When Honeywell Talks About IoT, Big Data is a Big Deal

Bruce Calder is on proverbial fire for the Industrial Internet of Things.

After more than two decades with Honeywell, the last seven and change as engineering director for Honeywell Process Solutions, which focuses on automation control and control solutions, equipment and services, he received a promotion last November to that division’s CTO. For the last 14 months, his work life has focused on IoT, IIoT and a host of other related technologies that aim to make things easier.
Calder has worked in the industry since 1980, with previous stints at GE, Motorola and Canadian Pacific Railway before working his way up the tech ladder at Honeywell, and he speaks about it in full paragraphs. What follows is part of an hour-long conversation about what HPS is working on, what really has him excited right now, and what the future might hold (because you can’t talk tech without talking about the future at least a little bit).