Bio

I am a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry, where I developed control and networking architectures for large companies and worked with suppliers to create products that met the needs of industrial environments. I am currently the CTO of Dynics, an OT technology company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that provides OT cybersecurity solutions, IIOT solutions, and industrial compute platforms to a global market. In addition to my role at Dynics, I am also the acting CTO for Veracity Industrial Networks, a software-defined networking company based in Ann Arbor that offers a leading edge SDN controller for OT networks. I am a strong advocate for software-defined networking (SDN) as the foundation for OT networks and believes that its proper application can significantly improve the security and monitoring of these networks. I have been a frequent speaker on topics such as Ethernet-based OT network design and OT cybersecurity for organizations such as ODVA, ARC, SANS Institute, and Rockwell Automation, CISCO, Belden, and many others. My expertise has been recognized by leading publications such as The Industrial Ethernet Book, Automation World, Industrial Automation, Control Engineering, SAE Automotive Engineering, Control Design, and Control Global magazine, as well as various industry blogs.