Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
With over 25 years of experience in the industrial and manufacturing sector, Sigmund is a seasoned leader and innovator in factory and process automation solutions. As the VP of North America he oversees the business across the Americas, focusing on the life sciences, chemicals, and food and beverage industries. With a mission to help customers achieve best value in operational excellence, improved quality and safety, and optimize their processes with cutting-edge technologies and services. Sigmund have a proven track record of driving profitable growth, developing strategic partnerships, executing M&A's and delivering exceptional value to all customers and stakeholders. Having worked extensively throughout his career between Europe and North America h has successfully managed global accounts, led cross-functional teams, and executed complex projects across diverse markets and regions. He has been involved in founding and selling a software and hardware company, and have been granted a patent showing deep insight both technically and financially. He is passionate about leveraging engineering, business, and technical skills to create innovative solutions that address the opportunities of digital transformation leveraging AI and LLM's to improve said processes.
VP Client Engagement focused on helping life sciences organizations accelerate growth, strengthen operational performance, and deliver transformative capital and technology programs. He partner with executives across biotech, pharma, and advanced‑therapy manufacturers to uncover strategic opportunities, shape high‑impact solutions, and guide complex initiatives from early concept through validation and commercialization. Known for a proactive, growth‑driven mindset, Sigmund build long‑term client relationships by anticipating needs, aligning cross‑functional stakeholders, and delivering measurable outcomes in fast‑moving environments. His expertise spans facility strategy, automation, digital enablement for unit operations connectivity and large‑scale program execution with a commitment to quality, compliance, and speed. He thrive on driving efficiency in equipment utilization and helping clients navigate the evolving demands of a rapidly scaling life sciences landscape.
Catalyx is a PE held premier machine vision and automation firm dedicated to integrating technology and human expertise, enabling global manufacturers to reach advanced standards of quality and productivity. Sigmund is focused on enhancing operational efficiency and restructuring the Go-To-Market organization through the adoption of new toolkits and performance metrics that support top-line growth. In his current position, he is aligning resource sharing, establishing standards, driving productization and managing load balancing across multiple businesses throughout Europe and North America. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/catalyx-names-sigmund-aaro-senior-vice-president-of-business-development-for-north-america-302397712.html
Responsible for the Process Automation Solutions business across North America focusing on Life Sciences, Chemicals and Food & Beverage. Sigmund is known as a strategic thinker where he works closely with key customer stakeholders to leverage PA solutions products and services to define value creation projects through intentionally architected solutions. P&L responsibility, strategic ops planning, sales/account planning, business execution and monthly business report out.
Responsible for driving and developing the life science market in North America and drive a focused sales team providing consistent profitable growth. Sigmund was a part of the global life science leadership team an worked to position Emerson’s product portfolio in the life science market as the supplier of first choice for strategic accounts, projects, consultancy, life cycle services, while leveraging DeltaV, Syncade, Wireless, IioT solutions, Digital transformation architectures, Training Solutions and Reliability Solutions as core offerings
Global Strategic Account Management - driving business development strategies across Emerson's global operations. Developing and supporting maintenance of customer global agreements and sub agreements’ as well as ensuring that relationships are formed, and core partnership ideas are deployed in the various world areas. Supporting value engineering by understanding how Emerson technologies could be deployed to enhance customer value creation and solve customers’ problem by enhancing overall operational effectiveness.
Working on corporate level to start up AWC’s Product Engineering Group creating structure and gated design processes for an agile engineering process in support of revenue growth at improved profit margin. Under corporate guidance, the engineering support hierarchy was formed of resources across various AWC offices using remote meeting and document sharing tools. Developed a PLC and instrumentation-based product for the oil and gas market, addressing the need for easy scope development and modular design supporting various oil and gas upstream process equipment including remote communications to SCADA.