“For anyone to succeed in this space, they have to really think about the design for the real world: how it's going day in and day out, how it will survive, and how it will be maintained.”

In this episode, I’m in conversation with Lenny Shaver, who is Director of Strategic Marketing at Advanced Energy, in the critical sensing and control product group. Sensor technology, the source of data for digital business, is rapidly evolving. New use cases are appearing that improve safety and enhance process integrity and reliability. We’ll talk more about where this technology is headed.

"Something that actually is the most exciting is to get Operations' feedback when we deploy this, because for anyone to succeed in this space, they have to really think about the design for the real world: how it's going day in and day out, how will it survive, and how not to be a maintenance nightmare for the operations crew."

Mr. Shaver has been with Advanced Energy (AE) in a variety of engineering, product development, product management and strategic roles for more than 25 years.  Today Mr. Shaver is the Director, Strategic Marketing for AE’s Critical Sensing and Control business unit. AE offers innovative sensing technologies and software used by industrial plants to improve process control and to automatically detect deviations. Taking advantage of AE’s broad experience, he works to guide developments that enable users to deploy sensors with real-world payback.

"You do need to find a champion at the site who really is willing to stick their neck out a little bit, and try something new or get it approved."

USEFUL LINKS

• LinkedIn profiles (personal, business):
  • Personal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenny-shaver-10a3781/
  • Business: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10545
• Twitter handles:
  • @AdvEnergy
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• Facebook pages:
  • https://www.facebook.com/advenergyinc
• Website:
  • https://www.advancedenergy.com/