OPC Foundation
New president and managing director elected
The OPC Foundation has appointed Stefan Hoppe as its new President and CEO. His predecessor, Thomas Burke, nominated Hoppe as his successor before he stepped down at the last board meeting. Hoppe was elected by the board at the same meeting.
"OPC UA can become as important for IoT applications - in all markets - as Ethernet is and was for connecting computers to the Internet. My mission is to position and expand the OPC Foundation to successfully meet this challenge," says Stefan Hoppe, new President and CEO of the OPC Foundation.
© OPC FoundationIn his new position, Stefan Hoppe will take over operational activities and responsibility for the global adaptation of OPC standards and the further development of the organization. Hoppe is a long-standing member of the control automation industry and the OPC Foundation. As an electrical engineer, he joined Beckhoff Automation in 1995, where he developed the 'OPC classic Server' and in 2006 the world's first 'OPC UA Server', which was integrated into an embedded controller. In 2008, he initiated and led the 'PLCopen OPC UA Companion Working Group', whose results have been adopted by several international vendors in the process industry and discrete manufacturing. In 2010, Hoppe was elected President of the OPC Foundation Europe. Since 2014, Hoppe has been Vice President of the OPC Foundation and a member of the OPC Board.
His predecessor, Thomas Burke, will continue to serve as a board member of the OPC Foundation.
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