ISA Interchange

Welcome to the official blog of the International Society of Automation (ISA).

This blog covers numerous topics on industrial automation such as operations & management, continuous & batch processing, connectivity, manufacturing & machine control, and Industry 4.0.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the automation community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

How to Achieve Success in Your Automation Career

This post was authored by Dean Ford, CAP, PE, serves as executive vice president at Westin Technolog...
Contributing Authors Dec 30, 2015 1:45:49 AM

Portrait of the Automation Engineer as a Young Professional

This post was adapted from an article published in the new edition of InTech Plus, ISA’s mobile maga...
Contributing Authors Nov 11, 2015 10:42:10 AM

Training Effectiveness: The Importance of a Personal Touch

This post was authored by Christy Sirianni, workforce optimization manager for MAVERICK Technologies...
Contributing Authors Feb 25, 2015 10:42:38 AM

Becoming an Automation Professional: Network, Educate, Innovate

This post was written by Anton Netcheav, a research computer scientist at the U.S. Army Engineer Res...
Contributing Authors Nov 17, 2014 10:42:30 AM

Career Choices on the Road to Becoming an Automation Professional

This post was written by Bill Lydon, InTech magazine's chief editor.
Bill Lydon Sep 17, 2014 12:42:28 PM

Developing a Career Pathway for a Mission-Critical Workforce

This article was authored by Mitchell Sepaugh, who has worked as an OEM control systems integrator a...
Contributing Authors Sep 3, 2014 3:42:29 PM

Career Advice for Someone Beginning an Engineering Education

This post was written by Bill R. Hollifield, an industry veteran, ISA committee member and author of...
Contributing Authors Aug 4, 2014 10:42:23 AM

High Pay Is Not Reason Enough to Stay in a Bad Industrial Automation Job

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan May 23, 2014 10:42:02 AM

Why References Are Just the First Step in an Industrial Employee or Control Systems Evaluation

The following tip is from the ISA book by Greg McMillan and Hunter Vegas titled 101 Tips for a Succe...
Greg McMillan May 9, 2014 9:00:43 AM

How Can Employees and Employers Partner to Close the Skills Gap In Manufacturing?

This guest post was authored by Kari Meece, manager of talent acquisition at MAVERICK Technologies, ...
Contributing Authors Apr 14, 2014 10:42:06 AM

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