Thomas Weinschenk

Thomas Weinschenk is an integration specialist in the process industry and Co‑Lead of the Open Edge Computing (OEC) workgroup at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. He focuses on vendor‑neutral edge foundations—making applications and devices discoverable, operable, and interoperable in control‑cabinet environments. Thomas bridges OT and IT with practical patterns for onboarding, app‑to‑app communication, identity/semantics, and reliable operations under intermittent networks. He speaks from hands‑on experience: turning proof‑of‑concepts into repeatable, multi‑vendor deployments without lock‑in, and enabling teams to unlock process data responsibly. As a developer at Endress+Hauser, Thomas values open standards and reproducible engineering over tool marketing. His talks deliver guardrails, checklists, and field‑tested lessons audiences can apply right away.