Director, Field Level Communication
OPC Foundation
Peter studied electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart with a focus on computer science. He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Facilities (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart in the field of open control systems and industrial communication systems. Afterwards, he became full-time managing director of Sercos International e.V., responsible for the coordination of worldwide activities around the automation bus Sercos. Since April 2019, Peter has been managing the OPC Foundation's FLC Initiative with the goal of establishing OPC UA as a globally accepted standard for field level communications in the factory and process industries.