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FAST FIVE: John Shovic and the rewards of robotics

by CAROLYN BOSTICK
Staff Writer | June 20, 2026 1:00 AM

John Shovic has been active in the Coeur d'Alene community for many years. Originally from Central Montana, he received his doctorate degree from the University of Idaho and has been off doing fun things since. John joined the University of Idaho as Research Faculty in AI, Robotics and Automation in 2017 after 30 years in industry, including numerous companies in CDA. He has founded multiple companies: Advance Hardware Architectures, TriGeo Network Security, Blue Water Technologies, InstiComm, SwitchDoc Labs and bankCDA.  

In 2021, he was appointed director of the Center for Intelligent Industrial Robotics, a research center within the University of Idaho headquartered in Coeur d'Alene on the North Idaho College campus. 

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