotic paint systems and more than a decade in robotics, field service, and product engineering. He combines hands-on robot installation, programming and troubleshooting expertise with product strategy, having moved from field roles through engineering to product leadership within the same global automation company. Skilled in electrical troubleshooting, automation, and problem solving, he has deep domain knowledge of paint application and dispensing systems used in manufacturing. His open-source work on system-level automation for the OpenAPS project highlights practical IoT and embedded-systems skills—Bluetooth, network configuration, and hardware integration—that complement his product role. Based in Royal Oak, Michigan, he leverages an Electrical Engineering degree with a robotics focus to bridge hardware, controls, and customer-facing product requirements. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that translate complex robotic capabilities into reliable, serviceable products.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Robotics at Lake Superior State University
Github Skills (20)
scripting10
bash10
bluetooth-le10
script10
sys10
bluetooth10
sh10
embedded10
shell10
opensap10
automation9
automations9
system-administration9
networking8
json7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
openaps/oref0
Oct 2016 - Nov 2017
oref0: The open reference implementation of the OpenAPS reference design.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
DevOps Engineer & Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 24 PRs, 194 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to the automation and configuration of an open-source project related to DIY artificial pancreas systems. They implemented scripts and configurations related to Bluetooth connectivity, network settings, and system time synchronization. Significant changes included the installation and configuration of BlueZ for Bluetooth tethering, setup of Pancreabble integration with a Pebble smartwatch, and the addition of scripts for data deletion and log shortcuts. This work demonstrates expertise in system-level configuration and integration of hardware components.
openapsopenapi3oref0openapireference-implementation
Bender1061/cgm-remote-monitor
Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:9 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
nightscoutmonitornightscout-web-monitorweb-monitor
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