Martin Rostan studied aerospace engineering in Germany and in the
United Kingdom and received his diploma degree in 1992.
Subsequently he managed the international research project that
developed the initial CANopen technology. From 1996 until 1998 he
was marketing manager and authorized officer at Selectron.
Since 1998 he is with Beckhoff, first as senior product manager for
Ethernet and fieldbus systems and since 2006 as head of technology
marketing. Martin serves the fieldbus community in various
committees: he is the executive director of the EtherCAT Technology
Group, chairs the CANopen groups inside CAN in Automation and
represents Beckhoff in ODVA and in several conference program
committees. He also is technical expert in ISO and IEC
standardization committees for industrial communication.
With publications in magazines, text books, conferences and
symposia he contributes to the dissemination of fieldbus and
Ethernet technologies.
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