Engineering Management in the area of Industrial Control Systems. 45 years of experience in industrial control. Main focus areas: IIoT (Industry 4.0), precision motion control, open industrial communication networks, Computer Numeric Controls (CNC), and open control systems. Currently active in the development of the Industrial Internet (Industry 4.0) focusing on digital services, machine learning, and standards enabling meaningful interchange of information across the manufacturing environment.Member of the MTConnect Board of Trustees, an organization dedicated to an open standard for communications between machine controls and external applications.Member of the Board of Directors, German American Services, Inc. (Christkindlmarket Chicago & Milwaukee).Member of the board of Directors of MTDG (Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group).Served 23 years on the Board of Directors of SERCOS North America, and organization dedicated to the development, maintenance, and implementation of SERCOS, a real-time network used for coordinated motion control and I/O on industrial control systems. Served 17 years as Chair of the Technical Issues Committee at the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT).Specialties: Industrial control, closed loop controls, servo systems, networking, digital service, AI in manufacturing, business development, standardization.