About | Duncheon Associates

Manager of Corporate Industrial Engineering at Monsanto Corporation.
VP Sales, Fared Robot Systems, Inc.. (Robot systems integrator, IPO)
VP Sales and Marketing, Adept Technology, Inc.. (Robot manufacturer, IPO)
CEO, Artificial Muscle, Inc.. (Electoactive polymer actuator company, sold to Bayer Materials).
Founded Duncheon Associates and executed multiple consulting contracts in automation.
Founder and CEO, EIG America, Inc.. (Lithium ion battery manufacturer).
CoFounder and CEO, Grabit, Inc..(Robot company utilizing electroadheison technology).
Served on Board of Directors for Mesh Dynamics, Inc., an early mesh networking company in IoT.
Provided business planning services and then co-founded Celltrio, Inc., a drug discovery automation company.
Currently serving as IoT, Robotics, Additive Manufacturing Mentor for Plug and Play.

As Chairman of the Corporate Robotics Task Force successfully introduced robotics to Monsanto Corporation.
Grew Fared Robot Systems from inception to $10M+ in sales and IPO.
Joined Adept at inception, established worldwide channel of 100 integrators, and grew the company to $100M+ revenues and IPO.
Joined Artificial Muscle, Inc. as a first business development resource, promoted to CEO. Artificial Muscle was acquired by Bayer Materials.
Duncheon Associates founded EIG America, transferring lithium battery technology from EIG Korea to the US market.
Duncheon Associates was contracted by SRI International to evaluate electro-adhesion technology. Charlie Duncheon then cofounded Grabit Inc. and raised two oversubscribed rounds ($8.5M) for an industrial hardware company during the social media investment era.
Established North American presence for Airbus spinout in metallic 3D printing, APWorks.
Business plans developed for Panasonic, HP, and many other clients.

Served on Robotics Industries Association (RIA) Board of Directors for eight years. Elected president of RIA.
Received RIA's Joseph Engelberger Leadership Award.
Served as United States Representative to the United Nations Federation of Robotics.
Served on the Automation Technologies Council Board of Directors and elected Chairman.
Authored technical papers and chapters on robotics and automation.
Awarded multiple patents including electoadhesion for robotics handling.
Wrote and published Reflections of a 5th Grade Girls Basketball Coach. http://www.charlieduncheon.wix.com/reflections.
Served on School Board and Athletic Board for St. Mary's School in Los Gatos, California.
Served as a volunteer coach for youth school and club basketball for twenty years.
BSIE Purdue University and MBA Southern Illinois University. Registered Professional Engineer.