Wonderware was formed in 1987 by Dennis Morin and Phil Huber around a vision that operators could monitor factory operations more effectively if their tools were as fun and easy to use as a video game interface. They are soon joined by partners Cole Chevalier, Bill Urone and Jerry Cuckler.

In 1987, with the introduction of the InTouch HMI, on two 5 ¼ inch floppy disks, Wonderware became the first human machine interface built on the Microsoft Windows operating system, giving plant operators and managers unprecedented capability to interact with and control their plants. 

As a result, Wonderware became one of the fastest-growing software companies in the U.S. during the early 1990s and, with more than 750,000 licenses in over 100,000 factories and industrial facilities around the world running InTouch and Wonderware software, Wonderware remains the market leader.