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Derek Horn currently serves as sales director for Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Division, based in the U.K., and is responsible for Hexagon’s OT cybersecurity business for Europe and South Africa.
Prior to joining Hexagon, Horn has worked all his career within the industrial process industries varying from dynamic positioning (DP) of ships and semi-submersibles, DCS commissioning engineer on oil platforms (UKCS), manager of subsea operations for both top-side and sub-surface instrumentation, and spent several years working in the field of Advanced Process Control/Model Predictive Control across a wide range of industrial sectors ranging from: Polymers, bioethanol, mining, minerals and cement industries, and consumer packaged goods (detergent, milk and whey powders) focused on the real-time optimization of continuous and batch process plant and equipment.
In the last six years, Horn has worked extensively in ICS/OT cybersecurity for Hexagon across a variety of industries including upstream, downstream, power generation and transmission, as well as pharma and life sciences.
Horn studied electrical engineering in Aberdeen, coupled with an MSc from Lancaster University in England.
Oil and gas operations are commonly found in remote locations far from company headquarters. Now, it's possible to monitor pump operations, collate and analyze seismic data, and track employees around the world from almost anywhere. Whether employees are in the office or in the field, the internet and related applications enable a greater multidirectional flow of information – and control – than ever before.