Industry veteran brings industrial-Ethernet expertise to Profinet North America

Tom Weingartner joined PI North America, the nonprofit trade organization supporting Profibus, Profinet, IO-Link and omlox technologies in North America as its new technical marketing director.

Weingartner has more than 30 years’ experience ranging from ASIC design to avionics system development with emphasis on communication and control. He has spent the past 15 years advancing industrial-Ethernet technology at the silicon and network interface solution level, including Profinet RT/IRT and time-sensitive networking, at Analog Devices. In this capacity, Weingartner participated in various PI North America plugfests, workshops and trade fairs, demonstrating Profinet technology, as well as contributing to presentations, articles and working groups over the years.