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News Release from: Invensys Process Systems
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2006
Kagan for further term as wireless
president
The Board of Directors of the Wireless Industrial Networking Association (WINA) has elected Harris (Hesh) Kagan of Invensys to serve a second term as WINA board president
The Board of Directors of the Wireless Industrial Networking Association (WINA) has elected Harris (Hesh) Kagan to serve a second term as WINA board president Kagan is technology marketing director at Foxboro, part of Invensys Process Systems
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 1 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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He has worked in the automation and controls industry for more than 25 years.
He headed the Foxboro systems engineering group for a number of years and was part of the original team that developed the ground-breaking, standards-based I/A Series automation system.
Kagan currently directs the wireless strategy across Invensys and is the architect of the unique Foxboro managed wireless network approach, announced at the ISA 2005 EXPO in Chicago.
"This is a particularly exciting time to serve in a leadership role at WINA," commented Kagan: "Recent wireless standardisation activities have been significant and have helped move wireless technology from a 'wild west-like' environment, to one that is both more civilised and more manageable for the end users who stand to gain so much from wireless technology, as well as the vendors who are providing wireless products and associated services.
These activities include the formation of the ISA SP100 wireless interoperability initiative, accelerated vendor activity in low-power wireless radio devices for sensor mesh networks developed in accordance with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, and WINA's own successful educational webinar series".
WINA (www.wina.org) is a coalition of companies, industry organisations, technology suppliers, software developers, systems integrators, and others interested in accelerating the adoption of wireless solutions for industry.
In addition to Kagan's involvement with WINA, Invensys executives serve in leadership roles for many other important industry standardisation initiatives.
These include ISA S95, ISA S99, ISA S84, MIMOSA, OAGiS, OPC Foundation, OMAC, Fieldbus Foundation, Profibus Trade Organisation, and the FDT Group.
Invensys also supports a number of other important standards efforts through active membership.
These include the HART Communications Foundation, World Batch Forum, and the ISA SP100 wireless interoperability initiative.
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