Pat Kennedy on Founding, Growing and Selling OSIsoft

Jul 14, 2021

This is another episode with the founders of great ICS companies. Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy founded OSIsoft in 1980 and grew it to dominate the historian / data broker segment of the ICS market. OSIsoft was sold in 2021 to AVEVA for $5B. In this show we talk about:

• 1:55 The starting and first decade of OSIsoft
• 18:24 OSIsoft's motivation to focus on security before most other companies
• 35:20 The acquisition decision and future

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