August Drake

August Drake

August Drake is Seegrid’s Director of Application Engineering. In this role, she leads a team of application engineers who assist in strategizing, designing, and implementing automation solutions across Seegrid’s customer base. August and her team combine industrial, manufacturing, and engineering backgrounds with extensive experience, working with some of the world’s largest leading brands. Previously, August served nearly six years as a project engineer at GENCO (now FedEx Supply Chain), where she was responsible for designing warehouse layouts and processes for key logistics and e-commerce customers. August holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

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