Ph.D Vice President R&D and Product Development, Hurco Companies, Inc.
Dr. Gray is the Vice President for Research and Development and Product Development for Hurco Companies, Inc., in Indianapolis, USA. Currently, his focus is on automation, product integration and interfaces, and the development of strategic international partnerships for the advancement of Hurco products. With 24 years of experience in CNC manufacturing and related technologies including 5-axis machining, mechanistic modelling, simulation and CAD/CAM, 5-axis machine kinematics control, user and programming interfaces, he holds eight patents. He graduated from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.
Ms. Đỗ Phương Chi graduated from La Trobe University with a master's degree in Finance. Chi was a lecturer at Construction College No.1 prior to joining Industry Development Centre (IDC), as a Specialist for Business Consulting, Developing and Connecting Department.
She was involved in the following programs in the last five years for IDC: 1) Business matchmaking program for support industry in Automotive, 2) Business matchmaking program for support industry in Electronic, 3) Consultants capability development program for supporting and manufacturing industry, 4) Production Improving program for supporting industries and manufacturers.