ISA Montreal – OPAF Technical Presentation

Paul Roach is responsible for providing Oil & Gas Enterprise Customers with industry expertise and insight into

high-value solutions that transform operations and lead to world class operational results. He leverages

a wealth of domain experience in oil & gas processes, operational production, and project engineering

to solve customer problems and create a competitive advantage, while guiding customers along their

digital transformation journeys.

Pal has over 40 years’ experience in Oil & Gas industrial automation sales and consulting including prior

careers at ExxonMobil and Honeywell Process Solutions. This experience spans the entire oil & gas value

chain (from the oil field to the gas pump). He has developed / sold high impact solutions that modernize

oil & gas operations including oil field production, terminals, refineries / petrochemical plants,

distribution, and retail (C-stores). More recently Pal has represented Rockwell as a working member of

the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF) and collaborated / reported progress on the 115-member

company initiative to define a standard for the next generation of automation technology that is open,

interoperable, and secure.

Pal has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Science in Operations Research,

both from Cornell University, graduating with distinction.

Outline for the presentation

• What is OPAF?
• Why is it important to industry?
• Traditional automation roles change.
• What is the value?
• How to get started?
• Successful implementation at ExxonMobil.