Software Engineer since 2000. People manager since 2005. Embedded/IoT expert since 2008. Member of the Technical Control Board OPC Foundation. Member of the Marketing Control Board OPC Foundation. Member of the Technical Advisory Council OPC Foundation. Member of the Architecture and Standards working group (AG1) Plattform Industrie 4.0. Plattform Industrie 4.0 liaison to the Industrial Internet Consortium. Specialties: Azure IoT and Windows Embedded/IoT product management, development and support. Manufacturing and Automotive expert. Building and managing product teams, performance appraisals and career planning.

What makes Erich tick?:  As the head of Azure Industrial IoT, I have my dream job and can influence the future of an entire industry.

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