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2018 Distinguished Alumni Award

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Michael G. Field

BS '86

Chief Executive Officer, The Raymond Corporation


Michael G. Field BS ’86 is chief executive officer for The Raymond Corporation, which includes the operations, sales and marketing, engineering and administrative functions at Raymond. Since he joined Raymond in 2004, Michael has served as the vice president of engineering and, most recently, president of operations and engineering. In Michael’s most recent role as president of the operations and engineering division for The Raymond Corporation, he was responsible for manufacturing, quality assurance, engineering and procurement.  
 
Michael has over 25 years of experience managing engineering and operations groups at industrial companies. Field also is a member of the Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) executive team and board officer of several TMHNA legal entities. Prior to Raymond, Michael served as vice president of global program management for Brooks-PRI Automation in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, which led the semiconductor automated material handling industry with state-of-the-art robotic, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and software control solutions. Prior to that assignment, he was vice president of systems integration at PRI Automation which included technical sales, system engineering and program management.  
 
A graduate of RIT, Field holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from Boston University and an MBA with a concentration in international operations from Boston University. He is a member of RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council. Field holds the positions of chairman and director on the board of NY-BEST (New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium, Inc.), and is a board member of the New York State Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council (REDC). He also is a board member of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA). Field holds a Professional Engineering License in New York. Field has been with Raymond in an executive role since 2004, and prior to his appointment as CEO, served as president of operations and engineering at Raymond.

Meet Michael

2018 Distinguished Alumni Award

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

Michael G. Field

BS '86

Chief Executive Officer, The Raymond Corporation


Michael G. Field BS ’86 is chief executive officer for The Raymond Corporation, which includes the operations, sales and marketing, engineering and administrative functions at Raymond. Since he joined Raymond in 2004, Michael has served as the vice president of engineering and, most recently, president of operations and engineering. In Michael’s most recent role as president of the operations and engineering division for The Raymond Corporation, he was responsible for manufacturing, quality assurance, engineering and procurement.  
 
Michael has over 25 years of experience managing engineering and operations groups at industrial companies. Field also is a member of the Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) executive team and board officer of several TMHNA legal entities. Prior to Raymond, Michael served as vice president of global program management for Brooks-PRI Automation in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, which led the semiconductor automated material handling industry with state-of-the-art robotic, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and software control solutions. Prior to that assignment, he was vice president of systems integration at PRI Automation which included technical sales, system engineering and program management.  
 
A graduate of RIT, Field holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from Boston University and an MBA with a concentration in international operations from Boston University. He is a member of RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council. Field holds the positions of chairman and director on the board of NY-BEST (New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium, Inc.), and is a board member of the New York State Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council (REDC). He also is a board member of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA). Field holds a Professional Engineering License in New York. Field has been with Raymond in an executive role since 2004, and prior to his appointment as CEO, served as president of operations and engineering at Raymond.

Meet Michael