Faro, Portugal – October 22, 2026 – The leadership for ODVA’s 25th term was elected and announced at the organization’s 24th Annual Meeting of Members in Faro, Portugal, on October 22, 2026. As ODVA enters its next term, the organization continues to advance a strategic initiative launched at its 2025 Annual Meeting in Clearwater, Florida, focused on strengthening the value of ODVA membership, expanding the EtherNet/IP™ ecosystem, and increasing the visibility and recognition of EtherNet/IP worldwide.
A key outcome of this initiative is a simplified and more flexible membership and Licensed Vendor participation structure designed to encourage broader participation in EtherNet/IP development and help expand the range of EtherNet/IP-enabled products available to end users.
ODVA has also launched an EtherNet/IP and ODVA Brand Communication Guide to strengthen and clarify how the two brands are represented and communicated throughout the industry. The initiative is intended to reinforce EtherNet/IP as a leading industrial Ethernet technology while clearly communicating ODVA’s role as the organization responsible for its specifications, conformance, and ecosystem.
In addition, ODVA has expanded its industry communications with new case studies demonstrating EtherNet/IP deployments across a broad range of industries and applications, including emerging applications utilizing EtherNet/IP over Ethernet-APL. These examples highlight the continued evolution and expanding reach of EtherNet/IP from traditional industrial automation applications into new areas of industrial connectivity.
“Together, these initiatives reflect ODVA’s continued commitment to strengthening the EtherNet/IP ecosystem, supporting its global community of technology developers and users, and ensuring that EtherNet/IP remains well positioned to address the evolving connectivity needs of industrial automation.”, said Dr. Al Beydoun, President and Executive Director of ODVA.
In the 25th term, ODVA’s Board of Directors are:
- Raj Bandekar, Director of Engineering at Honeywell Process Solutions
- Franz Durmeier, Head of Digital Integration for Endress+Hauser Process Solutions
- Jon DeSouza, President and CEO of HARTING Americas for HARTING
- Davis Mathews, President & Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Contact US Operations
- Scott Miller, Vice President of Digital and Platform Technologies for Rockwell Automation
- Thomas Petersen, Senior Director of Fieldbus and System Integration for Danfoss
- Toshiyuki Shigehisa, General Manager of the Drive Product Management Group for OMRON
- André Uhl, Vice President of Technology and Architecture of the Industry Automation Business for Schneider Electric
In the 25th term, ODVA’s corporate officers are:
- Al Beydoun, President & Executive Director
- Christopher Lynch, Corporate Secretary
- Scott Miller, Treasurer
- Joakim Wiberg, Chief Technology Officer
In the 25th term, ODVA’s Technical Review Board, which oversees the development of technology and standards, including approval of technology enhancements for inclusion in the ODVA specifications encompassing the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP™) and its network adaptations, including EtherNet/IP and DeviceNet®, representatives are:
- Joakim Wiberg, Chair, ODVA
- Torben Bertelsen of Danfoss
- Gregory Majcher of Rockwell Automation
- Kai Michel of Hilscher
- Arulkumar Karuppanagounder of Schneider Electric
- Toshiyuki Ozaki of OMRON
- Jörg Reinkensmeier of Endress+Hauser
- Rizwan Mohammed of Honeywell
Representatives of ODVA’s Market Advisory Committee (MAC), which assesses the state and future of ODVA technologies, including their global and regional adoption and utilization, are:
- Vivek Hajarnavis, Chair, Rockwell Automation
- Adriana Vargas of Honeywell
- Magnus Jansson of HMS Networks
- Asahi Matsui of OMRON
- Nadja Rauscher of Endress+Hauser
- Arnold Offner of Phoenix Contact
- Megan Wiens of Emerson
- Feiyan Zhao of Schneider Electric
ODVA anticipates that it will announce the dates and location for its 2028 Industry Conference & 25th Annual Meeting in 2027.
About ODVA
ODVA is an international standards development and trade organization with members from the world’s leading automation suppliers. ODVA’s mission is to advance open, interoperable information and communication technologies for industrial automation. Its standards include the Common Industrial Protocol or “CIP™,” ODVA’s media independent network protocol – and industrial communication technologies including EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet and others. For interoperability of production systems and their integration with other systems, ODVA embraces the adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf, standard Internet and Ethernet technologies as a guiding principle. This principle is exemplified by EtherNet/IP – today’s leading industrial Ethernet network. Visit ODVA online at www.odva.org.
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