Derek Horn

Derek Horn currently serves as Sales Director for Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Division based in Scotland (Perth) and is responsible for Hexagon's OT cybersecurity business for Europe and South Africa Prior to joining Hexagon, Derek worked all his career within the industrial process industries varying from Dynamic Positioning of Vessels and Oil rigs, commissioning DCS on oil platforms, manager of subsea operations for both top-side and sub-surface, and spent many years working in the field of Advanced Process Control/Muti-variable Control within the multiple industrial sectors ranging from Polymers, Bioethanol, Mining and Mineral, Cement Industries and Consumer Packaged Goods (detergent, milk and whey powders) focused on the real-time optimization of Evaporators and Spray Dryers. In the last six years, Derek has worked extensively in ICS/OT cybersecurity for Hexagon across a variety of industries, including Upstream, Downstream, Power Generation and Transmission He studied Electrical Engineering in Aberdeen, coupled with an MSc from Lancaster University in England.