Over 30 years of experience in automation within the chemical, oil&gas and food&beverage industry. Throughout the years I’ve built up a broad technical competence in following areas. Microsoft based solutions using Visual Basic (VB6/.NET), VBA, VB-Script, Java script, C# and Active Server Pages (3.0/.NET). Profound knowledge in design and implementation of industrial custom applications based on OOA (Object Oriented Architecture) and RDBMS datastores (MS Access and SQL Server). Familiar with architectural and infrastructural concepts such as SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and frameworks based upon Microsoft products such as WF (Windows Workflow Foundation) and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).My expertise within automation software consists of Honeywell’s TDC3000, PlantScape (Cxxx), EPKS, TPS, FSC and TPB. Expert experience of implementing OPC based solutions. Besides Honeywell technology I have a basic knowledge of Emerson’s DeltaV system, HIMA ESD systems, Hartmann&Braun Contronic P DCS. And various historians such as Osisoft PI, Aspentech IP21 and Honeywell PHD.The past 15 years I’ve been leading vertical integration (VI) projects to improve customers’ operational execution using collaborative manufacturing software, manufacturing execution systems (MES/MBI/MOM) and alarm management solutions (e.g. PAS PSSi and Matrikon Alarm Manager) and IT/OT convergence projects (OT infrastructure and Industrial Cyber Security (IEC 62443)).Besides my current role of DISO (Digital Solutions) department manager I do have responsibility as Cyber Security & IT manager for all Process Automation Solutions entities throughout the globe (>50 offices).As such I’m leading ICS (Industrial Cyber Security) and OT (Operational Technology) teams for IT/OT convergence and OT security projects.Specialties: MOM and OPC Consulting, conceptional Studies, custom .NET Batch Management applications based on S88 standard, Interfacing level 2 / 3 and level 3 / 4 (S95 standard) and IT/OT convergence consulting.Not only technical expertise is required for my role within Process Automation Solutions' but also having good communicative and project management skills which allow me to interface with customers on engineering, management and sales level.