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From Site HMI to Cloud: Using Ignition for Real-Time RNG Operations / Ep 041
Live from Ignition Community Conference 2025 in Sacramento, the Energy Tech Podcast sits down with Bryan Fosmark, IT & Automation Director at Sagepoint Energy, to explore how they’re transforming renewable natural gas (RNG) operations with Ignition 8.3, cloud deployment, and seamless IT/OT convergence.
Brian shares how Sagepoint leverages centralized Ignition servers, Perspective projects for mobile and desktop, and API-driven analytics to optimize environmental, compliance, and financial performance across landfill-gas and dairy-farm RNG sites.
We also dive into:
- How Ignition enables real-time visibility across rural RNG facilities
- The role of store-and-forward and MQTT in unreliable-network environments
- Managing mergers & acquisitions with plug-and-play SCADA integration
- Balancing operations vs IT priorities and building cross-functional teams
- The path to deploying AI and MCP (Model Context Protocol) within energy infrastructure
- Cost, complexity, and cybersecurity advantages of Ignition
📍 Recorded live at ICC 2025 (Sacramento, CA)
0:00 – Intro: Live from ICC 2025 in Sacramento
0:28 – Meet Bryan Fosmark & Sagepoint Energy
1:00 – ICC 2025 atmosphere & Ignition 8.3 “Level Up”
2:00 – What Sagepoint Energy does: Landfill & RNG projects
3:20 – How Ignition drives real-time operations and compliance
4:40 – Deploying Ignition in the cloud with enterprise integration
6:10 – Designing for mobility and multi-device Perspective apps
7:00 – Bridging IT and OT for true convergence
8:30 – Containerized development & real-time operator feedback
9:20 – Scaling Ignition through M&A and multi-SCADA integration
10:30 – Land and expand: How Ignition enables rapid site visibility
11:20 – Connectivity challenges and store-and-forward success
12:00 – Using MQTT for rural and low-bandwidth operations
12:40 – Balancing technology and operations through relationships
13:30 – Future outlook: AI, MCP, and next-gen automation
15:00 – Private-equity agility & entrepreneurial development
16:00 – Cost, complexity & cybersecurity advantages of Ignition
18:00 – Takeaways & developer collaboration goals at ICC 2025
20:00 – Closing thoughts from Mike Flores & Bryan Fosmark
Uygar Duzgun “Fast Life” courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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By Opsite EnergyLive from Ignition Community Conference 2025 in Sacramento, the Energy Tech Podcast sits down with Bryan Fosmark, IT & Automation Director at Sagepoint Energy, to explore how they’re transforming renewable natural gas (RNG) operations with Ignition 8.3, cloud deployment, and seamless IT/OT convergence.
Brian shares how Sagepoint leverages centralized Ignition servers, Perspective projects for mobile and desktop, and API-driven analytics to optimize environmental, compliance, and financial performance across landfill-gas and dairy-farm RNG sites.
We also dive into:
- How Ignition enables real-time visibility across rural RNG facilities
- The role of store-and-forward and MQTT in unreliable-network environments
- Managing mergers & acquisitions with plug-and-play SCADA integration
- Balancing operations vs IT priorities and building cross-functional teams
- The path to deploying AI and MCP (Model Context Protocol) within energy infrastructure
- Cost, complexity, and cybersecurity advantages of Ignition
📍 Recorded live at ICC 2025 (Sacramento, CA)
0:00 – Intro: Live from ICC 2025 in Sacramento
0:28 – Meet Bryan Fosmark & Sagepoint Energy
1:00 – ICC 2025 atmosphere & Ignition 8.3 “Level Up”
2:00 – What Sagepoint Energy does: Landfill & RNG projects
3:20 – How Ignition drives real-time operations and compliance
4:40 – Deploying Ignition in the cloud with enterprise integration
6:10 – Designing for mobility and multi-device Perspective apps
7:00 – Bridging IT and OT for true convergence
8:30 – Containerized development & real-time operator feedback
9:20 – Scaling Ignition through M&A and multi-SCADA integration
10:30 – Land and expand: How Ignition enables rapid site visibility
11:20 – Connectivity challenges and store-and-forward success
12:00 – Using MQTT for rural and low-bandwidth operations
12:40 – Balancing technology and operations through relationships
13:30 – Future outlook: AI, MCP, and next-gen automation
15:00 – Private-equity agility & entrepreneurial development
16:00 – Cost, complexity & cybersecurity advantages of Ignition
18:00 – Takeaways & developer collaboration goals at ICC 2025
20:00 – Closing thoughts from Mike Flores & Bryan Fosmark
Uygar Duzgun “Fast Life” courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com