Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Schwarz (53) received his diploma (master degree) in Information Technology at the University of Siegen (Germany) in 1982.

As a manager with Siemens Automation & Drives (industrial communication systems) he represented the positions of Siemens and the German national committee in the international standardization of MMS, MMS companion standards, Fieldbus, and other standardization projects from 1984 until 1997.

He is president of SCC (Schwarz Consulting Company), Karlsruhe (Germany) specializing in distributed automation systems. He is an independent consultant in the area of information modeling, systems and information integration, system and device engineering and configuration, open information exchange, and open communications since 1992. Mr. Schwarz has immense experience in the migration from pro-prietary or other solutions to standard compliant solutions.

He is involved in many standardization activities within IEC (TC 57, TC 65, and TC 88), ISO (TC 184), CENELEC (TC 65 CX), IEEE (SCC 36 "UCA", 802), and DIN since 1985. He is engaged in representing main industry branches in the global standardization and providing consulting services to users and ven-dors. Mr. Schwarz is a well-known authority in the application of mainstream information and communi-cation technologies. He provides guidance in the migration from proprietary solutions to advanced seam-less and standard-based solutions applicable in substations, and power generation units, and between these and with local, regional, and central SCADA systems. Specifically, his contributions to the publica-tion of many standards are considered to be outstanding.

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