May 21, 2012 - Wonderware West named Mike Barber as President effective immediately. Peter Maxwell, Managing Director of Cooper Crouse-Hinds MTL, says ,“Mike has gained exceptional experience in our business over 20 years, the last six years of which were served as vice president of sales. He is ideally placed to further develop our Wonderware West team and to execute the growth initiatives that we have established in the Wonderware West strategy.” In the years prior to joining Wonderware West, Barber worked for the Fisher Controls (Emerson) Representative responsible for the Distributed Control Systems and SCADA applications business throughout the Rocky Mountains.
In 1993, he helped form a Wonderware distribution company in Denver which later was merged into what is known today as Wonderware West. Barber holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from Christian Brothers University located in Memphis, TN. In commenting on his new appointment, Barber stated, "The Invensys Wonderware product portfolio combined with the synergies of the larger Cooper Industries Group of companies has enabled significant growth in our primary markets. We continue to leverage the resources from both organizations to explore new organic and inorganic growth opportunities not available to a traditional industrial product distributor.” Barber succeeds Dennis Gillespie, former President of Wonderware West, who has retired from his leadership position.
About Wonderware West
Wonderware West has a long legacy of being a market leading provider of industrial software solutions for real-time operations management. Headquartered in Texas, Wonderware West, a Cooper Crouse-Hinds MTL company, was founded in 1988. As the exclusive authorized distributor for Invensys Wonderware products in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Eastern Montana, Southern Nevada, Arizona, and Southern California, Wonderware West employs some of the industry’s most knowledgeable and innovative people. Wonderware West provides best-in-class automation software solutions with an industry focus on the process, discrete manufacturing and SCADA markets.
