CPLANE helps industrial operators and systems integrators modernize control systems without vendor lock-in, downtime, or increased operational risk.
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.
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
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:
Get to know the people who drive our mission with their expertise and commitment.

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.

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