Dion, an MBA graduate of Henley UK, is the MD of IS3 & CEO of Digital Industries (Pty) Ltd which is focused on Industrial Operational Technology (OT). He has had more than two decades of experience in financial and technology organizations and began his career in the late 1980s by helping develop and support the first digital trading platforms for traded options and futures. In the early 1990s, he joined Siemens where he gained a wide variety of experience in emerging markets (Europe, Asia, and Africa) and technology development. Dion was the group CEO of Siemens Energy for approx. 5 years, before taking up a leadership role in Germany from 2010 until 2013. His executive leadership experience spans large corporates as well as entrepreneurial enterprises where he spent close to 5 years focused on sustainable development activities. He joined EOH in 2018 and helped establish Digital Industries shortly thereafter as the leading industrial operational technology company in Africa, helping accelerate the pace of industrial digital transformation.

Tim Sowell has 35+ years of international experience in industrial software applications and development. His passion is building products and technologies that will take industry production to the next paradigm of operational excellence with a current focus on the Digital Transformation across all markets, enabling the agile operations, in the dynamic world we live.

Tim’s current role is leading the Portfolio Architect/ Strategy, as a member of AVEVA’s Portfolio Team, working across, Architects and development, defining and executing the medium and long term product/ solution software strategy. He is responsible for the aligning Cloud/SAAS/Edge Strategy and product development, to deliver on solutions that enable the customer digital transformation.

Tim has a number of worldwide Patent’s to his credit based around the ArchestrA developments.

As Chief Product Officer, Rob McGreevy leads the product management and business unit teams to drive innovative software solutions across the business, resulting in a seamless digital customer and partner experience.  Charged with ensuring continued innovation and execution of our aligned business and portfolio strategy, he empowers customers and partners to transform their businesses and drive sustainable growth through AVEVA’s industrial software portfolio.

Rob has over 25 years of experience working in the industrial software business with a focus on manufacturing and infrastructure, serving end-markets such as power, water, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and energy. With an extensive background in product and business management, M&A, sales, and marketing, he is named in over 28 software and technology patents. Since joining the company, Rob has had multiple roles including Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A, Product Management, Portfolio and Business Unit Management.

Rob is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where he studied journalism, communications, and computer science.

A born educator with a passion for training and development, Nilen Bermal, is responsible for ensuring customer service excellence is delivered to our customers and partners. Nilen had a short-term internship position at a System Integrator company before joining the IS³ team (then Wonderware) in 2007. He extended his expertise and quickly advanced within the company and in 2013 became the Technical Support Manager. His management skills and strong technical capabilities led to him being promoted to Technical Director on 2017.

Initially Combining his passions for Industrial Automation and Computer Engineering, Sameer soared into the world of Industrial Automation Systems. He has worked on many projects as a Systems Integrator and often found himself developing solutions that filled gaps in the automation market.

Realising that an exponential approach is required to address these gaps, he took on the role of National Solutions Architect at Wonderware Southern Africa in 2012 (Now IS³). Through client interactions, knowledge sharing, and problem solving he gained a vast amount of knowledge off all Industries.

With his knowledge gained over the past 10 years, he continues to shape the future of industrial organisations by actively informing customers, of all industries, of the latest technology trends through his consultative approach.