In this 55-minute live webcast, HighByte’s Torey Penrod-Cambra will moderate a discussion between Chief Technology Officer Aron Semle and Product Manager Jeffrey Schroeder. Attendees will learn best practices for building a highly performant UNS with common industry protocols and a DataOps approach.

The webcast will include quick demos of new features in HighByte Intelligence Hub version 3.4 and Q&A. Registrants are encouraged to submit a question in the registration form to be addressed live during the event.

HighByte Office Hours are recommended for manufacturing IT professionals, data engineers, and system architects at industrial companies.
  • Discuss the benefits and limitations of common protocols leveraged in a UNS architecture, including OPC UA, SQL, REST, MQTT and Sparkplug.
  • Demonstrate how advanced OPC UA connectivity in HighByte Intelligence Hub, including Alarms & Conditions and Structured Data, makes data easier to acquire and use in a UNS.
  • Show how to publish valuable manufacturing data from SQL databases to a UNS, spotlighting the new SQL Change Data Capture support in the Intelligence Hub.
  • Discuss why DevOps and DataOps are complementary practices to meet scale and maintainability requirements.
  • Demonstrate Secrets Management and portable configuration.
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    Torey Penrod-Cambra
    Co-Founder and Chief Communications Officer
    Torey Penrod-Cambra is the Chief Communications Officer of HighByte, focused on the company's messaging strategy, market presence, and ability to operationalize. Her areas of responsibility include marketing, public relations, analyst relations, investor relations, and people operations.

    Torey is a marketing professional with nearly 15 years of experience creating compelling brand experiences that drive customer acquisition and expansion in highly technical environments. Torey’s career began with a focus on biotechnology and international pharmaceutical product launches, and then evolved into a fast-climbing career in B2B industrial software. She is passionate about securing equal STEM opportunities for women, and excited by the potential of the Internet of Things in industrial environments.

    Torey applies an analytical, data-driven approach to marketing that reflects her academic achievements in both chemistry and ethics. Torey received a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and has completed post-graduate studies in Medical Ethics at the University of Pittsburgh.
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    Aron Semle
    Chief Technology Officer
    Aron Semle is the Chief Technology Officer of HighByte, focused on guiding the company’s technology and product strategy through product development, technical evangelism, and supporting customer success. His areas of responsibility include research and development and product development and validation.

    Aron has more than 15 years of experience in industrial technology. He previously worked at Kepware and PTC from 2008 until 2018 in a variety of roles including software engineer, product manager, R&D lead, and director of solutions management, helping to shape the company’s strategy in the manufacturing operations market.

    Aron has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Maine, Orono.
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    Jeffrey Schroeder
    Product Manager
    Jeffrey Schroeder is a Product Manager at HighByte, focused on product strategy and adoption. His areas of responsibility include product enhancements, product positioning, technology partnerships, and industry solutions architecture.

    Jeffrey is an experienced technologist who brings more than a decade in technology leaderships roles in the automotive and discrete manufacturing industries to his role. He brings deep domain expertise and perspectives in information technology, operations, and management for industrial organizations. Jeffrey is passionate about technology and manufacturing and is a proponent of HighByte’s mission and approach to enable digital transformation for manufacturers.