We begin our interview with Scott Cochrane, President and CEO of Cochrane Supply and Engineering, with the question, “Where’s the APP?” The answer to that question is becoming the measurement of success and the driver to both the user’s experience and their bottom line.  Scott’s underpinning principle is to “bring technology into the building space.”

Scott continues, “We’re not dealing with the maintenance staff anymore. The conversation now is with the C-Suite who has an entirely different mentality and set of expectations. And, it’s not just about saving energy anymore. It’s about creating business efficiencies. Distributors must have IT competence. The same goes for Vendors.”

Make sure to read Scott’s article “The OT versus IT Debate — A Temporary Construction Network helps Stanford University stay ahead of the curve” in the March edition of Automated Buildings

Scott extended a special offer to the ControlTrends Community: Use the code ControlTrends when registering for CONTROLS-CON 2019, this May 2nd and 3rd at Detroit’s MotorCity Casino Hotel