Lucian

Lucian

An entrepreneurial software engineer with global business leadership experience and a passion for digital transformation. Lucian has worked in the industrial software and automation industry since 1998. He holds a BSEE from Cleveland State University and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Finance from Case Western Reserve University. He has worked in various positions: software development, product development, training, marketing, pre-sales, product management, M&A integration and global marketing. Lucian has served as the World Trade Center Cleveland Representative for Eastern Europe and as a Board Member for the Promisepartner.biz. He teaches in the Electrical & Computer Science Department at Cleveland State University (CSU) focusing on Industrial Automation & Industrial IoT and currently serves on the Board of Industry Advisors, Engineering Technology, CSU. He was selected to represent the United States in Europe for Technology and Services on the economic trade mission lead by Dr. Samuel Bodman, undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Interests: skiing, playing soccer, global travel.

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Recent activities (Radio Shows, Speaking Engagements, analyst engagements):

5 Key Industrial AI Trends from ARC Forum Orlando 2026: The Great Divergence
· Industrial IoT

5 Key Industrial AI Trends from ARC Forum Orlando 2026: The Great Divergence

Executive Summary: The Industrial AI State of Play 2026The ARC Industry Leadership Forum 2026 revealed a definitive structural divide in the industrial sector. While 12.9% of “Pacesetters” have successfully scaled AI by decoupling intelligence from hardware via Industrial Data Fabrics (IDF), the remaining 87% struggle with basic connectivity and “pilot purgatory.”Top 3 Actionable Insights: From Assistance to Agency: Industrial AI has evolved from […]

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The Shift Toward Autonomous Production in Process Industries
· Process Manufacturing

The Shift Toward Autonomous Production in Process Industries

The definition of autonomy in manufacturing is shifting from a conceptual goal to a practical requirement. According to Axel Lorenz, CEO of Process Automation at Siemens AG, autonomous production allows facilities to maintain consistent output despite volatile inputs. This capability is becoming critical as manufacturers face fluctuating feedstock quality and variable energy supplies from renewable […]

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Why Factory Optimization Falls Behind Operational Reality
· Process Manufacturing

Why Factory Optimization Falls Behind Operational Reality

Factory optimization often underdelivers because it assumes a level of operational stability that rarely exists in practice. Modern manufacturing environments change continuously across product mix, labor availability, equipment behavior, and process configuration. Optimization approaches, however, remain structured around periodic review, static metrics, and human-led analysis that cannot keep pace with this variability.This mismatch becomes easier […]

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Why You Should Step Inside the Siemens eXplore Tour and See Industrial AI Work
· Process Manufacturing

Why You Should Step Inside the Siemens eXplore Tour and See Industrial AI Work

Shown publicly for the first time at CES, the eXplore Tour is a mobile industrial environment built to answer a question most leaders ask before approving change: “Can I see this work before it touches my operation?”IIoT World spoke with Chris Stevens, President, US Automation at Siemens Digital Industries, about what the experience is designed to […]

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What Industry Is Starting to Value Differently
· Hybrid Manufacturing

What Industry Is Starting to Value Differently

For decades, industrial economics was simple. Hardware was expensive. Downtime was expensive. Skilled people were expensive. Decisions, by comparison, were cheap — meetings were free, delays were tolerated, and judgment scaled through hierarchy.That balance is reversing.Today, the cost of sensing, computing, and optimizing is falling fast. What is becoming expensive is something else entirely: late decisions, […]

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The Chief Purpose Officer: Your Next Leadership Role
· Connected Industry

The Chief Purpose Officer: Your Next Leadership Role

Across every industrial sector, the conversation has moved beyond efficiency gains and automation ROI. A more fundamental question now confronts leadership: What is our company’s human function when the machines can execute everything?For decades, industrial leadership has been an exercise in optimization—maximizing output, minimizing downtime, streamlining the human workforce within the production loop. Your value was […]

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The New Invisible Workhorses of the Smart Factory
· Process Manufacturing

The New Invisible Workhorses of the Smart Factory

Walk any modern plant floor, and you’ll see the familiar pillars of industry: machines, materials, and people. But a new class of essential worker has emerged, one you cannot see. It doesn’t draw a salary, take a break, or retire. It is the industrial document, and its transformation from a passive record into an active, intelligent […]

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Why Stale Data Is More Dangerous Than Downtime
· Hybrid Manufacturing

Why Stale Data Is More Dangerous Than Downtime

Most manufacturers track machine health obsessively — vibration, temperature, torque, throughput. Yet the earliest sign of trouble inside a plant rarely starts with the equipment. It starts with the data.At the Honeywell User Group in The Hague, Claudia Chandra, Chief Product Officer at Honeywell, and Chris Huff, CEO of Adlib, pointed out that the first crack in operational […]

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January 2026 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events
· Connected Industry

January 2026 Industrial IoT & ICS Cybersecurity Events

New year, new budgets, and a fresh slate of industrial priorities—secure connectivity, resilient operations, and scalable modernization. January 2026 offers a compact and high-impact set of gatherings where Industrial IoT (IIoT) and ICS/OT cybersecurity conversations show up in different forms: flagship tech showcases, critical infrastructure training, energy-transition summits, executive-level policy dialogue, electronics manufacturing, and sustainability-driven industrial innovation.CES 2026Date: January 6 […]

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What I’m Most Excited to See at Siemens Booths at CES 2026 — and Why It Matters for the Future of Industrial Intelligence
· Connected Industry

What I’m Most Excited to See at Siemens Booths at CES 2026 — and Why It Matters for the Future of Industrial Intelligence

CES has always been a mirror of what’s next. Not just shiny tech, but signals — early indications of how industries will actually change. And at CES 2026, Siemens isn’t just showing technology. They’re showing outcomes. That’s why the Siemens booths are high on my must-see list this year.Across three distinct experiences — Siemens Intelligence Experience […]

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Scaling AI-driven reliability in process manufacturing: culture first, then code
· Process Manufacturing

Scaling AI-driven reliability in process manufacturing: culture first, then code

AI, prescriptive maintenance, and edge analytics are reshaping how process plants run. Yet the gap between a successful pilot and full-scale impact rarely closes on technology alone. The differentiators are culture, operating model, and data foundations.Build versus partner: keep the core, rent the niche Keep in-house: architecture, data governance, cybersecurity, product ownership, and integration with […]

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When Industrial AI Learns the Wrong Lessons
· Hybrid Manufacturing

When Industrial AI Learns the Wrong Lessons

Industrial AI learns from history — but in most plants, that history is a mess.Behind every AI pilot, there’s a decade of process data, maintenance logs, and scanned reports that were never designed to work together. These systems contain the experience of the plant — what failed, what worked, what changed — but much of […]

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