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About the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI)

Our History

 The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) is a non-profit organization incorporated by the International Society of Automation (ISA) in 2006 to provide a home for certification, conformance, and compliance assessment activities in the automation arena. WCI extends the work that ISA has conducted for 50 years in standards development by facilitating the effective marketplace implementation of automation industry standards. ISA provides professional management services to WCI, drawing on an experienced staffing, financial, and administrative infrastructure.

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Our Mission

Decrease the time, costs, and risks of developing and deploying standards-based, industrial wireless devices and systems by establishing a collaborative industry-based program among users, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

  • Conduct independent testing and certification of wireless devices and systems for the ISA100 Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation standards
  • Provide education, tools, and technical support to users and suppliers in the design, certification, deployment, and management of wireless devices and systems that utilize the ISA100 wireless standard.
  • Accelerate adoption of the ISA100 standard by certifying that wireless devices and systems meet a common set of specifications
  •  Assure interoperability using standards, tests, and conformance processes for wireless devices and systems

Our Members

Armstrong Azbil Baker Hughes Bitherm Sistemas CDS Wireless Centero Chevron Cosasco Dräger Exxon Mobil FHR Fuji-Electric Gas Secure General Electric Honeywell Metal Samples Mimes NEXCOM New Cosmos Electric Co Nippon Gear Riken Keiki Shinkawa Spirax Sarco TLV Yokogawa

Governing Board

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Masahito Endo

Chairman | Yokogawa

Bio coming soon.

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Paul Hodge

Vice-Chairman | Honeywell

Bio coming soon.

Marketing Team

Toshi Hasegawa

Toshi Hasegawa

AP-Marketing Team Lead | Yokogawa

Toshi has been working for Yokogawa Electric Corporation for 26 years, and he has worked for development of Distributed Control Systems (DCS). His current activity is mainly on standardization and marketing of industrial wireless network. He is a voting member of ISA SP100 Wireless System for Automation. And he is a district leader of the ISA100 Wireless Compliance institute (WCI) Asia Pacific.

Ådne Bear-Olsen

Ådne Bear-Olsen

EMEA-Marketing Team Lead | Draeger

Ådne is esponsible for driving wireless adaptation in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Australia. Worked with introducing several new technologies to the Oil & Gas marked. Supplied and delivered the first fully integrated wireless gas detection system in the world. Offshore Norway. Worked my way from Sales manager, to sales director and finally Division director for detection in Origo Solutions AS. Then I was recruited to Global sales director for Consilium Oil & Gas responsible for establishing Consilium as a Global supplier of SIL2 detection system in the Oil & Gas marked. Now I am back to Draeger GasSecure to drive the fire & gas detection solution business development.

ISA100 Wireless Staff

Mark DeAngelo

Mark DeAngelo

Program Manager

Dr. Mark P. DeAngelo is the Program Manager of the ISA Security Compliance Institute and the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute, commonly referred to as ISASecure and ISA100 Wireless. He provides staff leadership for ISA’s conformance certification programs, including the ISASecure control systems certification program managed under the ISA Security Compliance Institute. 

Previously, Dr. DeAngelo worked as a systems safety engineer working on autonomous systems and commercial derivative aircraft at Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Before joining Boeing, he worked as the Aerospace Initiatives Manager for SAE International, where he served as SAE’s spokesperson for advanced air mobility standards and integration activities, collaborating with SAE, NASA, FAA, ICAO, international civil aviation authorities and industry. 

He earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Penn State University. He also holds an FAA Part 61 Private Pilot Certificate. His hobbies include photography with publications in the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine, Miami New Times, and awards from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Point Park University.

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Michelle Ritterskamp

Program Coordinator

Biography coming soon.

Affiliations

Fieldcomm Group (FCG)

FDT Group

International Society of Automation

ISA100 Wireless Systems for Automation Standards Committee

Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA)

ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI)

Interested in Joining WCI?

The world’s leading industrial wireless experts are WCI members.  For ISA100 Wireless stakeholders, there is no better way to drive ROI than joining WCI.  Ensure your voice is heard and enjoy the many benefits of membership.