Yasunori Kobayashi is a senior manager and executive consultant at Yokogawa. He has 30 years of consulting experience in process automation and over 10 years of management experience in R&D, marketing, sales, operations and services. Kobayashi has led projects developing new solutions, including procedural automation using AI (Exapilot), software sensors using Neural Networks (Exaneuro), real-time alarm browsers in DCS (CAMS), automation benchmarking (CEA), knowledge-based graphics using ergonomics (AOG) and remote monitoring and consulting using cloud technology (KBC Co-Pilot Program).