From Digital Ambition to Operational Impact: Scaling Secure Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas.
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Digital transformation is a strategic priority for oil and gas, but turning promising pilots into secure, scalable operational value remains a major challenge. Research presented in this webinar shows that digital transformation is firmly embedded in business strategy, yet many companies still face a significant gap between ambition and execution.
This webinar will reveal what separates isolated digital projects from transformation programs that deliver measurable impact. Rockwell Automation expert will explore how trusted industrial data, OT cybersecurity, AI, workforce adoption and outcome-focused execution can help operators improve production, reliability, efficiency and resilience. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for moving from digital ambition to repeatable value across assets, facilities and the enterprise.
Insights Attendees Will Gain:
- Why many digital initiatives stall between successful pilot and enterprise-scale deployment.
- How contextualized, governed industrial data creates the foundation for useful AI and advanced analytics.
- Why OT cybersecurity should be embedded in modernization from the beginning, protecting safety, availability and continuity.
- How to prioritize use cases around production, reliability, cost, safety and workforce outcomes.
- How industrial expertise, technology partners and managed services can accelerate scale while building internal capabilities.
Key Takeaways:
- Start with a defined operational challenge and measurable business outcome, not with technology alone.
- Build trusted, contextualized industrial data before scaling AI and analytics.
- Use repeatable architecture, governance and success measures so every pilot is designed to scale.· Integrate OT cybersecurity into every stage of modernization.
- Fit technology into frontline workflows and equip teams with actionable insight.
- Connect automation, software, cybersecurity and lifecycle expertise to sustain value over time.
Many oil and gas companies have proven that digital technology can create value. The next step is making that value secure, repeatable and scalable.
Speakers:
Justin West
Director, Global Industry Consulting - Process
Rockwell Automation
Justin West is the Director of Global Industry Consulting for Heavy Industries at Rockwell Automation. A process-industry strategist, he explores the trends transforming the global energy landscape and the growing role of industrial automation in shaping its future. His team's perspective and direct customer engagement connects market change, technology innovation, and practical opportunities for energy companies to drive performance and growth.
Jeff Miller
Principal
Jeff Miler Marketing Communications
With over 40 years in marketing communications and writing, most of that in the technology and energy industries, Jeff Miller has worked for some of the most recognized companies in the world. He held upper-level management positions at Global Industries, Akzo Nobel, and Cudd Pressure Control, as well as doing writing and consulting work for PennWell, Newpark Drilling Fluids, Samsung, Emerson, Panasonic, and scores of others.
Jeff is also certified by the Department of Homeland Security and Michigan State University in Incident Management and Crisis Communications. His writing has won numerous awards over the years, and in addition to writing about manufacturing and energy, he is also a playwright and author as well as a director/actor for community theatre.
His first book, “An Oil Rig Is Not A Ficus Tree” made it into Amazon’s Top 100 Business/Humor books out of over one million books.
