Ralph Lange is an experienced control systems professional with a background in electrical and electronics engineering, holding a diploma from Technische Universität Berlin. As the Control System Coordinator at ITER Organization since May 2014, Ralph has overseen critical control system projects. Prior to this, Ralph worked as a Technology Architect at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin from May 1994 to April 2014, focusing on the design and optimization of EPICS-based control systems for accelerators and beamline components. Consulting roles at ITER Organization and EPIC Consulting involved optimizing EPICS for multi-core architectures and the design and implementation of control systems. Ralph has also held positions at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory, contributing extensive expertise to the field.