About PF Automation & Digital Solutions

Our Expertise

PF Automation & Digital Solutions is built on deep, hands-on industrial expertise accumulated over decades of work in complex, mission-critical environments.

Our consultants are senior engineers, technical leaders, and former heads of engineering, projects, services, and operations, with long-term experience across multiple automation platforms, industries, and lifecycle stages.

We are not a junior consulting firm — our work is grounded in real responsibility for systems, people, projects, and outcomes.

Depth of Professional Experience

PF-ADS expertise is shaped by extensive experience in:

• Large-scale industrial automation programs
• Energy production and power plants
• Mining & minerals processing facilities
• Marine and offshore systems
• Brownfield industrial assets with long operational lifecycles

Our background includes greenfield projects, complex brownfield modernizations, and long-term operation of critical assets, where reliability, safety, and continuity are non-negotiable.

Automation Platforms & Technologies

Our expertise spans a wide range of industrial automation technologies and vendors, including:

• DCS and PLC platforms: Valmet DNA, Siemens S7 / PCS7, GE Fanuc, B&R and comparable industrial systems
• SCADA and plant-level supervision: Large-scale SCADA environments for power generation and industrial plants
• Industrial communication protocols: IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104, Modbus TCP, OPC UA
• Power and energy automation: Power plant control, turbine control, load and frequency control, guaranteed power systems

This multi-platform exposure enables objective, vendor-neutral assessment of architectures, risks, and lifecycle implications.

Engineering & Technical Governance

PF-ADS experts have operated in roles responsible for:

• Automation system architecture and technical governance
• Definition and enforcement of engineering standards
• Control philosophies and system lifecycle strategies
• Interface management between automation, electrical, and IT domains

We understand how engineering decisions made early translate into long-term operational cost, maintainability, and risk.

Projects, Execution & Delivery Reality

Our competence is grounded in direct responsibility for end-to-end project lifecycles, including:

• Concept development and technical definition
• Engineering coordination across multiple disciplines
• Commissioning readiness and system verification
• Risk, schedule, cost, and quality control

This background ensures that our recommendations are practical, executable, and aligned with real project constraints — not theoretical designs detached from delivery reality.

Service, Lifecycle & Installed Base Perspective

A core strength of PF-ADS is deep understanding of industrial service and lifecycle economics, including:

• Long-term service models and lifecycle strategies
• Installed base management and modernization planning
• Reliability, maintainability, and operational risk assessment
• Root-cause analysis and systematic problem resolution

This allows us to evaluate automation solutions not only as projects, but as long-term operational assets.

Digitalization, Data & Pragmatic Use of Advanced Analytics

PF-ADS expertise includes practical application of digital technologies in industrial environments:

• Operational data collection and performance monitoring
• KPI and observability models for industrial assets
• Data-driven analysis supporting technical and investment decisions
• Careful, pragmatic use of advanced analytics and AI-assisted tools

We focus on measurable operational value, not technology for its own sake.

Leadership & Organizational Experience

Our experts have held senior roles involving:

• Leadership of large, multidisciplinary engineering and service teams
• Operation within global, matrix organizations
• Interface between engineering, operations, sales, procurement, and executive management
• Governance, quality systems, and process development

This enables PF-ADS to work effectively at the intersection of technology, organization, and business decision-making.

What This Means for Our Clients

• Advice grounded in real industrial accountability
• Understanding of both technical detail and executive-level implications
• Ability to challenge vendors and EPC/EPCM partners constructively
• Confidence that recommendations are based on experience across multiple platforms and industries, not on a single-vendor mindset

Positioning Statement
PF Automation & Digital Solutions combines multi-platform industrial automation expertise with executive-level engineering and lifecycle experience — delivering independent, vendor-neutral insight where decisions truly matter.