In its series “Doers in Automation”, the A&D Kompendium is presenting Wolfgang Schenk. He studied communications engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen. In 1986, he joined Hirschmann Automation and Control, the specialist for automation and networking technology and today a brand of Belden. After holding several positions in service, sales and marketing, he became Vice President and Managing Director Industrial Networking and is now responsible for Business Development in Belden’s Industrial Automation Division. He was actively involved in the foundation of the Industrial Automation Open Network Alliance (IAONA) in 1999 and is a member of the Cybersecurity Working Group and the Leadership Circle Industrie 4.0 of ZVEI. This “thought leader” states: “We provide our customers with a convenient all-in-one package for automation network management.”