As AMT’s Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Tim Shinbara heads R&D, develops data-centric strategies, and supports technology discovery. A 2020-2021 ASME Congressional Fellow, Tim also serves in the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has served on executive and leadership committees for public-private partnerships such as America Makes and is a board officer for the MTConnect Institute.

The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is a trade association based in McLean, Virginia, in the United States. It was founded as the National Machine Tool Builders' Association (NMTBA) in 1902. It represents and promotes the interests of American providers of manufacturing machinery and equipment.