Craig Salvalaggio receiving award with Diane Haig, Chief Knowledge Officer at Applied Manufacturing Technologies on his right and on his left Dr. Kimberly Muller, Dean of the College of Innovation and Solutions and Prof. Devaprasad
Craig Salvalaggio ’03:
“We at AMT were fortunate to hire CS from LSSU 19 years ago. He has been an outstanding technical and business leader during his entire career. He has certainly earned the recognition as LSSU Outstanding Alumni Award. Craig is passionate about supporting and mentoring the next generation of contributors and leaders. Much of AMT’s growth and success is due to Craig’s know-how and leadership. I know of no more deserving person than CS.” -Mike Jacobs, CEO of Applied Manufacturing Technologies in Orion, MI.
Jason Schopp receiving award with Prof. Devaprasad on his right and Dr. Kimberly Muller, Dean of the College of Innovation and Solutions on his left
Jason Schopp ’04:
Jason Schopp graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering with a concentration in Robotics from Lake Superior State University. Prior to pursuing his degree at LSSU, Jason served in the United States Marine Corps for four years between 1995-1999. Upon graduating, he accepted a position with JR Automation as a controls engineer in Holland, Michigan. Jason has worked at JR for 18 years progressing in rank from controls engineer, to controls engineering manager, to business unit manager, to general manager, to now as VP of Operations in 2020. Jason has been a significant contributor to various automation projects in a variety of industries including automotive, aerospace, medical, electronics, and pharmaceutical. He oversees projects, which are custom turnkey automation solutions, up to $100 million in value. The projects’ successes has resulted in very satisfied repeat customers for JR. When Jason joined JR in 2004, JR had about 125 employees. Today JR has over 2000 dedicated employees and, needless to say, Jason did play a key role in the successes at JR.
