Brian Lieser

Executive Vice President of Automation Solutions, Belden

Search every verified Brian Lieser interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2023 interview at the ARC Advisory Forum, Brian Lieser discussed Belden's transformation from a wire and cable manufacturer to a provider of end-to-end solutions for Industry 4.0. He stated that the company has been deliberate about expanding its focus beyond wire and cable since its 2004 merger with Cable Design Technologies, and more recently has aimed to offer bundled products as complete solutions. Lieser highlighted three areas of investment: industrial edge compute hardware, the Belden Horizon platform for orchestrating edge devices and applications, and the development of proprietary applications available through a dedicated app store. Lieser described the company's approach as differentiated by providing customers with flexibility to connect to any data source and send operational data to any destination, emphasizing agnosticism. He cited a partnership with AWS as an example, noting that Belden has been certifying its Hirschmann Op Edge 8D industrial edge gateway to run AWS IoT Greengrass, with the container to be housed in the Belden Horizon app store.