William Studebaker serves as the "index architect" voice at ROBO Global, leading index and classification committees to define which companies qualify as true robotics and AI plays through rules-based taxonomy rather than typical stock-picking approaches. He combines over a decade of industrial and supply-chain portfolio management experience from Apex Capital with his current role as a public evangelist for robotics as a broad economic transformation, positioning automation as a macro story affecting every sector rather than just a tech theme. William Studebaker serves as the "index architect" voice at ROBO Global, leading index and classification committees to define which companies qualify as true robotics and AI plays through rules-based taxonomy rather than typical stock-picking approaches. He combines over a decade of industrial and supply-chain portfolio management experience from Apex Capital with his current role as a public evangelist for robotics as a broad economic transformation, positioning automation as a macro story affecting every sector rather than just a tech theme.