Chuck Jonkman

The focus of my professional knowledge, experience and ability is in building and transitioning machine and plant automated systems into high-performing, secure, optimized and integrated Industry 4.0 control and information systems. Technology and it's application has changed a lot over the past 5-10 years. Seeing and experiencing the opportunities and frustrations has inspired me to master building and conversion of systems and processes to enable stability and significant output of these systems. It's not easy, but I know how to get this done so people, processes and systems work together to achieve corporate goals.Since I was very young I have loved electronic systems. My grandfather got me interested in Ham (amateur) Radio when I was 12 and became licensed. This exposed me to the adult world through world-wide communications with many kinds of people. As I grew older I learned about music (playing, singing and production), getting married, having kids, building a life, learning about how people work, learning about how I work and a myriad of other things including a stint learning how to ballroom dance. The home I grew up in was at the edge of town. In the suburbs but with the rest of the world out the back door. Literally, on the other side of our small back yard was a Michigan forest and farmlands. Back then I didn’t understand what I had. Year after year the seasonal changes; how the trees and animals acted throughout the year. It taught me how dynamic and integrated things really are.