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Ignited: Striking Industrial Automation Conversations

Inductive Automation
Ignition
OPC UA
Data Centers
Community Impact Program
Industrial AI Adoption
Taylor Guitars
Open Process Automation
Inductive Automation
MQTT
Industrial Automation
Inductive University
Kubernetes
Ignition (inductive Automation)
Homeless Management System
Prosthetic Arm Project (hebron Soft)
Security and Governance For AI OT
Workforce Transformation
COPA
Sparkplug B
Edge Computing

Ignition is the foundation. It connects data across the enterprise, enables you to rapidly build any industrial application, and scales without limits — making it the only truly universal industrial platform for enterprise integration. Ignited exists to show you what that foundation makes possible.Each episode, Travis Cox, Chief Technology Evangelist, and Thomas Burke, Technology Evangelist, from ... more

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Raw data isn't the problem for modern factories, it's accessibility. When critical information stays buried inside closed, legacy systems, scaling AI and enterprise automation becomes nearly impossible. In this episode, Travis and Tom sit down with C... more

What does it actually take to grow as an Ignition engineer?

In this episode, Travis and Tom sit down with three engineers from MartinCSI—Todd Ebright (10+ years of experience), Kierstyn Neumeier (custom components & energy challenges), and Matthew E... more

The old excuses — fragile environments, siloed systems, vendor lock-in — don't hold up anymore. In this episode, we dive into the high-stakes world of industrial edge computing, interoperability, and system architecture built to survive (and thrive) ... more

For decades, industrial automation was dominated by proprietary, vendor-locked control systems — but that's changing. In this episode, we sit down with Don Bartusiak to explore the journey of Open Process Automation (OPA), from its origins as an indu... more

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Dan White
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Episode: Breaking the Gridlock: Redefining the Edge of Industrial Autonomy
Don Bartusiak
ExxonMobil veteran, COPA founder and OPA pioneer
COPA/OPA ecosystem
Episode: Interoperable: The Journey to Open Process Automation with Don Bartusiak
Annabelle Haley
Educational Engagement Program Manager
Inductive Automation
Episode: Empowering the Workforce of Tomorrow
Tyler Robertson
Automation Manager for Taylor Guitars
Taylor Guitars
Episode: Where Passion Meets Production: The Taylor Guitars Manufacturing Story
Jeff Winter
Vice President for Commercial Strategy for Belden
Belden
Episode: How AI and a Smarter OT Stack Are Orchestrating the Industrial Digital Transformation
Kevin McClusky
Chief Technology Architect at Inductive Automation
Inductive Automation
Episode: The Evolution of OT Architectures
David Grussenmeyer
Director of Strategic Alliances at Inductive Automation
Inductive Automation
Episode: How Ignition Empowers Humanity
Liliya Valihun
Director of Global Programs and AI Localization at Hebron Soft
Hebron Soft
Episode: How Ignition Empowers Humanity
Jason Rhodewalt
Managing Partner, Control System Integration
Barry Weimiller Design Group
Episode: Data Center's Scale Drives A DevOps Approach

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Thomas Burke
Host of Ignited podcast, Technology Evangelist at Inductive Automation
Travis Cox
Host of Ignited podcast, Chief Technology Evangelist at Inductive Automation

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Content blends OT and IT perspectives with actionable takeaways for SIs and end users.
Shows a strong ecosystem focus and emphasis on community impact.
Good balance of technical depth and applicability for project planning.
Guests consistently deliver practical, real-world context for open standards and scale.

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Breaking the Gridlock: Redefining the Edge of Industrial Autonomy
Q: How did MTNA approach unifying a diverse, multi-vendor fleet, and what was the impact?
They added Groove Rio devices to existing machines, used MQTT Sparkplug B to publish data, and built a unified namespace in Ignition, which scaled from a few machines to over a hundred in a short time, reducing vendor lock-in and accelerating modernization.
Breaking the Gridlock: Redefining the Edge of Industrial Autonomy
Q: What is the overarching problem you see at the edge and how does this integration address it?
Data is trapped in machines and hard to access; the edge devices and Ignition Edge provide a unified data layer with real-time access and secure, scalable publication to the cloud, enabling faster decision-making.
Interoperable: The Journey to Open Process Automation with Don Bartusiak
Q: What was the breaking point and primary motivation for founding OPA?
The breaking point was a $5 billion, largely non-returnable capital project ExxonMobil undertook to replace control systems across refineries and chemical plants, which would have locked the company into a single vendor. Leadership demanded a better approach, leading to a formal R&D effort that eventually evolved into OPA, with a focus on open interfaces, modular components, and vendor-agnostic interoperability.
How AI and a Smarter OT Stack Are Orchestrating the Industrial Digital Transformation
Q: How should manufacturers balance productivity gains from AI with security risks on the plant floor?
Treat AI as a new operating capability with governance, architecture, and controls; security must be inherent, with OT and IT working together to manage risk, and ensure human oversight and logability for critical decisions.
How AI and a Smarter OT Stack Are Orchestrating the Industrial Digital Transformation
Q: Where does AI adoption in OT stand today, and what are the gaps between hype and reality?
AI adoption in OT is farther along than skeptics think but not as mature as headlines imply; use cases like production optimization and quality/inspection are common, while broader autonomous capabilities are still nascent due to data, infrastructure, and governance gaps.

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