Position: SVP, Advanced Operations Services, Linde Gmbh
Thomas heads the Linde Advanced Operations Services, a unit within Linde, that provides consulting, solutions & services for autonomous or remote operation of process plants. This unit designs, implements and maintains solutions for advanced automation and real-time optimization as well as real-time condition & performance diagnostics.
In previous roles, Thomas was responsible to develop Linde's global autonomous operations strategy and concepts and later for Linde’s Operations & Technology across Asia Pacific. Part of his responsibility was Linde’s remote operating center in Kuala Lumpur that operates 100+ automatically operated plants across 13 countries from one control room with 10 operators. Before that, he held senior leadership positions in Process-, Automation- and Electrical-Engineering.