In the next episode of the Manufacturing IT Podcast, Daniel Langley chats to Ryan Thompson, an Industry 4.0 Advisor for Skellig. Ryan Thompson has been in the manufacturing space for 18 years, starting off with a brief stint in automotive before moving into systems integration focused in the life sciences and food and beverage space. He has a strong background in controls and automation engineering, project management and business development. His current role as Industry 4.0 Advisor at Skellig is focused on technology strategy and business development – making sure Skellig and their clients are investing in the technologies and solutions in the Industry 4.0 space that deliver real results – improving agility, efficiency, time to market/patient, compliance and quality. Skellig is a world-class service provider of automation, MES and Industry 4.0 solutions for life sciences manufacturers with over 120 team members across four countries. Skellig was founded to radically improve upon the way automation, process, and project controls are provided. It’s a goal that is grounded in efficiency, transparency, and our client’s total peace of mind — this is the vision behind everything they do. They are proud to collaborate with the world’s most respected pharma and biotech companies. Skellig’s vision of radical improvement has attracted diverse and outstanding engineers, who are similarly inspired to improve the industry they serve. Hope you enjoy this episode! All feedback is welcome and we'd love for you to comment your views on each show.   #manufacturingIT #manufacturingtechnology #MES #industry40 #ManufacturingOperationsManagement #ManufacturingIntelligenceSystems #ManufacturingExecutionSystems #ProcessAutomationSystems #IndustrialInternetofThings #IIoT #ComputerSystemValidation #ProcessControlSystems #DataHistorianSystems #AdvancedAnalytics #SCADA #Syncade #DeltaV #Pasx #RockwellFactoryTalk #rockwell #PlantPAx #AllenBradley #RSLogix #SiemensSimatic #siemens #SimaticBatch #PCS7 #Step7 #WincCC #Wonderware #GE #SAP #PomsNet #Apriso #Werum #OSI #LIMS #800xA #SattLine