About CPLANE

Making Open, Cyber-Secure Control Systems Practical in Production

CPLANE helps industrial operators and systems integrators modernize control systems without vendor lock-in, downtime, or increased operational risk.

Our Story - From Standards to Production

OPA promises open, interoperable control — but standards alone don’t create production systems. CPLANE was founded to close that gap by providing the systems management and orchestration layer that unifies multi-vendor OPA components into a reliable, secure control system operators can actually run and support.

modern industrial control room

Our Mission and Values

Our mission is to make open, continuously evolvable control systems a practical choice for industrial operators.

We believe control systems should upgrade without shutdowns, remain secure by design, and support advanced control and AI as they mature.

Our Building Pinciples

  • Production first: Designed for real operations, not labs or demos

  • Security by design: Integrated authentication, authorization, and encryption

  • Openness with accountability: Clear support paths in multi-vendor systems

  • Continuous evolution: Upgrade and patch without taking operations down

Our Commitment To What We Do

Building The CPLANE Control Fabric

CPLANE is not a traditional automation vendor, and we do not sell AI or analytics applications.

We provide the Control Fabric — the commercial OPA platform that delivers:

Multi-vendor systems management and orchestration

Fabric-native cybersecurity and resilience

Open data access and compute headroom

Support infrastructure for SI-led delivery and escalation

Meet Our Team

The People Behind the OPA Control Fabric

Get to know the people who drive our mission with their expertise and commitment.

Bob Hagenau

CEO

Bob leads CPLANE’s mission to move industrial control from proprietary stacks to open, production-ready architectures and co-leads industry efforts to accelerate OPA adoption.

John Casey

CTO

John leads the architecture and development of the Control Fabric, with deep expertise in distributed systems and industrial orchestration.

Client Feedback

Hear from our satisfied clients and their experiences.

"Working with this team has streamlined our operations significantly. Their platform helped us achieve results we didn't think were possible."
John Doe
Operations Manager | Tech Corp
"Their commitment to quality and innovation is evident. Our productivity has improved, and the system integration was seamless."
Jane Smith
Lead Engineer | Industrial LLC
"Their technical support is exceptional. We felt supported throughout our entire journey and could always reach out for help when needed."
Emily Johnson
Project Director | Automation Inc.

See how the Control Fabric applies to your environment

Reach out today to learn how we can enhance your industrial automation.