When pen-and-paper methods of tracking job efficiency left AccuRounds’ engineers and managers in the dark, the shop switched machine monitoring system. However, this brought morale challenges along with it. The data-driven practice quickly demonstrated the benefits of real-time monitoring. It also brought some tensions to the surface among shopfloor employees. AccuRounds’ story can serve as a […]
I personally cannot remember another telecommunications rollout quite like 5G. For every article which heralds the next-generation capabilities of this network, there is another which warns of its dangerous potential. Meanwhile, for the rest of us, it is hard to know at what point between these two extremes lies the truth.So, as the new year […]
Tony Garcia, CTO of SBT Alliance. Mr. Garcia is a smart building technologist with over 25-years of application engineering experience and a holder of two US patents. Having worked with advanced wireless controls for more than two decades, Mr. Garcia is considered a pioneer as one of the first wireless controls developers at Daintree Networks in 2006. As a cornerstone engineer at Daintree, Mr. Garcia developed the fundamental hardware components, network design specifications and supported project deployments with hands-on commissioning and management of tens of millions of square feet of industrial and commercial spaces. Mr. Garcia is one of the founding partners and Chief Technology Officer of SBT Alliance, a leading IoT systems and solutions integration firm. In this position, Mr. Garcia oversees the company’s software development, system provisioning tools, and overall technology direction of SBT to foster greater adoption of IoT technologies and IoT solutions within industrial, manufacturing, and commercial spaces.
Co-Founder and Ceo of Chaska Analytics. Making Process Optimization by data driven solutions real. Working with Industry 4.0 strategies and tools to transform factories into smart facilities.
Federico Walas Mateo received his MSc. in Advanced Manufacturing Systems from Kingston University, UK, he currently works as Industrial Engineering coordinator at the Institute of Engineering and Agronomy, Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ). Federico does research in in Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Innovation ecosystems, Open Innovation, Technological Startups, Data driven models. The current project is 'Analysis of the approach in Local SMEs to Production 4.0 tools
Safe Industrial IoT and industrial networking can unlock entire new business, in addition to simplifying and streamlining existing processes. However, cyber risk is a huge problem, and existing IT security solutions are difficult and expensive to retrofit into OT networks – if they work at all. This virtual conference will cover common pain points when […]
We are living in the age of Industry 4.0 which is disrupting businesses and impacting most industries. To survive and be competitive in the presence of disruptive forces, companies are being forced to innovate in every aspect of their business. The manufacturing supply chain is no exception. Disruptions in supply chain will be quite significant […]
The ability to remotely manage systems including HVAC units, vehicle fleets, manufacturing equipment and other operational technologies (OT) is seen as a tremendous time and money saver. However, a failure to properly protect OT assets can lead to data theft, loss of remote management and an overall danger to those working in or around them. […]
Specializing in the Oil/Gas, Power/Utilities and Industrials/Mfg/Aerospace industry, Sid Verma brings in more than 20+ years of strategic problem solving and delivery experience; advising C-Suite/ Senior Officials to help organizations transform their businesses, monetize new technologies and improve their bottom line.
Sid is a GM of the Mfg Practice at Hitachi Vantara, focused on incubating and growing the services and solution footprint at our discrete / process mfg customers along with Hitachi Front BUs. Prior to Hitachi, Sid lead the Innovation and Industrial IoT business for Siemens and was responsible for building the Industrial IoT services practice at Deloitte Digital. Sid specializes in Digital Manufacturing (Industry 4.0), Digital Supply Chain, Asset Performance Management, Analytics and Insights offering. Sid brings in extensive experience managing Business Strategy, IT Strategy, Enterprise / Solution Architecture, Agile Delivery and Operational/IT Transformation. Sid has expertise across various IoT / Big Data / ML+ AI + Data Science platforms.
Pugal Janakiraman is the Industry Field CTO for Manufacturing at Snowflake, focused on driving the solution vision for manufacturing by mapping technology components from Snowflake and the partner ecosystem to build higher order solutions within the manufacturing domain. For the last two decades, Pugal has worked with strategic CXOs at the world’s top automotive, trucking, […]
Jim’s career has centered around innovation and improving things. He is known as a visionary in Smart Manufacturing and was one of the early champions nationally. Jim spent most of his career at General Mills and retired as Director of Engineering – Global Reliability. He was responsible for improving the existing asset base in GMI […]