Sami Atiya

Sami Atiya is president of the robotics and motion division at ABB Ltd. Previously, Atiya served as the president of discrete automation and motion division at ABB Ltd, from June 13, 2016 to December 2016.

He served at Siemens for 18 years in the US and Europe and also served as chief executive officer of the mobility and logistics division since 2011 and as chief executive officer of the computer tomography unit from 2008 to 2011.

Prior to that, he held various leadership roles at Siemens Medical Solutions Inc., in the US and Siemens Business Services. During his tenure, he drove profitable growth and developed the product and software portfolio of his units through organic and inorganic means including the successful integration of Invensys rail.

Before joining Siemens, Atiya was co-owner and managing director at Harald Balzer & Partner and project leader at Robert Bosch GmbH. Mr. Atiya has tremendous experience in leading industrial portfolios across a wide range of markets and geographies as well as a proven track record of delivering strong results in growth, restructuring and integration situations.

Atiya holds a PhD in the field of robotics, sensors and data processing from the University of Wuppertal, obtained during his time at the Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. He holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US.