Thomas J. Burke

Thomas J. Burke is the OPC Foundation president and executive director. Mr. Burke has a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Dayton and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from John Carroll University. He has spent the majority of his career developing hardware and software for industrial automation. Mr. Burke started the OPC Foundation in 1995, and his vision is all about multivendor multiplatform secure reliable interoperability for data / information integration from the smallest level of devices in industrial automation, building automation, home automation, and security into the cloud and the enterprise respectively.