Nate Ventress is a water industry lead and process industries segment specialist at Festo. He has 20 years of experience in fluid power and automation. After achieving a technical degree in fluid power technology, he spent a decade developing and supporting automation solutions for the semiconductor and solar equipment industry in Silicon Valley, Calif. For the past 15 years, he’s had various business development roles within Festo, across multiple industry segments. Since 2010, Ventress has been focused specifically on process industries business development and has specialized in the automation of water treatment processes.