RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canada Point Grey, a provider of advanced digital camera systems, announces that Marty Karnacewicz has joined the company and is responsible for strategic business development for eastern North America. Based in New Hampshire, Karnacewicz will be a part of Point Grey's ongoing efforts to develop new business opportunities and strategic relationships, manage key accounts, and assist customers in the eastern United States and Canada.

Karnacewicz entered the factory automation and machine vision industry as an application and sales engineer after graduating with a BSEE degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1990.

"North America continues to be an important market for us, so we are very excited to welcome Marty as part of our team," says Vlad Tucakov, director of sales and marketing at Point Grey Research. "Marty brings a unique set of skills and experience to Point Grey. His 19 years in the machine vision industry will help us continue to provide a very high level of service to our customers, not just with selecting the best products for their applications now, but also with understanding what their needs are for the future. We are confident that Marty’s abilities to develop and maintain strong business relationships and look at vision applications from all angles will help us maintain, or even increase, our current rate of growth in North America.”