Thomas J. Burke is Global Strategic Advisor for CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA), which is a high-speed, high-performance industrial network that supports the IIoT. He is also the Global Director of Industry Standards for Mitsubishi Electric to lead the strategic development and adoption of networking standards, including the adoption of Mitsubishi Electric’s open networks solutions.
Mr. Burke is also the Director of Strategic Marketing for ICONICS providing leadership to increase market share of ICONICS leading edge product portfolio.
Thomas J. Burke background includes being the former OPC Foundation President & Executive Director, and pioneered the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) as the foundation of information integration and interoperability.
Mr. Burke has a bachelor’s degree in theoretical mathematics from John Carroll University (Cleveland, Ohio), and a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio).