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CLPA Names Thomas J. Burke as Global Strategic Advisor

In his new position, he will work to accelerate the construction of Smart Factories by increasing the reach of CC-Link IE TSN.

Clpa Global Strategic Advisor Thomas J Burke

CC-LinkPartner Association (CLPA), which promotes the widespread usage of the CC-Link open industrial network family, has appointed Thomas J. Burke as global strategic advisor. Burke is the founding leader of the OPC Foundation, which is focused on delivering the best specifications, technology, process, and certification necessary to achieve multi-vendor, multi-platform, secure information integration across disparate devices and applications. He is the past president and executive director of the foundation and currently serves as the global director of industry standards for Mitsubishi and the director of strategic marketing for ICONICS.

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