2024 Board of Directors Election
NOMINEES:
Chairman of the Board
Thoralf Schulz – Industrial Automation Research Manager, ABB
Mr. Schulz is Global Technology Manager Control Technologies in Process Automation and is responsible for Technology Strategy and Product Development in ABB’s Control Technologies business. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the process automation and process industry. Mr Schulz holds Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration.
Steve Armstrong – Vice Present of Plantweb Technology, Emerson
Mr. Armstrong is currently Vice Present of Plantweb Technology at Emerson. He has been in the automation business and with Fisher / Emerson for more than 45 years. He has held various engineering and management positions and led development programs such as AMS Device Manager and field communicators for the management of field instrumentation using the HART and FOUNDATION Fieldbus protocols.
In his present role Mr. Armstrong leads a global technology team that works across all the Emerson business units to help get new products to market. Team members in Mr. Armstrong’s organization are actively involved with organizations such as FCG and in the development of industry standards such as FDI.
Raj Bandekar – Director of Engineering, Honeywell Process Solutions
Mr. Bandekar is the Engineering Director in Technology Organization at Honeywell Process Solutions. He is responsible for Systems Engineering and Common Platform for New Product Development in Experion PKS Automation System. Mr. Bandekar has over 25 years of experience in System Architecture and Design of several products in Digital Field, Distributed Control System and Asset Management and has been awarded over 8 patents.
Hartmut Klocker - Vice President Process Automation and Engineering Systems – Siemens AG
Mr. Klocker is General Manager for the business with control systems and engineering software in process industries, based in Karlsruhe, Germany. He has more than 20 years of experience in project management for the chemical industry as well as in automation products and solution business.
Seiichiro Takahashi – General Manager, Technology Marketing, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Mr. Seiichiro Takahashi is General Manager for Technology Marketing of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, mainly field network technologies in process automation. He has more than 30 years of experience in the process automation and field digital communication technology, which includes management of field instrument and architecture development.