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Michael Clark

As the director of OPC Foundation North America, Michael Clark, B.Tech., C.E.T., continues his career-long advocacy on behalf of the automation industry as it transforms itself through IT/OT convergence in the digital era.
With over 35 years of experience in the discipline of industrial automation and controls, Clark is internationally recognized throughout the process automation sector for his expertise in industrial control system (ICS) fieldbus protocols. He is also recognized for his contributions as a principal author of the Open Process Automation Standard (O-PAS™). Find him on LinkedIn. 
As an impartial advocate for the industrial automation end-user community, Clark became the founding director of BusCorp Inc., a North American-based consulting firm dedicated to design, implementation, commissioning, and training of ICS networks and fieldbus systems. He has supported industrial sectors across the globe, including refining & upgrading, chemicals, food & beverage, gas exploration, offshore production, water & wastewater treatment, power generation, and nuclear remediation. 

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    Why Johnny Can’t Authenticate, But Asset Owners Can Secure OT Deployments

    Following the creation of CISA guidance for asset owners, a group of authors created a document for automation suppliers about how they might improve their OT cybersecurity offerings. OPC UA brings strong cybersecurity protections to the entire automation industry.
    By: Michael Clark
    13 October, 2026 | 3 minutes
    Sponsored By OPC Foundation
  • OPC Experts Interviews: Companion Specifications
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    OPC Experts Interviews: Companion Specifications

    Learn from an interview with Karl Deiretsbacher of the OPC Foundation about Companion Specifications; the different types of Companion Specifications that exist; what Joint Working Groups are; and how the OPC Foundation guides the development and maintenance of Companion Specifications.
    By: Michael Clark
    15 October, 2020 | 6 minutes
  • OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA Use Cases
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    OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA Use Cases

    Learn from an interview with Christopher Anhalt of Softing about markets, adoption drivers, competing standards, the horizontal and vertical integration of IT and OT, companion specification use cases, green-field and brown-field… and many other things relevant to use cases that have made OPC UA so successful.
    By: Michael Clark
    17 September, 2020 | 9 minutes
  • OPC Experts Interviews: Getting Started with OPC UA
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    OPC Experts Interviews: Getting Started with OPC UA

    Learn from an interview with Jouni Aro of Prosys OPC how developers and end users alike can get started using OPC UA. Jouni shares information about off-the-shelf products, software development toolkits, open source options, training and support, as well as product certification.
    By: Michael Clark
    29 July, 2020 | 8 minutes
  • OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA and Security
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    OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA and Security

    Learn from an interview with Darek Kominek of Matrikon about the concepts of built-in security, the IT-OT gap, protecting against hacker/malware attacks, and many other features that have made OPC UA the secure data-exchange standard it is today. his is the third in the series of OPC Experts Interviews.
    By: Michael Clark
    12 June, 2020 | 10 minutes
  • OPC Experts Interviews: The Technology Behind OPC UA
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    OPC Experts Interviews: The Technology Behind OPC UA

    Learn how the science of the open platform communication standard, OPC UA, is applied across the industrial automation sector from an interview with Uwe Steinkrauss, CEO of Unified Automation. This is the second in the series of OPC Experts Interviews.
    By: Michael Clark
    28 May, 2020 | 6 minutes
  • OPC Experts Interviews: What is OPC?
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    OPC Experts Interviews: What is OPC?

    The OPC Experts Interview is a series taking a deep dive into open platform communications, OPC/OPC UA and related technology. This interview is with Stefan Hoppe, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation.
    By: Michael Clark
    19 May, 2020 | 11 minutes
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