I had no more that set up an interview with Invensys Operations Management CEO Sudipta Bhattacharya to discuss progress there after two years, when news came from London that the CEO had been replaced. Of course, that led to resurgance of speculation about the future of the parent company–stirred up by my friend Jim Pinto yesterday.

At any rate, in this podcast, I discuss my hour-long interview with Bhattacharya and the progress that has been made there. I also recap my trip to the Automate 2011 trade show (robots, vision, motion control), Wes Iversen’s retirement and the upcoming Packaging Automation Forum and Maintenance and Reliability Forum.