Rick Kephart
Rick Kephart has over 35 years of automation experience in the power and water/wastewater industries. Kephart joined the organization (then known as Westinghouse Process Control) as a field engineer in 1990. He currently serves as the vice president of technology for Emerson’s power and water solutions business. In this position, Kephart leads the global power and water R&D organization and is responsible for shaping the technology architecture, strategy and direction for the Ovation platform as well as overseeing the development of all Ovation hardware and software. Previously, Kephart was the vice president of software development, responsible for managing a global organization that developed all software related to the Ovation™ automation platform. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Penn State University and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.