About ODVA
Founded in 1995, ODVA is a global association whose members comprise the world’s leading automation companies. ODVA’s mission is to advance open, interoperable information and communication technologies in industrial automation. ODVA recognizes its media independent network protocol, the Common Industrial Protocol or “CIP” — and the network adaptations of CIP — EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet — as its core technology and the primary common interest of its membership. For future interoperability of production systems and the integration of the production systems with other systems, ODVA embraces the adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and standard, unmodified Internet and Ethernet technologies as a guiding principle wherever possible. This principle is exemplified by EtherNet/IP — the world’s number one industrial Ethernet network.
Legal Structure
ODVA is a trade and standards development organization consisting of member companies. No person or entity owns ODVA. ODVA directs its activities to promote the common interest of its members and not for the benefit of any particular member and, moreover, is required to do so by law because it is recognized by the United States Department of Treasury as a 501(c)6 business league. To qualify for membership, a company must manufacture, or exhibit well-documented plans to manufacture, hardware and/or software products that integrate technologies of ODVA or are designed to enhance the implementation, operation and/or support of hardware and/or software products that integrate technologies of ODVA in a multi-vendor systems environment.
Because ODVA’s members are competitors, ODVA takes measures to ensure that its activities are carried out in a manner that complies with antitrust and competition laws as they pertain to trade and standards development organizations. ODVA can provide this legal framework because governments around the world have recognized standards development as a pro-competitive activity that benefits industry overall. To ensure that the intellectual property created through the collaboration of its members remains pro-competitive, ODVA strives to produce technical specifications that are vendor-neutral, open, and vibrant, while at the same time recognizing and protecting the legitimate intellectual property rights of its Members.
Leadership
Board of Directors
Dr. Rolf Birkhofer
Managing Director, Endress+Hauser Digital Solutions
Endress+Hauser Process Solutions
Reinach, Switzerland
Jon DeSouza
President and CEO, HARTING Americas
HARTING, Inc. of North America
Elgin, IL, USA
Satoshi Kojima
General Manager, Network Product Management Group, Controller Div.
Omron Corporation
Kyoto, Japan
David Lagerstrom
President and CEO, Turck USA
TURCK
Plymouth, Minnesota, USA
Samuel Pasquier
Director of Product Management for IOT Connectivity
Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, California, USA
Thomas Petersen
Senior Director of Fieldbus & System Integration
Danfoss Drives A/S
Graasten, Denmark
Brian Reynolds
Senior Director of Engineering, Projects & Automation Solutions
Honeywell International Inc.
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
André Uhl
Director Platforms Mgt & Secured Architecture, Industry Automation Business
Schneider Electric
Marktheidenfeld, Germany
Dr. Jürgen Weinhofer
Vice President, Common Architecture & Technology
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA
Officers
Dr. Al Beydoun, President and Executive Director
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Joakim Wiberg, Chief Technology Officer
Halmstad, Sweden
Adrienne Meyer, Vice President of Operations and Membership
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Christopher Lynch, Secretary
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Dr. Jürgen Weinhofer, Treasurer
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA
Technical Review Board
Joakim Wiberg, Chair
HMS Industrial Networks AB
Halmstad, Sweden
Raj Bandekar
Honeywell International Inc.
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Rudy Belliardi
Schneider Electric
North Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Mirko Brcic
Endress+Hauser
Reinach, Switzerland
Dr. Vivek R. Dave
HARTING, Inc., of North America
Elgin, IL, USA
Paul Didier
Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, California, USA
Greg Majcher
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA
Shinji Murayama
Omron Corporation
Kusatsu City, Japan
Roxana Sudrijan
Molex
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada