10 Emerson IT leaders
Ariel Cruzado, Enterprise Architecture Director at Emerson, is one of ten Emerson IT leaders listed here, alongside people who hold director roles in infrastructure, cloud hosting, enterprise applications, digital operations and AI enablement. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at Emerson from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Adrian Amante
LinkedInExperience: IT Director - Engineeing and Operations · Emerson
Adrian Amante has been IT Director - Engineeing and Operations at Emerson since March 2025, based in the Philippines, and held the role of Senior Manager Technical Operations there from 2016 to 2025. Adrian Amante also held Senior Technical Services Manager and SharePoint technical administrator lead roles at Emerson Electric from 2011 to 2025, and the headline lists cloud operations, DevSecOps and SRE work.
Ariel Cruzado
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Architecture Director · Emerson
Ariel Cruzado has been Enterprise Architecture Director at Emerson since May 2026, leading the global enterprise architecture function according to the profile, and was IT & Process Automation Director - Americas there from 2024 to 2026. Ariel Cruzado held the role of IT IS Director - Latin America at Emerson from 2004 to 2024 and was an Oracle Project Manager there from 2003 to 2004.
Ashok Rochwani
LinkedInExperience: Director, Oracle Technical Services · Emerson
Ashok Rochwani has been Director, Oracle Technical Services at Emerson since May 2022, with a headline of Director, Enterprise Cloud & AI Ops, and was Senior Manager - Technical Services there from 2019 to 2022. Ashok Rochwani was Oracle Technical Services Manager at Emerson from 2014 to 2018 and from 2009 to 2012 and a Program Manager there from 2012 to 2014.
Clinton Pilgrim
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Infrastructure Solution Architecture · Emerson
Clinton Pilgrim has been Director, Global Infrastructure Solution Architecture at Emerson since May 2026 and was Director, Cloud Engineering & Operations | CCoE there from 2024 to 2026 and Director Infrastructure Services from 2023 to 2024. Clinton Pilgrim was Director Infrastructure Services at NI (National Instruments) in 2023 and Line of Service Leader, Delivery Services there from 2022 to 2023.
LeAnn Wang
LinkedInExperience: IT Director, AI Enablement and Adoption · Emerson
LeAnn Wang has been IT Director, AI Enablement and Adoption at Emerson since June 2026, leading enterprise-wide AI adoption strategy according to the profile, and was IT Director, Quality and Testing there from 2022 to 2026. LeAnn Wang was a Senior IT Manager and Release Train Engineer at Emerson from 2015 to 2022 and IT Manager, Global Sales IT from 2012 to 2015.
Manoj B.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Information Technology · Emerson
Manoj B. has been Director of Information Technology at Emerson since February 2022 and was Sr. Manager, IT Program Management there from 2021 to 2022. Manoj B. was Program Manager, IT Engineering Systems and Solutions at Emerson from 2017 to 2021, Manager, IT Technical Services Management from 2015 to 2017 and Database Manager, Oracle Technical Services & Strategic Initiatives from 2011 to 2015.
Max Ortiz Aguilar
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cloud Hosting Solutions · Emerson
Max Ortiz Aguilar has been Director, Cloud Hosting Solutions at Emerson since December 2024, based in Canada, and held the role of Cloud Hosting Operations Manager there from 2018 to 2025. Max Ortiz Aguilar was North America Services Project Technical Lead at Emerson from 2014 to 2018 and held regional and connectivity group leader roles there from 2009 to 2014.
Mayur Patel
LinkedInExperience: Director IT, Digital Operations and Smart Factory · Emerson
Mayur Patel has been Director IT, Digital Operations and Smart Factory at Emerson since May 2021, with a headline naming Emerson Automation Solutions, and is based in Greater Houston. Mayur Patel describes a background leading technology-based transformation initiatives across finance, CRM, supply chain, logistics, PLM and manufacturing functions.
Tamás Mile
LinkedInExperience: IT Director of Digital Core Services · Emerson
Tamás Mile has been IT Director of Digital Core Services at Emerson since January 2025, based in Debrecen, and held the role of Director of IT there from 2024 to 2025. Tamás Mile was Software Engineering Section Manager at NI (National Instruments) from 2021 to 2024, a Software Engineering Manager there from 2016 to 2019 and a Software Development Team Lead from 2012 to 2016.
Vijay Bokka
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT · Emerson
Vijay Bokka has been Director of IT at Emerson since 2018 and was a Program Manager there from 2011 to 2018. Vijay Bokka was Business Applications Manager at Celerity from 2006 to 2011, a Senior Consultant at ClearOrbit from 1999 to 2005 and an ERP Consultant at Imation from 1997 to 1999, and describes experience managing ERP business systems, IT infrastructure and acquisition integrations.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current IT role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which IT platforms to standardize across the business and which to leave to individual units?
- 03What has your own work taught you about moving enterprise applications to the cloud?
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