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2017

Sorin Grama, Entrepreneur in Residence, MIT

Sorin Grama is an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and the Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship where he brings experience of starting and scaling a hardware business in a developing economy.…

Pablo Tomasi, Senior Analyst

Pablo Tomasi is a Senior Analyst covering Smart Cities and IoT at the research and consulting firm IHS Markit. Within the company, he is the Leading Analyst responsible for the Smart Cities IoT Intelligence Service, providing…

Göran Appelquist, CTO

Göran Appelquist, currently CTO at Crosser, has 20+ years of experience of different leading positions in high-tech companies. Crosser is a start-up that designs and delivers the industry’s first pure-play real-time software solution for Fog/Edge Computing…

Paul Vanslette, Chief Technology Officer

Paul Vanslette is Chief Technology Officer at Industrial Video & Control, being responsible for planning and leading the initiative to design, develop, and implement industrial video software solutions for manufacturing, SCADA, and security applications that provide a…

Brian Ballard, CEO

Brian Ballard is the CEO and co-founder of Upskill (formerly APX Labs) where he is working on the next industrial revolution - using smart glasses to create powerful ways for the workforce to interact with the digital and…

Adriana Avirvarei, Regional Sales Manager

Adriana Avirvarei services encompass statewide leadership for lifecycle replacement, maintenance, mission critical infrastructure and regulatory compliance for assets consistency for design and construction to support the strategic company’s Reliability mission. Her responsibilities are the development and…

Matt Morris, Managing Director

Matt Morris is an Industrial IoT and cyber security entrepreneur, executive and author. Matt is currently the Managing Director & Global Head for Burns & McDonnell’s Industrial Cyber Practice, where he leads all aspects of the…

Mauro Fenzi, CEO

Education Graduated in Mechanical Engineering with focus on Automation at the Polytechnic University of Milan. Professional career CEO at Comau – part of FCA Group - since 2015. Before that, he was General Director. From 2010…

Jim Rock, CEO

Jim Rock is CEO of Seegrid and is a progressive leader of growth-stage technology companies. Jim’s expertise spans 25+ years in hi-tech industries including artificial intelligence software, voice recognition technology, acoustic semiconductors for mobile devices, and…

Building IIoT solutions? Don’t forget about the channel!

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions offer tremendous and disruptive value for customers, but sometimes have the unintended effect of adversely impacting the channel that it is sold and serviced through. This results in slow adoption…

Industrial Augmented Reality offers a way to bridge the skills gap

As outlined in our previous story on Industry 4.0, the challenges and opportunities facing the manufacturing sector are significant and global. They include: Tackling the skills shortage that manufacturers are increasingly facing due to an aging…