CGNX · Cognex Corp

$65.29 +2.67 (+4.26%)

Market Cap

$10.42B

166.42M

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$369,492	—	$4,670,039	$2,330,777	$854,153	$11,836	$8,236,297
Matthew Moschner	CEO	$528,846	—	$1,670,040	$4,829,911	$1,059,436	$11,136	$8,099,369
Carl W. Gerst III	Executive Vice President Global Sales & Products	$377,827	—	$1,835,042	$915,308	$489,067	$37,924	$3,655,168
Dennis Fehr	CFO	$428,019	—	$1,670,040	$830,281	$542,075	$11,450	$3,481,865
Joerg Kuechen	Head of Corporate M&A	$335,077	—	$1,335,047	$665,221	$294,639	$9,551	$2,639,535
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$347,712	—	$1,000,055	$500,173	$336,473	$8,640	$2,193,053

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$681,200	—	$2,150,015	$4,350,009	$703,343	$26,256	$7,910,823
Carl W. Gerst III	Executive Vice President Global Sales & Products	$366,269	—	$900,021	$1,850,012	$190,277	$12,924	$3,319,503
Dennis Fehr	CFO	$290,500	—	$800,019	$1,700,018	$246,603	$7,686	$3,044,826
Joerg Kuechen	CTO	$330,177	—	$700,021	$1,300,013	$142,613	$33,889	$2,506,713
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$336,039	—	$500,020	$1,000,013	$141,172	$8,050	$1,985,294
Laura A. MacDonald	Vice President and	$299,231	—	$300,014	$550,014	$92,619	$9,594	$1,251,472
Paul Todgham	CFO	$110,492	—	—	—	—	$330,434	$440,926

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$676,000	—	$2,065,040	$4,133,598	$73,833	$11,443	$6,959,914
Carl W. Gerst III	Executive Vice President Global Sales & Products	$352,692	—	$819,444	$1,669,448	$16,638	$12,174	$2,870,396
Paul Todgham	CFO	$425,154	—	$740,446	$1,499,490	—	$9,979	$2,675,069
Joerg Kuechen	CTO	$310,154	—	$592,375	$1,199,603	$15,717	$8,042	$2,125,891
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$323,000	—	$493,615	$999,671	$15,367	$7,529	$1,839,182

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$672,000	—	$2,067,044	$4,133,755	$372,397	$12,228	$7,257,424
Carl W. Gerst III	Executive Vice President Global Sales & Products	$336,154	—	$825,452	$1,667,302	$94,604	$13,228	$2,936,740
Joerg Kuechen	CTO	$296,923	—	$545,013	$1,855,419	$72,520	$26,035	$2,795,910
Paul Todgham	CFO	$410,385	—	$743,220	$1,500,282	$97,006	$11,465	$2,762,358
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$310,154	—	$495,501	$1,000,176	$74,651	$11,159	$1,891,641

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$651,334	—	$2,033,544	$4,153,512	$3,687,250	$8,880	$10,534,520
Paul Todgham	CFO	$384,135	—	$745,489	$749,919	$487,927	$9,250	$2,376,720
Carl W. Gerst III	Executive Vice President Global Sales & Products	$316,211	—	—	—	$419,973	$25,966	$762,150
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$301,154	—	—	—	$410,438	$10,659	$722,251

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Carl W. Gerst III	Executive Vice President Global Sales & Products	$284,710	—	—	$5,403,992	$240,446	$9,639	$5,938,787
Paul Todgham	CFO	$308,804	—	$2,019,500	$1,380,631	$394,369	$326,752	$4,430,056
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$277,773	—	—	$3,825,970	$260,135	$5,892	$4,369,770
Laura A. MacDonald	Vice President and	$248,954	—	—	$784,465	$191,560	$7,185	$1,232,164

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$376,443	—	—	$3,406,320	—	$66,068	$3,848,831
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$258,462	—	—	$1,513,920	—	$62,167	$1,834,549
John J. Curran	CFO	$105,442	—	—	$1,135,440	—	$92,003	$1,332,885
Laura A. MacDonald	Vice President and	$236,727	—	—	$901,251	—	$35,531	$1,173,509

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$376,442	—	—	$1,999,980	$176,252	$9,419	$2,562,093
John J. Curran	CFO	$305,548	—	—	$1,111,100	$84,659	$9,444	$1,510,751
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$245,942	—	—	—	$73,441	$24,420	$343,803

Fiscal 2017

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Robert Willett	CEO	$375,500	—	—	$2,693,925	$788,259	$8,893	$3,866,577
John J. Curran	CFO	$297,933	—	—	$3,319,875	$236,250	$9,342	$3,863,400
Sheila M. DiPalma	Chief Culture Officer and EVP Employee Services	$225,269	—	—	$3,151,553	$154,487	$9,180	$3,540,489

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Christopher Donato	Director	Appointed	2026-04-29	2026-04-30
Angelos Papadimitriou	Director	Appointed	2026-04-29	2026-04-30
Matthew Moschner	Director	Appointed	2026-04-29	2026-04-30
Dianne Parrotte	Board	Retired	2026-03-02	2026-02-17
Robert Willett	Board	Retired	2026-03-02	2026-02-17
Chris Donato	director	Appointed	2026-03-02	2026-02-17
Dr. Sami Atiya	director	Appointed	2026-03-02	2026-02-17

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