Colin Dankwart is the team leader for performance services at ficonTEC, specifically concentrating on edge computing, machine learning, and other techniques for optimizing machine performance. He has a background in optics and optimization algorithms, having worked with them for nearly a decade prior to joining ficonTEC in 2017. Having gained extensive experience in applying this knowledge to optical test and assembly and extending his expertise to motion systems, he focuses on improving the performance of ficonTEC machines using data-driven approaches.