Industrial automation

Information technology professionals in Industrial automation

IT directors in industrial automation have made concrete choices about which systems to buy, how to connect them to existing infrastructure, and who maintains them after deployment. Their experience shows what actually works when legacy systems meet new automation technology.

10 professionals9 companiesData retrieved September 27, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Brad Mattson

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director - IT OT Smart Manufacturing Program Manager, Global · cargill, inc.

    Experience directing global IT/OT smart manufacturing programs and enterprise application operations supporting manufacturing sites in the industrial automation sector.

  2. Daniël van den Bogaard

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Senior Director - Global Smart Manufacturing Leader · cargill, inc.

    Experience leading global smart manufacturing IT deployments and MES implementations across manufacturing assets in the industrial automation sector.

  3. Gary Walcott

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director, Information Technology · Waupaca Foundry

    Experience directing information technology for a manufacturing company, including establishing an Industrial Applications Group to deliver an enterprise SCADA solution.

  4. Jack Tregoning

    LinkedIn

    Experience: IT Director of Product Connectivity Machine Data Analytics Data Enabled Solutions · Cummins Inc.

    Experience serving as IT director delivering IoT software solutions and manufacturing execution systems within an industrial manufacturing company.

  5. Luis H Miotto Reis

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Global iT Director, Industrial Operations Operatons 4.0 Digital Transformation · Bunge Alimentos

    Experience directing global IT for industrial operations digital transformation, including manufacturing 4.0, IoT, and predictive systems in industrial automation.

  6. Matt Meiser

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director, Manufacturing Information Technology · SkyIO, Inc.

    Experience directing manufacturing information technology at an industrial automation company, implementing Industry 4.0 solutions and bridging IT and OT systems.

  7. Mayur Patel

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director IT, Digital Operations and Smart Factory · Emerson

    Experience directing IT for digital operations and smart factory initiatives at an automation machinery manufacturing company.

  8. Miikka Pönniö

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director Of Technology · Siemens Osakeyhtiö

    Experience leading technology direction in industrial automation, spanning SCADA, PLC systems, industrial networks, manufacturing operations management, and digitalization transformation.

  9. Raj Janakiraman

    LinkedIn

    Experience: IT Director - Manufacturing Operations & Engineering · Abb Group

    Experience as IT director for manufacturing operations and engineering, with digitization, IoT, and manufacturing execution systems across industrial automation contexts.

  10. Rupert Chin

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director, Digital Transformation Solutions · Siemens

    Experience directing digital transformation solutions for product engineering and manufacturing teams, including MES, PLM, and OT/IT integration in industrial automation.

Choose the right perspective

Look for candidates who personally decided between build and buy options, managed integration between shop floor systems and corporate IT, or handled the handoff from implementation to ongoing support. Ask what they chose and why, not what they think should happen.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01When you selected a system, what made you reject the other options you considered?
  2. 02How did you decide what your team would support versus what the vendor would handle?
  3. 03What integration problem took longer to solve than you expected, and what would you do differently?

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