Al Goodwin Amgen, Inc.

Al Goodwin has worked in the Machine Vision and Visual Inspection arena for the last 25 years.

The last 15 years he has focused on Visual inspection systems for the Biotech and Pharma industries. At present he works in the Amgen ATA (Advanced Technology & Automation) group based in California. One key focus of this group is enhanced Visual Inspection techniques to improve the efficiency of AVI systems. Other key development areas are R & D into new viable inspection methods. He regularly gives presentations at the various industry knowledge forums and has initiated multiple patents directly related to Inspection of syringe and vial containers. Al is married with three grown up children and tries hard to expand his interests outside the machine vision field with limited success.