Robb Espinosa Joins AMP Robotics as Vice President of Operations
October 17 2018 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Recycling and Waste Management Veteran Brings Operational
Expertise to Support Growth and Scale
AMP Robotics Corp. (“AMP”), a provider of artificial
intelligence (AI) and robotics to the recycling and waste
management industry, has hired Robb Espinosa as vice president of
operations. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing and
scaling AMP’s operations, field engineering, and technical support.
He will report to CEO Matanya Horowitz.
“Robb’s deep experience designing, building, managing, and
operating recycling and waste processing facilities is a perfect
fit for AMP,” said Horowitz. “Given his background, Robb deeply
understands the transformative potential of AI in recycling. His
expertise managing rapidly scaling companies will be invaluable as
we continue to profitably grow our business.”
Espinosa brings more than 30 years of recycling and waste
management industry experience to AMP. He has held leadership roles
in a variety of industrial scale processing companies. Most
recently, he was COO at Midwest Recycling Service and Sales where
he helped to design, build, commission, and optimize numerous
material recovery facilities (MRFs) nationwide. Previously, he was
vice president of operations for Rational Energies, a plastics
recycler that processes waste into fuel. Prior to that, he held
leadership positions for Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), Greenstar
North America, and TRI-R Systems Corp.
“I look forward to using my industry expertise to scale AMP’s
impressive technology platform and help the company grow to meet
demand,” said Espinosa. “AMP’s innovations in AI bring
groundbreaking applications to generate better quality, lower cost,
and higher throughput over traditional processing and labor
practices without a significant change to existing operations or
additional capital investment, outside of AMP’s products.”
Espinosa holds a BA in Organizational Development from Regis
University in Denver, Colorado.
About AMP Robotics Corp.
AMP Robotics™ is an industrial artificial intelligence
technology company that is changing the economics of material
recovery and recycling. AMP’s breakthrough technology automates the
identification, sorting, and processing of material streams to
extract maximum value for material recovery facilities (MRFs) that
process municipal solid waste, construction and demolition,
e-waste, and auto-shredding. AMP's engineering design lowers the
cost of capital investment with fast modular implementation easily
dropping into existing facility infrastructure without costly
retrofits or interruption to operations. To learn more about the
company, visit www.amprobotics.com.
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