Ep. 026 – Scaling the Edge – From 10-200K Points w/ Joey Philippi - WaterbridgeJoey Philippi is currently Director of Operational Technology at WaterBridge based in Houston Texas. He brings experience from previous roles at Berkana Resources, EN Engineering and Encana. Ryan Glover is currently the director of Remote Operations at WaterBridge based in Houston Texas. he brings experience from previous roles held at Apache Corp, Marathon Oil and Oxy.00:30 Welcome in01:05 Introduction – Ryan’s 30s commercial01:30 Joey’s career path and passion for technology 02:00 Texas A&M technology projects03:00 Joey’s growth in oil and gas SCADA systems integration05:00 Transforming Wadebridge’s SCADA infrastructure to Scale07:30 Startin at zero with Ignition – the tools and knowhow you need to succeed13:00 Aha moment and polling 100s of devices and control at the edge15:45 MQTT and Report by exception16:45 Wadebridge’s early hurdles with Ignition20:30 Building a SCADA HMI – The collaborative approach22:30 Wadebridge’s Operations26:50 Enterprise Architecture for Ignition36:30 Point to point when using MQTT protocol40:45 Field communications over vast landmasses like the Delaware and Permian43:45 Leveraging Lorowan to close the gaps52:30 Future technologies at Waterbridge57:30 Tips for scaling in Ignition1:01:30 Closing Remarks