June 18, 2021 - The Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) is pleased to announce a new board of directors was affirmed at the CSIA Town Hall Business Meeting held on May 13, 2021 and follow up member vote. The new CSIA Board of Directors is as follows: Adrian Fahey – Board Chair, Sage Automation (2021-2023) Luigi de Bernardini – Past Chair, Autoware Ray Brown – Director, ESCO Group Karen Griffin, Director, Hargrove Controls + Automation Stephen Malyszko, Director, Malisko Engineering Frank Riordan, Director, DMC, Inc. Greg Young, Director, Automation NTH Daren Dieleman, Director of Operations, Interstates The new board of directors was affirmed by a quorum of the CSIA membership during the virtual Town Hall Business Meeting.
Adrian Fahey, the new CSIA board chair, stated, “I’m thrilled to be affirmed by the membership of CSIA as the new board chair. It is an exciting time to be leading this organization as we begin to move towards a hopeful transition out of the global pandemic. I look forward to meeting in person again soon with our members at the 2022 CSIA Executive Conference in Denver, Colorado.” Fahey is the managing director and CEO of SAGE Group, a CSIA Certified control system integrator since 2003, headquartered in Australia. SAGE is a team of more than 500 people over two continents who through the brands of SAGE Automation, Nukon, Skills Lab and Embedded Expertise, offer a comprehensive suite of industrial digitalisation solutions.
CSIA CEO Jose Rivera added, “Adrian Fahey follows Luigi de Bernardini as Chair of the Board. Both are CEO’s of international system integrators, underscoring the association’s growing international presence. CSIA has members in 35 different countries, and certified members are headquartered on every continent except Antarctica.”
About CSIA
Founded in 1994, the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) is a not-for-profit, global trade association that seeks to advance the industry of control system integration. Control system integrators use their engineering, technical and business skills to help manufacturers and others automate their industrial equipment and systems. CSIA helps members improve their business skills, provides a forum to share industry expertise and promotes the benefits of hiring a certified control system integrator. CSIA has more than 500 member companies in 35 countries. CSIA also hosts the Industrial Automation Exchange to connect manufacturers and others with the system integrators and industry suppliers who can meet their automation needs.
