About This Webinar
In this 55-minute live webcast, Torey Penrod-Cambra will moderate a discussion between HighByte product leaders Aron Semle and Jeffrey Schroeder. Attendees will learn how to make progress on their agentic AI use cases, such as asset maintenance and quality inspection by using an Industrial DataOps approach.

The webcast will include short demos of new features in HighByte Intelligence Hub version 4.3, including the new MCP Client, out-of-the-box MCP Server Tools, High Availability (HA), and advanced data processing in Pipelines. 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.
Agenda
  • Explain the difference between Model Context Protocol (MCP) and APIs
  • Discuss the importance of localizing, consolidating, and controlling access to third-party MCP servers using the MCP Client
  • Demonstrate new out-of-the-box MCP Server Tools for popular connections like MQTT and OPC UA, which are ideal for companies getting started with agentic AI use cases
  • Build data pipelines using an LLM and natural language and use new pipeline stages to streamline repetitive data processing
  • Discuss High Availability capability and use cases for manufacturers in regulated industries
Presenters
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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 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 completed post-graduate studies in Bioethics Ethics and Health Law 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 product strategy through research and development and technical evangelism. Aron has served in a variety of roles in his 15-year career in industrial technology, including software engineer, product manager, R&D lead, and director of solutions management, building innovative software solutions for the manufacturing operations market. Aron received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Maine.
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    Jeffrey Schroeder
    Product Manager
    Jeffrey Schroeder is a Product Manager at HighByte, focused on guiding the company’s product strategy. His areas of responsibility include market research, product positioning, product roadmap, and ecosystem integration strategy. Jeffrey is an experienced technologist who brings more than a decade in technology leadership roles in the automotive and discrete manufacturing industries to his role at HighByte, offering deep domain expertise and perspectives on information technology, operations, and management for industrial organizations. Jeffrey received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics from Oakland University.