Paul Turner leads Stanley Black & Decker’s global strategy for I4.0 applications and analytics. He has 30 years of experience in the field of developing and applying AI and machine learning capabilities to manufacturing processes with over 40 publications in the field that includes academic journals, industry white papers and intellectual property patents. Paul’s AI inventions for the closed-loop control of safety-critical systems are deployed on hundreds of assets globally and he has worked with dozens of manufacturers in oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, discrete industrials, hi-tech and steel industries on their I4.0 journeys. Paul has a PhD in Manufacturing Analytics and an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK.