HILLIARD, Ohio (March 29, 2018) — VARGO®, a leading provider of material-handling system integration, warehouse execution software and equipment solutions for major fulfillment and distribution centers, has welcomed Matthew Ackerman to the team as a systems control engineer.

Ackerman will work out of VARGO®’s headquarters in Hilliard, Ohio. Ackerman’s duties will include PLC programming, hardware and instrumentation troubleshooting and the development and review of electrical design.

Before joining VARGO®, Ackerman worked as a controls engineer at Scotts Miracle-Gro, where he maintained, troubleshooted, modified and developed chemical blending systems and material packaging equipment. He has also served a field services engineer at United Controls Group, where he commissioned controls systems for a wide range of compression, power generation and mechanical drive engines and gas turbines.

In 2010, Ackerman earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from The Ohio State University.

Ackerman grew up in Fulton, Ohio. He currently lives in Dublin, Ohio. (ZIP Code 43016).