Our Team
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…
Marc Ramoneda, Business Developer
More than 15 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Engineering and Automation mainly focused on Turn-Key projects for Top Pharma Companies worldwide. With a Chemical Engineer background and an International MBA, my main tasks had been developed…
Nico Steyn, CEO
Nico Steyn is a respected entrepreneur in technology in South Africa and with his team a leading innovator in the development of new technologies offered by the Internet of Things. Nico co-founded IoT.nxt in 2015 and…
Arzu Tekir, Business Strategist
Arzu Tekir is a business strategist working with the leaders of the cities and organizations to create a positive change. She has eighteen years of work experience in strategic planning, business development, strategic partnership development, and…