Making Chinese companies greener

Ian Shih drives Rockwell Automation's efforts to give manufacturing the smart edge

A year ago, Rockwell Automation's China unit welcomed a president of Chinese origin for the first time ever.

Ian Shih, 40, born in Taiwan and educated in the United States, has been leading the local arm of one of the world's biggest industrial automation and information companies by market share. He joined the company in 2008.