About the Author

Doug Rothenberg is founder and president of D-RoTH, Inc., a leading world-class consulting firm in all areas of alarm management systems for industrial manufacturing and technology providers, based in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He holds a BSEE in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, a MSEE from Case Institute of Technology, and a PhD in systems engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He is a past president of the Cleveland section of the International Society of Automation and remains active in both regional and national engineering and professional societies, including ISA and Sigma Xi. He serves on ISA 18 and API 1167 alarm management standards committees.