Podcast #155 Industrial AI

Leveraging AI for Industry 

In this episode, Ken Forster interviews Cyril Perducat, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Rockwell Automation. Cyril joined Rockwell following a 25-year career with Schneider Electric, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Internet of Things and Digital Offers.

Cyril has an extensive career as a technology strategist, particularly for systems software network and solutions businesses. He brings a passion for innovating and building teams and the drive to implement successful outcomes based on effective change management.

Rockwell Automation is known and recognized as a leader with a focus on industrial automation and information technologies. Rockwell Automation has pioneered many innovations in these industries with a strong history of working with an ecosystem to accelerate transformation and reinvent solutions with emerging technologies.

Discussion points during the interview:

• What would you consider to be your digital thread?
• What attracted you to the SVP & Chief Technology Officer at Rockwell and what are your goals?
• What does Digital Transformation mean to you, and what does it mean to your customers?
• How has the role of traditional OT solution leaders changed with the emerging of the hyper-scalers? How does this movement impact the role of traditional OT solution leaders like Rockwell?
• How do you see the role of edge computing in OT, and how does it compliment traditional industrial OT edge systems?
• Rockwell has partnered with PTC in 2018, and most recently acquired Plex. How are these moves positioning Rockwell to enable the next generation of smart manufacturing?
• How do you leverage the innovation ecosystem both inside and outside your organization (think venturing, investments, and M&A)
• Where do you find inspiration?
  
  

Cyril's inspiration comes from...

Cyril is naturally curious about learning new things, even in very different areas from what he traditionally does. As an avid reader, he loves to read books about unique stories of individuals that have impacted an industry or made history. He loves spending time in R&D labs, talking to engineers in detail about their latest solution – in short, he loves to learn from the experts!

Connect with Cyril Perducat via LinkedIn