Stephen Mitschke

Stephen Mitschke is director—standards development & conformance at FieldComm Group. He provides leadership for the organization’s specifications development programs, Product Registration (Conformity Assessment) program and cybersecurity initiatives. Mitschke oversees the submission of FieldComm Group specifications to the IEC and works closely with IEC SC65 to incorporate them as international standards. With 30 years of experience in industrial communication technologies, his expertise centers on device integration, including field device integration (FDI) and process automation device information model (PA-DIM), as well as alignment with key NAMUR recommendations such as NE107, NE175 and NE176. He represents FieldComm Group in cross-industry cybersecurity efforts with Profibus & Profinet International, ODVA and the OPC Foundation, including alignment with the emerging NE201 recommendation, focusing on a risk-based approach using IEC 62443, the international standard for industrial automation and control systems cybersecurity. Mitschke also leads the organization’s product security incident response team. He holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.