Bill Lydon

About Bill Lydon

Manufacturing automation industry expert, consultant and editor of Automation.com ( www.automation.com ) and the International Society of Automation InTech magazine ( http://ISA.org/InTech ) providing insights and industry analysis. Experienced industrial, process control, and building automation professional with technology and business experience including product design, corporate experience, co-founder & president of a start-up company and industry consultant. http://wlydon.com

Bill Lydon has design engineering and business experience with industrial and building automation ranging from corporate positions to co-founder & president of a start-up company and as an industry consultant analyst and writer. Successfully launched major new technical products as a marketing manager for a Fortune 500 company and by contrast built an early stage start-up company from seed money to venture capital. Bill is active in the automation industry as editor of Automation.com and the International Society of Automation’s InTech magazine providing insights and industry analysis.
Automation.com is the leading online publisher of automation-related content. We help our readers automate their factories and processes, solve problems and improve production efficiencies by providing the most current industry news, information and resources.

**Automation.com - Bill Lydon, Editor**
Attracting more than 600,000 visits from automation professionals around the globe each month, Automation.com is the leading online content provider and the only pure electronic magazine in the automation industry. Since 2007, Automation.com has been publishing more content than any other publication, reinforcing its position as the leading online content provider. According to third-party traffic ranking websites such as Alexa.com, Automation.com is the most frequented automation-related news and information site on the web, out-ranking the websites of many of the well-known, more established industry trade publications. Automation.com organizes information with over 30 topic-specific Automation Portals, providing an efficient and effective way for site visitors to find information. View the full list of Automation Portals. Each portal includes articles, white papers, application stories, product announcements, company news, project news, resources, training, seminars and events. In addition to the main website and portals, Automation.com publishes a weekly e-newsletter, Automation Weekly, and variety of automation portal topic e-newsletters, all of which are distributed to more than 100,000 automation professionals world-wide.

InTech Magazine Bill Lydon, Editor in Chief
InTech provides the most thought-provoking and authoritative coverage of automation technologies, applications, and strategies to enhance automation professionals' on-the-job success. Published by the automation field's leading organization, ISA, InTech addresses industry challenges, new technologies, and fundamentals in a practical approach. It is written for engineers, managers, technicians, and other automation professionals; and it is produced with the active involvement of automation's most-influential leaders, subject-matter experts, and educators.
Articles discuss the most critical issues facing the rapidly changing automation industry, offering a balance of basic and advanced treatment of topics such as:

Enterprise-level topics of interest to engineers and c-level management
Technical support level issues
Strategies for major raw materials processing and discrete manufacturing industry sectors on technologies and business operations
New technologies and their applications
Reviews of the fundamentals in operations
Industry standards and their application
Professional career development
Industry and organization news about ISA and other major industry associations.

Contact
Bill@AutomationFocus.com
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