Rob Kovarik
Project Engineer

rkovarik@chicagoscenic.com

Rob joined Chicago Scenic in October 2007 and quickly became known as the company’s automation and control specialist. In response to client demand for reliable, dependable and repeatable automation and motion control systems, CSSI has invested considerable time, capital and resources to meet customer needs; Rob currently oversees the ongoing system maintenance and development for those systems.

“The best control system must be simple, reliable and elegant. It must make a seamless transition from show to show,” Rob says. “Each time we take the motion control system on the road is a step we take toward improving the product and instilling confidence in our customers. That’s what makes customers return to us in the future.”

Recently, Rob oversaw the automation and motion control systems that Chicago Scenic provided to Clear!Blue on their General Motors press event at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.  The automation system flew a masking wall within the header, revealing an LED projection screen, and controlled two of CSSI’s 18-foot, 10,000-lb. capacity turntables. That reveal also featured the edge of a raised turntable surround that dropped down to stage level, creating a ramp for the car to drive off of and on to center stage.

CSSI’s automation system was also used by George P. Johnson, Toyota’s experiential marketing agency, for Toyota’s product debut at the Detroit auto show.

Recently, Rob’s focus has expanded to encompass motors and traveling deck winches, including cable-pull winches that can dead lift 1,000 pounds at 3’ per second, and feature redundant braking for safety purposes.

Rob graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts from Carroll College and an MFA in Technical Design and Production from Yale University.