David Adler has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue and over 40 years of experience improving manufacturing using automation technologies. Dave has managed complex automation projects, led global automation programs, and developed automation strategies. While at Lilly, Dave collected the lifecycle cost and benefits of 44 projects to confirm the justifications for automation. Dave retired from Eli Lilly in 2008 and has continued his passion for manufacturing efficiency using automation technologies as an independent consultant. He has expanded his industry benchmarking dataset to include hundreds of projects across 30 companies. He is an industry authority on automation project management, automation best practices, and automation strategic planning.Specialties: automation project management, automation best practices, and strategic planning
Listed skills include Automation, Process Automation, Process Control, Validation, and 46 others.