With GE for nearly 15 years, Thomas Schulz is GE Digital’s Partner Manager for Central and Eastern Europe. In this role, Thomas has worked with hundreds of industrial companies, helping them meet their goals through automation, MES, industrial data management, and analytics innovation. Thomas is GE's representative in the Platform Industrie 4.0. He is the editor and a contributing author of four books including Analytics in Industry: Key Technology for Digital Transformation. Thomas has studied mechanical engineering as well as marketing and economics, and has a specialist certificate as a machining technician.