Rory MacKean

Harvest Automation, Inc. designs and produces robotics for manual labor applications. It enables growers to create a sustainable workforce of robots working safely alongside people to increase efficiency, reliability and plant quality. The firm’s robots are powering the next innovation surge in agriculture and has engineered the first practical, scalable robots for a range of agricultural applications. The company was founded by Clara Vu, Paul E. Sandin, Charles M. Grinnell and Joseph L. Jones in 2008 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Tertill Corp. develops robots for agriculture. It focuses on helping small-scale growers. The company was founded by Joe Jones, John Chase and Rory MacKean in 2015 and is headquartered in North Billerica, MA.