Matthijs Glastra

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, Novanta

Search every verified Matthijs Glastra interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Matthijs Glastra, Chairman and CEO of Novanta, appeared in a September 2024 video congratulating winners of the Surgical Robotics Technology Awards, which Novanta sponsored. He recognized Lucien Blondel, CTO of Quantum Surgical, for industry leadership; Medical Microinstruments for its innovative startup award; Moon Surgical for being voted most outstanding company; Dr. Brian Cohan and Cohan Orthopedics for outstanding healthcare provider; and Think Surgical for a groundbreaking technology award. Glastra described the winners as "extremely worthy winners" and stated that Novanta is "very privileged to be associated with" them. Glastra also said Novanta looks forward to continuing its association with the surgical robotics industry through its technology and product roadmaps, which he noted are designed to deliver "component and subsystem innovation in motion photonic and precision medical technologies."