Peter Zornio is chief technology officer (CTO) for Emerson Automation Solutions and has been with Emerson for 12 years. As CTO, Zornio has responsibility for overall coordination of technology programs, product and portfolio direction, and industry standards across the Automation Solutions group. This includes Emerson’s digitization and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) developments, such as the Plantweb™ digital ecosystem.
Past roles at Emerson have included leading development and marketing for Emerson’s systems and solutions portfolio. Prior to Emerson, Zornio spent over 20 years at Honeywell in a variety of positions across the entire automation portfolio. His 30 years of experience in digital manufacturing architecture covers marketing and development of all aspects of process automation and related IT technologies, including wireless, Industrial IoT strategy, field measurement, fieldbus technologies, control systems architecture, and operations management applications.
Zornio is based in Austin, Texas, and holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.