FANUC America Appoints Cicco President, CEO
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"I am excited and honored to take on this role, and I look forward to working with Rick and our talented senior leadership team to achieve our future growth objectives," said Cicco.
Cicco joined FANUC in 1999 and has held a variety of management positions, including software/controls manager and district sales manager at the company’s Southern California facility. In 2005, Cicco transferred to FANUC’s headquarters in Rochester Hills to take on the role of national account manager of the company’s Authorized System Integrator sales group. As his career progressed, he was named GM of several robot division groups, including Material Handling Engineering, Authorized System Integrator sales, and Domestic Automotive/Michigan Regional sales. In 2015, Cicco was promoted to VP of FANUC’s North and South American sales and execution. In April 2016, he was named president and COO.
Before joining FANUC, Cicco served as lead automation engineer in Northrop Grumman’s Automation and Information Systems group. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa.
FANUC America Corp. is a subsidiary of FANUC Corp. in Japan, and provides industry-leading robotics, CNC systems, and factory automation. FANUC’s innovative technologies and expertise help manufacturers in the Americas maximize efficiency, reliability, and profitability.