Strategic Thinking
Working on enterprise architecture, IT/OT advisory, and digital transformation for manufacturing and energy.
Digital products / engineering / writing
Turning ideas into real impact.
Clear digital work, personal notes, and a compact presence without agency buzzwords.
This site is designed as a calm one-page space: a personal introduction, an English blog, and a direct way to get in touch.
About Me
Curious mind. Clear direction.
I work on digital transformation for manufacturing and energy companies, with a focus on enterprise architecture, IT/OT advisory, and practical implementation. I am interested in making complex systems clearer, more connected, and easier to turn into real progress. This site is meant to stay focused rather than loud: minimal navigation, clear lines, and straightforward content.
Clean Execution
Business design thinking, applied AI, and an agile way of working.
Human Focused
Open-minded, curious, and always looking for fresh perspectives.
Main Themes
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Industrial Systems, Data & AI
Manufacturing IT/OT, data platforms, applied AI, analytics, and integration work with a practical advisory angle.
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Personal Tech
WordPress, self-hosting, home automation, and the private technical systems I build, test, and refine.
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Elsewhere
Everything outside the main technical tracks: personal notes, observations, and broader interests.
Latest Thoughts
Notes from the journey.
Short notes, project updates, technical reflections, and occasional personal thoughts and interests, all in English.
Latest writing
Open archiveWhy IT/OT Integration in Manufacturing Is So Difficult
Manufacturers are under pressure to connect machines, production data, enterprise applications, and the cloud. The promise is compelling: better visibility, faster decisions, predictive maintenance, higher quality, and more flexible operations. Yet IT/OT integration remains difficult—and the reason is…
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Data Architecture as the Foundation of the Digital Factory
A practical look at how manufacturing companies can build data architectures that scale from the first use case to multiple lines, plants and sites.
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Why I Prefer ioBroker over Home Assistant
For my setup, home automation is less about dashboards and more about a clean instance tree, API access, and reliable data flows into a real-time database. In that context, ioBroker still fits better than Home Assistant.
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Designing a Modern Manufacturing Data Architecture
A practical look at how ISA-95, a Unified Namespace, and schema enforcement work together to create an AI-ready manufacturing data foundation.
Read article Using Two Domains with a Single Self-Hosted WordPress Site
A practical step-by-step guide to serving two domains from one self-hosted WordPress installation, including DNS, hosting aliases, SSL, and dynamic WordPress URL configuration.
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Sharing More Thoughts Here Again
To be more precise, I have been blogging here more deliberately again since September 3, 2019. As of July 6, 2026, that adds up to 2,498 days.
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Get In Touch
Let us build something useful.
If you have an idea, a project, or a question, you can contact me directly.
- office@thomastropper.com
- Baden, Austria
- thomastropper.com