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Dean Ford

Dean Ford currently serves as the managing principal engineer at Muddy Paws Automation LLC, a firm he co-founded in 2024. His entire career has involved automation systems engineering and consulting. He is a licensed control systems engineer in 24 states and a Certified Automation Professional (CAP). Ford is a senior member of the International Society of Automation (ISA), participates in many industry standards committees, is an active member of the AWWA, WEF, and SWAN industry groups, and is a past AWWA Water Utility Technology and Automation Committee Chair. He is passionate about educating the public and policymakers about the critical role automation plays in the future.

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    The Importance of Fundamentals

    After 30-plus years of continuous learning, an ISA author makes the case for learning the core principles that make automation systems work. This feature originally appeared in the February 2024 issue of InTech digital magazine.
    By: InTech, Dean Ford
    04 March, 2024 | 10 minutes
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