Nick Sischka is the Director of Imaging Product Development at Edmund Optics’ Cherry Hill, NJ, USA office. Specializing in optics for vision systems, Nick supports imaging and machine vision customers with application knowledge and design assistance for modification or customization requirements. Additionally, Nick serves as the A3 (Association for Advancing Automation) NextGen Chair and teaches on the A3 Education Committee. He holds a B.S in Optical Sciences and Engineering from the University of Arizona.

Henry Koren is the Chief Product Officer at Imatest where he has helped expand solutions for testing camera systems with long-range, high resolution, high dynamic range, and wide fields of view. He has 25 years of experience in software engineering. For the last 18 years, Henry has worked to develop Imatest into a global leader in digital image quality analysis. Henry was responsible for integrating Imatest image quality analysis with high-volume manufacturing systems, where he learned about supply chain management and the challenge of maintaining high standards of image quality without sacrificing yield. In addition, Henry has worked to develop image quality testing standards as chair of the IEEE 1858 Camera Phone Image Quality working group and IEEE Liaison with the ISO TC42/WG18 committee.