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- Sonia Vohnout
Director of Business Development,
Advanced Diagnostics & Prognostics - Academic Background
- Sonia Vohnout earned her MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson. With a diverse background and experience, Sonia is well-suited to manage Ridgetop’s commercialization efforts for its many government-funded projects.
- Career Background
- Sonia joined Ridgetop after successfully building an electronic subassembly business in Mexico, working as a systems engineer at IBM, and handling overseas installations of software with Modular Mining Systems (now part of Komatsu).
- During her career, she has held executive management and senior technical positions. In addition, Sonia has co-founded several companies. A U.S. Citizen, Sonia is also fluent in Spanish.
- Community Involvement
- Sonia is a board member of the Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology (MFPT) (www.mfpt.org), an interdisciplinary technical organization strongly oriented toward practical applications.
- Sonia recently founded the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Professionals LinkedIn Group (www.linkedin.com), a fast-growing group whose objectives are to discuss PHM related topics, network with others in the PHM community, and increase awareness of PHM.



