Corporate-backed open innovation foundation AutoHarvest has appointed Thomas Anderson to its board.
Anderson is a senior director and director of Entrepreneurism at Automation Alley, a Michigan-based technology business assocation.
AutoHarvest said it "is designing and planning to launch a marketplace-driven Ecollaboration system that accelerates innovation in advanced manufacturing."
AutoHarvest is backed by more than 70 prominent government, university, automaker, supplier, venture capital, business accelerators and manufacturing organisations.