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PCN Technology
IndustryEthernet and IP networking company
Founded2004
HeadquartersSan Diego, California
Key people
Daniel Drolet, David Strumpf and Venkat Shastri
ProductsPatented IT products and services
Websitehttp://www.pcntechnology.com

PCN Technology is an Ethernet and IP networking company.[1] (PCN) The company is known for its patented IT products and services in the automation and control markets.[2][3][4][5] PCN Technology is headquartered in San Diego.[6][5]

History

Daniel Drolet and David Strumpf cofounded PCN Technology in 2004 while working on technologies and projects in the industrial and energy space focused on connecting SCADA networks to the Internet.[7][8] The pair spent several years funding and developing hardware, firmware and software for converting standard conductive wire used in independent SCADA networks into infrastructure that would also include TCP/IP communication systems that would interface to other network types.[7][1][5]

First focused in California, PCN expanded to serve international clients.[8] The company established its headquarters in San Diego in 2008.[7][8][5] The company raised $8 million in a Series A funding in 2008, approximately $3 million between 2008 and 2012 and another $5.25 million in venture funding in 2012.[9][7][10]

In 2012, The company’s media technologies assisted in providing network solutions for building and transportation network owners impacted by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.[11][5]

Leadership

Venkat Shastri is the company’s CEO.[6][5] Dave Karpenske is the company’s COO and worked at JDS Uniphase prior to PCN.[4][3][5] David Strumpf is a cofounder and the CTO.[2][12][5] Daniel Drolet is a co-founder and EVP of Business Development and Marketing.[1][5] Irwin Pfister, the former CEO of Schlumberger SEMA and EVP of Schlumberger, is the company’s Executive Chairman and a lead investor in PCN.[5][2][12] Bill Kingsley is also a Director and represents Enertech Capital’s investment in PCN.[13][1]

PCN’s products use patented, physical-layer technologies to allow open standards connectivity to the Internet by using existing automation and control cabling and infrastructure.[5][1][14] PCN services IP-485 communication and networking devices including network servers and clients, and other specialty communication and networking devices.[9][1][5]

PCN's IP-485 technologies and products allow Internet connectivity and IP upgrades to existing multi-drop automation and control applications so network owners do not need to run CAT 5/6 cabling.[15][5][16] Its technologies allow virtualization and software-defined networking from the cloud to automation and control networks and connectivity to fiber, wireless and other networks.[15][1][5] The company products clear viruses, including Stuxnet, from industrial control networks.[15][1][5][16]

Awards

In 2007, the company received the North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology,[17] the Austin Clean Energy Venture Conference award as The Most Outstanding Clean Energy Smart Grid Venture Award,[18] and was selected as one of the Top 40 Technology Companies in California by EuroStart Capital Partners.[19]

In 2010, the company received CONNECT’s award for Most Innovative Communication & IT Products in San Diego [20][21][22]

The company was also a finalist in the Communication Products & Services category for TechAmerica San Diego’s 17th Annual High Tech Awards.[23]

In 2010, the company was awarded by Red Herring technology magazine as a Top 100 North American private company.[24]

In 2011, the company was a finalist in the 2011 Global Cleantech Cluster Association Later Stage Award, a global cleantech award.[1][22]

In 2012, the company was awarded again by Red Herring technology magazine as a Global Top 100 private company in networking and communications.[24]

External Link

Official Site

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "About PCN". PCN Technology. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Company Overview of PCN Technology, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Former JDS Uniphase / Schlumberger Executive Joins PCN Senior Management". Bloomberg. April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Former JDS Uniphase / Schlumberger Executive Joins PCN Senior Management". New York Times. April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Company Overview of PCN Technology, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "PCN Technology, Inc". Inside View. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d Bruce V. Bigelow (September 24, 2010). "PCN Technology Translates Industrial "Tower of Babel" Networks Into Language of the Internet". Xconomy. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c Bruce V. Bigelow (September 24, 2010). "PCN Technology Translates Industrial "Tower of Babel" Networks Into Language of the Internet". UT San Diego. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  9. ^ a b "PCN Technology". Crunchbase. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  10. ^ "PCN Technology Garners $5,250,000 New Funding". Xconomy. September 24, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  11. ^ "Advanced Conductive Technology Revitalizes Critical Building and Transportation Networks Impacted by Floods & Electrical Surges of Hurricane Sandy". Yahoo! Finance. November 13, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  12. ^ a b "ihs inc-class a (IHS:New York Consolidated)". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  13. ^ "Management". EnerTech. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  14. ^ "PCN adds Modbus to its IP-485 Ethernet networking routers". Automation.com. April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  15. ^ a b c "Industry Session". ieee-greencom.org. September 27, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |Author= (help)
  16. ^ a b Brendan B. Read (October 1,2010). "PCN Product Keeps Viruses Away From Industrial Control Networks". M2M Evolution. Retrieved April 29, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Stacie Kopecki (November 8, 2007). "Frost & Sullivan Lauds PCN Technology for Its Unique Solution That Facilitates High Quality of Service Powerline Communication and Mesh Networking". Frost & Sullivan. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  18. ^ Daniel Drolet. "IPG Spinoff - PCN Technology, Inc. Receives Most Outstanding Clean Energy Smart Grid Venture Award from Texas Clean Energy Venture Conference". IPG Worldwide. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  19. ^ "Energy Efficiency Summit East 2008 is pleased to announce PCN Technology as Key Panel Member for Smart Grid, AMI and Demand Resp". Metering.com. May 31, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  20. ^ "PCN Technology, Inc. Awarded for Most Innovative Communication & IT Products". Nusinesswire. January 4, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  21. ^ "PCN - Most Innovative Products in Communications and IT Sector". YouTube. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  22. ^ a b "Cleantech" (PDF). Connect. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  23. ^ "PCN Technology, Inc. (PCN) Named as TechAmerica San Diego High Tech Awards Finalist". Businesswire. September 30, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  24. ^ a b "2011 RED HERRING GLOBAL TOP 100". Red Herring. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
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