• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Gary Freburger

Schneider Electric

President Process Automation

Gary Freburger is President, Process Automation, with responsibility of managing and growing the global Automation (Former Invensys Systems business and former SE Plant Solutions business) business. Gary leads a global core business team focused on product development, product line management, R&D, marketing, Executive client relationships and Global Services. He is also responsible for the businesses’ regional operations, including all direct sales, Strategic Sales Centers, regional marketing communications, project pursuits, engineering delivery, Engineering Excellence Centers and Application Centers, project and consulting services. He also oversees the company’s major project pursuits and central delivery teams. Prior to this position (acquisition by SE), Freburger was President Invensys Systems Industrial Automation business ($1.2B globally) and COO Invensys Plc. Before joining Invensys, Freburger spent 26 years at Honeywell Electronic Materials and Honeywell (AlliedSignal) Aerospace. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management and an Executive MBA. He is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

Sessions With Gary Freburger

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 10:30am - 11:15am (CST) / -

    Energy Infrastructure: How vulnerable to cyber attack?
    Panel Technology/Innovation Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics

    Headlines alert us to the risks of aging energy infrastructure across North America, and enormous vulnerability to cyber-attacks, both state-sponsored and individual. How likely are those attacks to really happen, and what will be the damage? What are the new sources ofcyber risk and the state of the art responses to mitigate these? Are there good short- and long-term solutions to the cybersecurity problem?