Valeriy Vyatkin
CEO
IEC 61499 pioneer and researcher with decades of experience in distributed automation. Valeriy sees Flexbridge as a bridge of the gap between the academic promise of IEC 61499 and real-world industrial adoption.
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About Flexbridge
A small team of IEC 61499 specialists — researchers turned builders — working to make distributed industrial automation practical for everyone.
Our mission
Making IEC 61499 the default for industrial automation
Flexbridge started from a simple observation: the IEC 61499 standard offers a far better foundation for distributed industrial control than legacy PLC architectures — but adoption has been slow because the tools, training, and expertise weren't accessible enough.
We are here to change that. Through consulting, products, and training, we help companies adopt IEC 61499 without betting their production on a risky big-bang transition. And through our research work, we push the standard itself forward.
Founded
Luleå, Sweden — at the intersection of academia and industry
Specialisation
IEC 61499 standard — distributed control architecture for Industry 4.0
Research
Active participants in Horizon Europe-funded projects alongside EU universities and industry partners
Current focus
Building an AI-assisted online IDE to make IEC 61499 engineering faster and more accessible
The team
Three people, one focus
We are a small, focused team. That means every client engagement gets senior attention — not a junior handed a playbook.
Dmitrii Drozdov
CTO
Drives the technical direction of Flexbridge — from the IceBlock distributed PLC platform to the AI-assisted online IDE. Dmitrii bridges deep systems expertise with a focus on practical, deployable solutions.
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Sandeep Patil
Training & R&D
Leads Flexbridge training programmes and contributes to Horizon Europe research projects. Sandeep combines hands-on industrial automation experience with a drive to make IEC 61499 accessible to practising engineers.
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Whether you need consulting, training, or a research partner — we are a small team and we take on a limited number of engagements at a time. Reach out early.
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