The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every industry. What effects is it having on industrial organizations and the control system integrators who serve them? No one is better qualified to answer than the experienced integrators in the Inductive Automation Integrator Program, who play key roles in solving all types of operational challenges and implementing the newest technologies. Expert system integrators serving a variety of industries share valuable insights from their first-hand experiences at the vanguard of SCADA, IIoT and MES implementation. - Find out how the role of integrators is evolving - See the opportunities that lie within the current challenges - Learn about the state of digital transformation - Hear how integrators are working to meet customers’ changing needs

2. Moderator
Don Pearson, Chief Strategy Officer, Inductive Automation
Moderator
Don Pearson
Chief Strategy Officer
Inductive Automation

3. Agenda
• Introduction to Ignition
• Introduction to Panelists and Presenters
• Integrator Program Update
• Background to COVID-19 Pandemic
• Panel Discussion
○ Challenges of COVID-19
○ Opportunities of COVID-19
○ Lessons Learned and Looking Forward
• Audience Q&A

4. Ignition: The Industrial Application
Platform
• Unlimited licensing model
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Based on IT-standard technologies
• Scalable server-client architecture
• Web-managed
• Launch on desktop or mobile
• Modular configurability
• Rapid development and deployment
One Universal Platform for HMI, SCADA, MES & IIoT:One Universal Platform for HMI/SCADA, MES & IIoT:
• Unlimited licensing model
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Based on IT-standard technologies
• Scalable server-client architecture
• Web-based & web-managed
• Web-launched on desktop or mobile
• Modular configurability
• Rapid development & deployment
Ignition: Industrial Application Platform

5. Panelists
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software Services,
Industrial Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global

6. Co-Presenters
Kevin McClusky
Co-Director of Sales Engineering
Inductive Automation
Justin Reis
Integrator Program Manager
Inductive Automation

7. Integrator Program
● New premiers since last ICC 2019
● Rate of certification
● Integrator Program stats:
○ Registered
○ Core
○ Gold
○ Premier
● Co-marketing
Justin Reis
Integrator Program Manager
Inductive Automationhttps://inductiveautomation.com/integrators/join

8. The Impacts of COVID-19

9. The Effects of COVID-19 on Business
● COVID-19 has affected every aspect of life
● Global economies are being tested
● The human impact is having an effect on
industry

10. The Effects of COVID-19 on Business
● Major shifts are happening which are shifting
manufacturers’ focus
● Adapting to the pandemic is a day-by-day
exercise

11. The Integrator’s Perspective
● Integrators are key in helping companies to
make rapid changes
● Integrators are witnessing first-hand the effect
of COVID-19 to the industrial sector
● We want to get Integrators’ insights into the
following during the COVID-19 pandemic:
○ Challenges
○ Opportunities
○ Future Outlook

12. Panel Discussion:
Challenges of COVID-19

13. Challenges of COVID-19
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global

14. Panel Discussion:
Opportunities of COVID-19

15. Opportunities of COVID-19
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global

16. Opportunities of COVID-19
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global

17. Opportunities of COVID-19
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global

18. Panel Discussion:
Looking Forward

19. Looking Forward
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global

20. Looking Forward
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global
The industrial automation
industry needs to attract more
of the next generation of
technically talented people to
join its ranks. How do you
think we can improve at this?

21. Looking Forward
Francisco Carrion
Technical Manager,
Automation Solutions
Ecuador
Titus Crabb
President,
Vertech
Mo Moore
Director of Software
Services, Industrial
Networking Solutions
Wright Sullivan
President,
A&E Engineering
Rob Valent
Managing Director,
ATS Global