AUTOMATION RESEARCH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Director, Smart Buildings and Cities
- Member of the IIoT
Alex is a member of the IIoT team and is the Research Director for Smart Buildings and Cities. His areas of research include smart lighting, smart HVAC, BAS/BEMS, energy management and optimization for buildings, and how industrial IoT is being applied to Smart Cities. In the past, Alex has focused on water & wastewater automation, water management for oilfields, SCADA, and level measurement technologies including radar and ultrasonic.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Senior Analyst Automation
Allen is part of the automation research team at ARC.
Andy Chatha - CEO, Founder, President
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Founder
- President
- Analysts
Andy provides leadership to the ARC organization and guides its research and client activities. For over 40 years, Andy has provided advice and consul to many leading energy and manufacturing companies around the world.
Andy has over 40 years experience in enterprise applications and automation as an executive advisor, market analyst, project manager, and software engineer. Andy provides leadership to the ARC organization and guides its research and client activities. For over 30 years, Andy has provided advice and consul to many leading manufacturing companies around the world.
Prior to starting ARC, Andy was an executive at The Foxboro Company where he was responsible for sales and marketing activities for advanced process automation solutions. He has also had hands-on experience in the design and implementation of large enterprise and automation systems. At Westinghouse, Andy managed several very successful automation projects. Andy started his career in 1970 at General Electric Company of UK as a systems engineer for the design and implementation of large, computer-based, enterprise automation projects.
Andy holds an MBA and an MS and BS in Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Manager, Enterprise, SCM and Plant Software
Ann-Kathrin is part of ARC's European team and is located in ARC's offices in Germany. She is responsible for business intelligence services and marketing operations. Her focus areas are enterprise, supply chain management and plant software solutions.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Director, Strategic Services
Barclay's focus is split between major software clients and emerging solution vendors; helping them capitalize on the opportunities of the digital enterprise and servitization.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Director Strategic Services
Bill is responsible for the development and management of client relationships, aligning ARC's resources and capabilities to address and meet the client's strategic needs, challenges and issues.
Bill has been with ARC since 1999. Prior to ARC, Bill has held a number of key positions at Eaton Corporation and at Westinghouse Electric where he was responsible for marketing and account management of automation, controls, and power equipment businesses. In these roles, he held direct project management responsibilities of their automation systems and solutions, and power distribution apparatus. Key industries include semiconductor, machinery OEMs, electric utility, primary metals, and automotive. Before joining Westinghouse, Bill also held a number of positions at Briggs & Stratton Corporation including engineering, manufacturing, applications, and marketing.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- General Manager, Southeast Asia
Bob Gill is responsible for managing ARC's business operations and market research activities in Southeast Asia.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Client Success Manager
As a Client Success Manager, Brian specializes in taking a consultative approach in working with his clients to find the best possible solution to meet their unique challenges.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Research Director in the Supply Chain and Logistics Team at ARC
- Research Director, Supply Chain Management
Chris is a research director in the supply chain and logistics team at ARC.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Director, Supply Chain Research
Clint conducts research on multiple segments within the supply chain software and technology markets.
Job Titles:
- Analysts
- Director, Supply Chain & Manufacturing Services
Conrad is responsible for ARC's Enterprise Application Services for the Pharmaceutical & Biotech industries, financial firms, supply chain and logistic providers. He offers ARC over 20 years of experience in hybrid, discrete and high tech industries.
Constanze is part of the European team and works from ARC's Belgium office.
Constanze comes from a family of engineers and is an alumna of the University of Trier in Germany. She has been working in technical publishing for over 15 years. As the editor of the pan-European, industrial magazines Processing & Control News Europe, Power in Motion, and Energy Efficiency she acquired insight in a multitude of industry-linked topics. In the nineties she started out as the German technical editor of the TREM industrial buying guide to become the managing editor of the Thomas Register in Europe before turning her career towards the magazine side of technical publishing.
Job Titles:
- Analyst for Many of ARC
- Analysts
- Vice President, Consulting
Craig is the primary analyst for many of ARC's automation supplier and financial services clients. Craig's focus areas include production management, OEE, HMI software, automation platforms, and embedded systems.
Job Titles:
- Vice President & General Manager, India
G. Ganapathiraman is currently VP & GM, responsible for managing ARC Advisory Group's operations in India. Raman brings in nearly five decades of experience in the industry especially focused on automation and enterprise. Raman has been head of ARC's India operations since June 2012. His range of responsibilities at ARC includes supporting the global offices in preparation of market research reports (worldwide, regional, and India specific), and organizing ARC Asia/India forums.
Prior to joining ARC, he superannuated as Executive Director of Electronics Division (EDN) of BHEL. During his tenure of 38 years in BHEL, he headed Electronics Division (EDN), Project Engineering Management (PEM) and Industrial Systems Group (ISG). He has been a team leader and builder; at BHEL he led a team of 5,000 personnel.
Job Titles:
- Industry Leader
- Vice President, Industrial IoT & Digital Transformation
Greg spearheads ARC's transformative technologies for industry initiatives, including Analytics and Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobility, and Industrial Internet of Things.
Greg's team focuses on the digital transformation taking place throughout the industrial space. Known by terms such as Industrial Internet of Things, Industrie 4.0, Information-Driven Manufacturing, Connected Manufacturing, Smart Manufacturing, Industrial Internet, and many others, this transformation is already underway. It is powered by technologies such as machine learning, predictive analytics and Big Data, cloud computing, mobility, low-cost sensors, edge intelligence, network connectivity, and more.
Greg is an acknowledged industry leader in the digital transformation of industrial companies and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). He is also knowledgeable about Operations Management and MES, and ERP and PLM software, especially in their interplay with plant systems. He provides clients in a number of manufacturing vertical markets with strategic advice in transforming manufacturing operations. Greg has been with ARC since 1998. Prior to ARC, Greg has experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, and industrial software companies. He brings over 20 years of hands-on experience to ARC, with direct experience within manufacturing organizations, as well as extensive experience with suppliers to manufacturers.
Job Titles:
- General Manager, Asia
- Vice President and General Manager of ARC Japan
Shuji Abe is Vice President and General Manager of ARC Japan. He is responsible for sales and support of ARC's many Japanese and Southeast Asian client companies.
Mr. Abe has over 30 years of experience directly in the automation market. Abe-san comes to ARC after 7 years with Foxboro. There he served as Project Manager of domestic and overseas projects for I/A Series systems and Sales Manager for Field Instruments and DCS systems in Japan and Southeast Asia.
Prior to Foxboro he worked at Chino Corporation. While there, Abe-san worked on design of recorders and controllers, design of FA systems and DCS, and was Division Manager of the FA Division.
Abe-san has a BS in Electronic & Measurement & Control.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Client Services
Steve leads the ARC business development team for North American Clients. He has over 25 years experience in business management and client development as a project manager and marketing manager.
Steve has been with ARC since 1995. Prior to ARC, Steve worked for The Center for Executive Education at Babson College where he was responsible for all Accounting activities and for supervision of the Total Quality Management Program. While getting his MBA at Babson College, Steve served as a team leader on several important consulting projects, including a year-long business evaluation of a Health Care/Insurance Company. Steve provided financial analyses, market research, internal reorganization, and strategic marketing recommendations. In another project, Steve worked on the international product launch of a sophisticated internet device for Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN).
Steve holds an MBA from Babson College and a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Uwe is responsible for managing ARC's operations in Germany and Europe. He has over 20 years experience in the manufacturing industry with deep knowledge in automation and enterprise applications. He established the ARC Advisory Group in Europe.
Before joining ARC, Uwe was head of the Software Marketing and Sales team at Rockwell Automation in Gruiten, Germany. His responsibilities included strategic development of new product based businesses. With his outstanding market knowledge he established new successful business fields within the German sales operation and opened new channels for product and system sales. He was an active member of the OPC European Steering Committee and helped the OPC foundation to perform their tasks.
Uwe has published numerous articles in technical publications and presented papers at a number of conferences. He holds a degree from the Ruhr Universität Bochum in Germany.