Dave Emerson is the Vice President of Yokogawa’s U.S. Technology Center in Dallas, Texas. He has over 40 years’ experience applying and developing automation & Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) systems used in a variety of process industries. Dave is an ISA Fellow and a member of Control Magazine’s Process Automation Hall of Fame and participates in a variety of industry standards and consortia including ISA-88, ISA-95, OPC Foundation, MIMOSA and MESA. He is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Enterprise Architecture Working Group.