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PROFIBUS & PROFINET Experts

The PROCENTEC has experts available to assist the vendors and end-users with PROFIBUS and PROFINET implementations. The names are mentioned below:

NETHERLANDS GERMANY
Dennis van Booma   Tim Karnau
Paulo Silva   Gunther Ehlert
Fedor Meyer    
Mark de Brabander    
Dave van Cappelle    
Alois Schenkeveld    
Elmer Vis    
Sander Vermin    
Joost van der Nat    
UPDennis van Booma
Personal profile
Dennis van BoomaDennis has a degree in Microelectronics and is the owner, member of the board of directors and contact person of PROCENTEC. He has more than 20 years PROFIBUS experience and is the driving force for putting PROFIBUS and PROFINET technology in the market.

He represents PROCENTEC on international meetings, trade fairs, seminars and has been responsible for the establishment of the PROFIBUS Center and the Testlab.

Dennis has been involved in many large PROFIBUS projects and has developed the PROFIBUS and PROFINET education system.

He is famous for his inspiring workshops that he is doing for companies all over the world. Dennis is auditing GOLD Distributors and candidate competence/training centers.

Expertise
PROFIBUS FDL, DP, DP-V1 and PA
PROFINET
RS 485 and MBP technology


Achievements
Establishment of the Competence Center
Establishment of the Test Laboratory
Establishment of the Certified Engineer education system
Establishment of the GOLD Distributor system
Has trained more than 3000 people worldwide
Created the PROFIBUS PA certification guidelines

Audited the Norwegian Competence Centers
Audited the Korean Competence Center
Audited the Spanish Competence Center
Audited the Polish Competence and Training Center
Audited the South African Competence and Training Center
Audited the Italian Competence and Training Centers
Audited the UK Training Centers
Audited the German Training Centers


Working groups
PI working group leader for TC1-WG9 - Training
Former PI working group leader for TC1-WG2 - PA Certification
Former Chairman of Industrial Network Solutions within FEDA

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UPPaulo Silva
Personal profile
Paulo SilvaPaulo has a degree in Microelectronics and is the owner, member of the board of directors and Chief Technical Officer of PROCENTEC. He has enormous experience in embedded programming and has written software for a vast number of certified devices. Paulo is also the founder of ProfiTrace and ProfiCaptain.

His expertise lies in PROFIBUS PA profiles and DP-V1. Paulo has developed several DP masters for PCs and embedded systems.

Paulo travels all over the world to conduct PROFIBUS product development training courses.

Expertise
PROFIBUS FDL, DP, DP-V1 and PA
PROFINET
PROFIBUS ASICs
PA profiles
Embedded programming


Achievements
Developed DP and DP-V1 masters in software
Developed a GSD file interpreter for our tools
Developed ProfiTrace and ProfiCaptain
Inventor of the 'stealing slaves' concept

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UPFedor Meyer
Personal profile
Fedor MeyerFedor has a degree in Microelectronics and was involved with the establishment of the PROFIBUS Center. He is specialized in the physical layer of PROFIBUS and has built up in depth knowledge of a wide range of PROFIBUS masters and slaves.

He is the manager of the Test Laboratory and the former manager of the troubleshooting team.

Fedor is also responsible for all product support issues.

Expertise
Data transmission theory
RS 485 and MBP technology
Explosion safety
PROFIBUS ASICs
Certification of PROFIBUS DP and PA devices
PA profiles


Achievements
Developed mathematical models to analyze PA signals
Responsible for the certification of 10% of all PROFIBUS devices worldwide
Establishment of the Installation certification & Commissioning system


Working groups
PI working group leader for TC1WG2 - PA Certification

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UPMark de Brabander
Personal profile
Mark de Brabander Mark has a degree in Microelectronics and is one of the senior R&D engineers. He is experienced in embedded programming and has developed the ProfiScript test tool for certifcation testing.

Mark also has vast knowledge about hardware PROFIBUS engineering and was the developer of the famous ProfiCore Ultra USB interface.

Expertise
PROFIBUS FDL, DP, DP-V1 and PA
PROFINET
PA hardware engineering
PA profiles
Embedded programming
VHDL programming
PROFIBUS ASICs
FPGAs
PCB layout


Achievements
• Developed the ProfiScript certification tool
• Developed the ProfiCore Ultra USB interface
• Developed the PA Probe
• Inventor of the 'automatic busparameter detection' concept

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UPDave van Cappelle
Dave van CappellePersonal profile
Dave has a degree in electronics and is an R&D engineer within PROCENTEC.

He is also an instructor and examiner of PROFIBUS training courses.

Expertise
PROFINET


Achievements
• Developed the reporting feature of ProfiTrace
• Developed the PROFINET tools
• Developed the webserver of COMbricks

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UPAlois Schenkeveld
Dave van CappellePersonal profile
Alois has a degree in electronics and is an R&D engineer within PROCENTEC.

He is also an instructor and examiner of PROFIBUS training courses.

Expertise
PROFINET


Achievements
• Developed the PROFIBUS and PROFINET devices of COMbricks

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UPElmer Vis
Elmer VisPersonal profile
Elmer has a degree in Microelectronics and is the manager of the troubleshooting / fieldwork team, which is send out when end-users need immediate assistance with their PROFIBUS applications.

Elmer is an instructor of the Certified Engineer and Certified Installer training courses. He is also responsible for creating the hands-on materials for the training courses and the design of the trade fair booths.

Expertise
Mitsubishi PLCs
Siemens PLCs


Achievements
• Creation of the Certified Engineer training kits

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UPSander Vermin
Sander VerminPersonal profile
Sander has a degree in electronics and is an R&D engineer within PROCENTEC.

Expertise
PROFIBUS VPC3 firmware


Achievements
• Developed the B1 repeater

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UPJoost van der Nat
Joost van der NatPersonal profile

Joost is responsible for sales topics within PROCENTEC.

He is also an instructor and examiner of our PROFIBUS training courses.

Expertise

PROCENTEC products.
PROFIBUS ASICs.


Achievements

• Attracted more than 20 worldwide distributors.

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UPTim Karnau
Tim KarnauPersonal profile
Tim has a degree in technical cybernetics and is the general manager and contact person of PROCENTEC Germany. He represents PROCENTEC on meetings, trade fairs, seminars and is responsible for the german market.

Tim has done his diploma thesis about PROFIBUS FDL in 1995 and started his career as a sales engineer at Videc, where he sold SCADA systems and applicom boards. He also worked for companies like Applicom and Hilscher. In 2008 he built up the german PROCENTEC office. He is also going on field trips to help customers with PROFIBUS issues.

He is a Certified PROFIBUS and PROFINET Engineer.

Expertise
ProfiTrace


Achievements
• Establishment of PROCENTEC Germany


Working groups
• PI working group member for PA marketing

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UPGunther Ehlert
Gunther EhlertPersonal profile
Gunther has a degree in Technical Cybernetics, and is the technical specialist for PROCENTEC Germany. He has more than 17 years of PROFIBUS experience in both factory and process automation. His experience in Thailand and South East Asia makes him a good support for the region.

Expertise
PROFIBUS DP, DP-V1 and PA
IEC 61000-5-2
Data transmission theory
RS 485 and MBP technology
Siemens and Festo PLCs and Industrial PC’s
Servo motor drives with Profibus interface


Working groups
Former PI PLC profile development

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For official matters
Dennis van Booma
Dennis van Booma

Telephone: +31-174-671800
info@procentec.com


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