John Berra is executive vice president of Emerson, www.gotoemerson.com, and president of Emerson Process Management, www.emersonprocess.com, a $3.4 billion global provider of automation systems and services, based in Austin, Texas. Berra began his career as an instrument and electrical engineer with Monsanto, joined the Emerson organization 27 years ago and has risen through the ranks with positions including president of Rosemount and president of Fisher-Rosemount, before assuming his current role in 2001.
Berra was one of the chief architects of Emerson’s PlantWeb strategy, a digital platform built on fieldbus technology and smart instrumentation. In his role as chairman of the board of the Fieldbus Foundation, Berra has had a major impact on the development and deployment of digital communications in manufacturing automation.
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