Penny Chen, PhD, is principal systems architect at Yokogawa Global Strategic Marketing Center where she is responsible for technology standardization and wireless networking technologies for industry applications. She is vice-chair of ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI), co-chair of ISA100.15 Wireless Backhaul Networks Working Group along with membership on numerous industry organizations. Her doctorate is in electrical engineering from Northwestern University. Chen may be reached at penny.chen@us.yokogawa.com.