"My management style is seduction; I seduce my employees into falling in love with their jobs" Dennis Morin, Wonderware Visionary

Now, the staff at The History of a Safer World does NOT encourage our readers to go into the boss's office tomorrow and say "Seduce me." We are a responsible organization. However, the Wonderware startup was the place to work as Dennis and Phil Huber co-founded the ...company. In the words of the HR manager; "people would kill to work for Wonderware." Hot shot programmers, competitors, developers.....Wonderware was the Apple, Oracle, and Google of Southern California for talent seeking a creative place to work. The hours would be long and if the startup succeeded, co founders Dennis Morin and Phil Huber let it be known they would share the wealth. They did, and nearly 25 years later, working for Wonderware is still one of the hottest tickets in town!

From the History of a Safer World:  The proprietary Triconex operating system, the TSX, is the heart of the world's most successful industrial safety system.  Who wrote the TSX?  
The most critical function of the TSX is to guarantee the switching of the modules on a timely basis which provides the continuous reliablity of the Tricon controller.  Victor Torres, a Cornell graduate was one of the first 20 employees of Triconex  in 1984.  He wrote the original version of the Triconex operating system.  Jerry Cuckler came aboard to the Triconex startup at a critical time and modified and advanced the TSX version that was certified for use for industrial applications.  This certification was the key turning point for Triconex, not only allowing it to be sold to major customers, but gaining investors confidence to continue funding.  In 1986, Jerry Cuckler recommended a longtime friend, John Gabler to come to Triconex.  Mr. Gabler was hired by the software development manager, Phil Huber.  In 1988, Mr. Cuckler and Mr. Huber left Triconex to become founding partners of Wonderware, John Gabler took ownership of the TSX operating system and has been there ever since.  The system is as reliable and safe as the extraordinary engineers who designed it.

From the History of a Safer World: The great man died on December 31st, 2012. He was often called "The Software Playboy" and local obituraries described his social life as "one that would make Hugh Hefner blush." Who was Dennis Rene Morin? He was named one of the 50 greatest entrepreneurs in automation history (Bill Gates was another). When starting Wonderware, he told prospective employees "Listen, I don't know what I'm doing, but its going to be a great company." They listened, they followed, and made money. Wonderware became a great company, creating thousands of jobs and millions in new wealth worldwide. Not bad for an idea conceived in the founder's bedroom.

From The History of a Safer World: As the industrial world celebrates the 30th anniversary of the world's premier safety system, the Triconex controller, we look back on the company that built the Tricon. The DNA of Triconex is entreprenurial spirit and culture of relentless quality. As an independent company, it acquired companies that shared their values. In 1992, it bought a Turbo-machinery company whose founder was an Australian born swashbuckling motorcycle enthusiast who shared the wealth his employees when Triconex acquired his firm. A year later Triconex bought a Baton Rouge based safety consulting company whose co-owners kept paying employees out of their own pockets when times were lean. All three companies exemplify the raw entreprenurial spirit and business acumen of operating their companies locally and defining themselves globally.