Achyut Deshmukh
Platform Engineering Lead – Body Systems, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Achyut Deshmukh is Lead Engineer in Advanced Technology department at R&D centre called Mahindra Research Valley of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. The Mahindra Group is a USD 19.4 billion federation of companies that enables people to rise through innovative mobility solutions, driving rural prosperity, enhancing urban living, nurturing new businesses and fostering communities. It enjoys a leadership position in utility vehicles, information technology, financial services and vacation ownership in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume. It also enjoys a strong presence in renewable energy, agribusiness, logistics and real estate development. Headquartered in India, Mahindra employs over 2,56,000 people across 100 countries.
After graduating from Colorado State University, Amanda Nickels began her career with Hewlett Packard’s elite Innovation Team developing agile applications to rapidly respond to pressing business needs. Her diverse technical path has spanned from roles in DevOps, software engineering, fintech, and full stack architecture.
Amanda now serves as lead developer on Tyson’s Emerging Tech team, where she has spearheaded many successful projects designing and deploying IoT-based solutions. Her contributions have impacted organization-wide IT and OT architecture standards and she continues to play a pivotal role in positioning Tyson at the cusp of modern technology and innovation.
Andrey Morochko brings experience from technology roles spanning regional leadership, SaaS operations, product management, and business process transformation. In his current role, Andrey is improving IT function ability to deliver products and projects faster and better through adoption of agile and SAFe, transition to DevOps, automation through CI/CD, and effective use of public cloud and cloud-native services. He’s also leading a product portfolio in support of business lean efforts and enjoys hands-on engagement in building serverless applications and deploying IOT services at scale.
Marketing and International Business major from Michigan State University. Currently working as a North America Channel Sales at WIN-911 Software. Product: Alarm notification software for Industrial Internet of things (IIOT) Industries: Aerospace & Defense, Building Management, Data Centers, Food and Beverage (F&B), Consumer Good Products (CPG industry), Packaging, Manufacturing, Natural disaster prevention, Oil & Gas (O&G), Power generation & distribution, Water and Water Wastewater.
Arnie Kravitz is the CTO of Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM). In this role, Arnie drives ARM’s technical vision to help the organization fulfill its mission of increasing U.S. global competitiveness by accelerating innovative technologies that make robots more accessible to U.S. manufacturers. He achieves this goal, in part, by convening experts and stakeholders from among ARM’s industrial, academic, nonprofit and government partners.
Arnie has spent over 37 years designing, developing, and manufacturing a large portfolio of products that include aquatic robots, autonomous vehicles, robotic, augmented, and virtual reality vision systems, self-learning inference engine-based systems, commercial consumer electronics, and cryptographic devices. He has taught as an Adjunct Professor at The Johns Hopkins University and has significant experience exploiting emerging tools and techniques to rapidly transform new ideas into manufactured products.
Arnie also serves on the Board of Governors for the Texas A&M universities Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) SecureAmerica Institute. SecureAmerica is focused on a cyber secure and resilient supply chain for the US industrial base.He holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Industry 4.0 Professional with an MSc in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and 7+ years of experience in driving Digital Transformation for various manufacturing sectors. Adept in driving Operational Excellence using Automation and digital technologies, with clearly articulated and quantifiable business benefits. Can execute cost-effective solutions for Smart Factories leveraging Industry 4.0 and IIoT principles. Agile mindset, and highly motivated to transform the Manufacturing business by embracing disruptive technologies, creating new business models and accelerating digital adoption.
Before joining Amcor in 2016, I specialized in Industrial Automation systems, gaining extensive experience in SCADA/MES and PLC programming on different platforms, with a specialized focus on Wonderware and Schneider Electric products
Worked with WIN-911 for 2 years. I have support tickets & training.
Charles C. Byers is Associate Chief Technology Officer of the Industrial Internet Consortium. He works on the architecture and implementation of edge computing systems, common platforms, media processing systems, and the Internet of Things.
Previously, Chuck was a Principal Engineer and Platform Architect with Cisco, and a Bell Labs Fellow at Alcatel-Lucent. During his three decades in the telecommunications networking industry, he has made significant contributions in areas including voice switching, broadband access, converged networks, VoIP, multimedia, video, modular platforms, edge-fog computing and IoT. Chuck has also been a leader in several standards bodies, including serving as CTO for the Industrial Internet Consortium and OpenFog Consortium, and was a founding member of PICMG’s AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, and MicroTCA subcommittees.
Chuck received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In his spare time, he likes travel, cooking, bicycling, and tinkering in his workshop. He holds over 110 US patents.
Deepak Poornachandra is a Senior Product Manager at Pelion, an Arm subsidiary providing IoT platform services. He is responsible for Pelion Device Management Edge that enables secure scalable deployment and management of IoT devices and gateways at the edge to help accelerate IoT adoption. Deepak has led a career in IoT, Digital Security & SaaS Solutions with Ericsson, Gemalto, & BMC Software. He holds an MS degree in Electrical Engineering.
Dr. Christine Richardson is the Director of Sensor Technology at Ecolab. A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world.
Dr. Richardson has over 20 years of technology leadership experience and prior to joining Ecolab was CTO at Rubicon Technology and VP, Crystal Growth Systems Development and Engineering for GT Advanced Technologies. Her earlier experience includes leading photovoltaic technology development for GTAT; Senior Director of Advanced Process Development for Evergreen Solar; and process development engineering for Advanced Micro Devices.
Dr. Richardson has her Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology, M.S. degrees in Applied Physics and Materials Science and Engineering from Harvard University and Stanford University respectively, and a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Dean L. Bartles is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group which includes the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining and Advanced Manufacturing International, Inc. Previously, he was President of the National Tooling and Machining Association. Prior to that he designed and built the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Bartles was the founding Executive Director of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago after working for General Dynamics Corporation for 30 years setting up and running manufacturing operations in Egypt, Turkey, and the US. He recently served as the 2016-2017 President of the North American Manufacturing Research Institute, the 2016 President of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the founding Chairman of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition.
Dr. Bartles graduated from Indiana State University earning a Ph. D. in Technology Management with a concentration in Manufacturing Systems.
Dr. Michelle Chrétien received her BSc in Chemistry from Dalhousie University and PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Ottawa. Her extensive experience leading applied research in 3D printing, automation, robotics, design, simulation, and printed electronics has resulted in new capabilities and infrastructure to support innovations in advanced manufacturing and beyond. Michelle is currently the Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation at Conestoga College. Previously, she was the inaugural Director of the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies at Sheridan College. Prior to joining the public sector in 2018, Michelle spent 12 years at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada in various roles including Global Program Manager (Electronic Materials), Senior R&D Manager (Materials Science), and Program Manager (Strategic Partnerships). Michelle is passionate about the commercialization of innovation and helping companies to innovate, solve problems, and achieve their business and technology goals.
Michelle has published 23 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and been granted 88 US patents on novel materials and manufacturing technologies. She has been recognized with numerous awards including the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, the Xerox Certificate of Excellence, and the intelliFLEX Innovation Award for Women in STEM. She is also an appointed member of the Mitacs Research Council and serves as an advisor and mentor for various incubators and entrepreneurship hubs.
Dr. Steve Jia is the Chief Engineer at Litens Automotive Group, Canada. He has invested more than 30 years of his professional career in Product Development, Engineering Materials, Sustainable Energy, Metal Forming, FEA, CFD, MBD, CAE, VPD and NNW Technologies. He contributed two chapters to the book, Sustainable Material Forming and Joining, published by CRC Press, New York, USA in 2019 and has published more than 30 research papers at international conferences and journals.
He was invited as a Keynote Speaker and invited speaker at several international and regional conferences, seminars, and/or webinar series. Dr Jia received his Ph.D. in Integrated Engineering and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Ohio University, USA in 1990’s and was an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University, Ohio, USA in early 2000 and has been a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario, Canada since 1999.
Ed Hemphill is currently Director Pelion Edge Ecosystem at Pelion where he creates relationships with hardware and software partners for Pelion Edge. Previously Ed led the Pelion Edge engineering team. Prior to Pelion Ed was Co-founder and CEO of WigWag, a startup focused on IoT gateway and edge computing technology acquired by Arm. Ed’s earlier career was at LifeSize Communications, a provider of video and unified communication technology, helping grow the company’s early adoption and sales, and serving as an officer in the US Army specializing in telecommunications and PSYOPs in Special Operations. He holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA.
Edoardo Gallizio is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at STMicroelectronics’ Americas Region, leading a team of Marketers and FAEs for MEMS, Sensors & Personal Electronics products and applications across North America.
Gallizio began his career at ST in 2005 in the Advanced System Technology Group. He joined the ST Audio division as Product Marketing Engineer in 2009, responsible for Japan and Japanese OEMs in South East Asia. In 2013 Gallizio relocated to the Americas region, joining the Strategic Sector Marketing team with responsibility for Wearable and IoT segment business development.
Gallizio was a voting member of the IEEE committee that defined the 802.11n specifications for MIMO WiFi. He is also a co-author of several patents in the field of digital signal processing and wireless communication.
Edoardo Gallizio was born in Savona (Italy) in 1978 and graduated from Politecnico di Milano, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering Faculty in 2003 with a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
Jay Esfandyari is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at STMicroelectronics’ Americas Region, with focus on the industrial market in the Americas Region.
Jay Esfandyari has more than 20 years of industry experience in Semiconductor Technology, Integrated Circuits Fabrication Processes, MEMS development and fabrication, sensors, and strategic MEMS market and business development.
Jay has authored and co-authored several papers on solid state physics and MEMS technology and sensors. He has also contributed to many conferences with topics on MEMS sensors.
Jay Esfandyari holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology in Vienna, Austria.
Florence Hudson is Executive Director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, and Founder & CEO of FDHint, LLC, a global advanced technology and diversity & inclusion consulting firm. She leads the COVID Information Commons (https://covidinfocommons.net) funded by NSF, providing an open resource to explore research and enable global collaboration to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Former IBM Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Internet2 Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Special Advisor for the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and aerospace engineer at NASA and Grumman, she Chairs the global IEEE/UL P2933 Working Group on Clinical IoT Data and Device Interoperability with TIPPSS – Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security, and has published books on TIPPSS. She serves on Boards for Princeton University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Stony Brook University, Blockchain in Healthcare Today, and the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. She has a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and executive business education from Harvard and Columbia Universities.
Hari Ambalam is a technology leader, with over 14 years of experience in consumer appliances and automotive industries. Currently, he is the Global Engineering Sensors / Actuator, Wiring Leader at Whirlpool Corporation leading a global team that provides strategic solutions from planning a roadmap, to the execution for all cross-category appliances. He is responsible for delivering innovative, high quality and cost-effective strategies and solutions that drive business growth, in a fast-paced environment.
Prior to this role, Hari was an Electrical and Electronics systems architect accountable for developing and deploying global strategy, related to product performance, user experience and connectivity experience for the cooking platform.
Hari has an MBA from Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Dayton.
Jen Cohen makes technology work for business. Since the 1990s, she’s helped companies like Toyota Research Institute, Cisco, and Birkenstock adopt solutions that drive meaningful business results, including rebooting inefficient operations teams, establishing world-class best practices, and streamlining processes to optimize performance. She’s also helped several startups modernize platforms, streamline processes, and scale their operations to prepare for successful acquisitions.
Her specialties include improving uptime to 99.999%; rebooting and modernizing platforms and teams; streamlining, scaling, and automating processes; implementing change management processes; and rearchitecting aging core infrastructures.
She cares as much about finding the right solutions as she does about easing users’ fears and getting them comfortable with new tools and systems. Although getting the technology and processes right is important, Jen believes successfully making these changes comes down to one thing: the people. Her motto is “It’s always about the people, and when we value each other and work together, we can accomplish amazing things.”
Jen is committed to coaching and mentoring people at all levels within an organization, especially women in tech. And she maintains and nurtures relationships with former direct reports and colleagues even years after they’ve worked together.
Jeremy Gerard is a lead developer on Tyson’s Emerging Technology team specializing in machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. With a dual degree in Neuroscience and Mathematics from Temple University, his early work around biomimetic learning algorithms and cerebellar microcircuit theory has led to an unorthodox entry into the IT world, and has provided him with a unique approach to solving practical real-world problems through the lens of information theoretic principles realized through technology.
Jeremy has architected and deployed fully scalable and automated edge-to-cloud data pipelines and MLOps infrastructure, productionalizing several ML and CV solutions company-wide. He hopes to continue to drive change through demonstrating the power of data and automation to transform industry at all scales.
Experienced IT and business strategy Professional within various industries with valuable experience in IT strategy, Product Management, Project and Program Management, Supply Chain Optimization, Industry 4.0, and Business Process Improvement. Bachelor of Science, Business Administration from Bradley University.
Jordan is currently the enterprise product manager for the emerging technologies and IoT team within Bayer Crop Science. He is leading projects on Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR, edge computing, IIoT, Connected Manufacturing and OEE, Predictive Maintenance, and 3D digital twin factories.
As a US Marine Corps veteran, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and with a diverse range of technical and operational experience across manufacturing process engineering, metallurgy and materials science, automation, and technical programming, Kyle Sullivan has had a long career cultivating IT/OT convergence and impacting change across multiple industry verticals.
Kyle’s current role as a lead automation and robotics engineer on Tyson’s Emerging Tech team has brought an efficient expediency and steadfast approach to the adoption and modernizing IoT and automation at Tyson, swiftly and simultaneously accelerating digital and operational transformation across the board.
Madeline Bennett has been a technology journalist and commentator since 2000, covering everything from enterprise applications and security to digital transformation.
Prior to becoming a journalist, Madeline was an English teacher at a London secondary school. Madeline is editor of Computer Shopper, a regular contributor to sites including The Telegraph and diginomica, and a technology commentator on TV, radio and conferences, including CNN, Sky, BBC and Web Summit.
Michael Finegan is a leading technical design consultant and public speaker focused on engineering, design, and commercialization of embedded systems for the “Internet of Things”. His 20 years of experience in designing Enterprise Wide Area Networks and Cloud infrastructures has helped hundreds of customers and partners deploy thousands of devices.
He is the Associate Vice President IoT Business Development for MultiTech (a U.S. based hardware ODM and platform provider for the IoT industry). As a member of the LoRa Alliance®, Michael also serves as a “LoRaWAN® Ambassador”, speaking on behalf of the LoRa Alliance at events.
Michael specializes in designing wireless solutions using LTE, CBRS, and LoRaWAN networks and graduated from Saint Mary’s College in California with a degree in Business Administration and Management.
Michael Hess is Applications Manager for the ST Americas Sensors to Cloud Team. Michael started his career as a telecom and networking tool design engineer, followed by roles in technical project management and technical support engineering at several semiconductor distributors. At ST, his career has included managing OEM/ODM and partner relationships for ST’s broad portfolio of MEMS sensors and microcontrollers. Michael earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College in NY.
Mike Konstantinidis, Co-Founder and CEO at METIS Cyberspace Technology SA., is a senior Mechanical Engineer (BSc, MSc), with more than 25 years of insightful experience in leading organizations, heavily focusing the last years to the Maritime Sector. Based on the broad range of skills he has developed during his career; Mike is currently making a significant contribution to the penetration of digitalization concepts as well on the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies in favor of the shipping industry. His main aim is the effective design and execution of operational and business strategy plans, ensuring competitiveness and profitability growth of the Global Maritime.
Mike Konstantinidis, Co-Founder and CEO at METIS Cyberspace Technology SA., is a senior Mechanical Engineer (BSc, MSc), with more than 25 years of insightful experience in leading organizations, heavily focusing the last years to the Maritime Sector. Based on the broad range of skills he has developed during his career; Mike is currently making a significant contribution to the penetration of digitalization concepts as well on the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies in favor of the shipping industry. His main aim is the effective design and execution of operational and business strategy plans, ensuring competitiveness and profitability growth of the Global Maritime.
Pooja Suresh is the Director of Research & Innovation at Gastops in Ottawa, Canada. In her current role, she manages the Research department and leads her team on technology advancement programs that serve the long term vision and strategic interests of the business in the aerospace, defence and energy markets. She has built Canadian and international partnerships with industry and academia to understand the future market needs and bring to market innovative technology solutions. Pooja first started working at Gastops ten years ago.
Her diverse career includes experience in environmental policy for aviation and management consulting. She has a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Carleton University and a masters in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT. As a champion of diversity and inclusion, Pooja has founded two initiatives and contributes to several others with the goal of building a network of allies and advancing diversity in leadership in the aviation and technology sectors in Ottawa. She is a Women in Engineering ambassador at Carleton University and actively volunteers for STEM outreach programs.
Przemek Tomczak, Senior Vice-President IoT and Utilities at KX and First Derivatives plc, where he leads the internet of things and utilities industry verticals globally.
Przemek has over 24 years IT and business leadership experience, implementing and operating big data and analytics systems, delivering program and transformation initiatives, consulting, outsourcing and risk management in the energy and utility and other industries.
Previously, Przemek held senior roles at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) in Ontario, Canada, top-tier consulting firms and systems integrators. At the IESO he was responsible for the implementation and operation of the world’s first and largest smart meter data management system for 67 utilities and 5 million end customers. Przemek also holds the CPA, CA and CISA designations.
Connect with Przemek at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/przemektomczak/
Rajeev Kalamdani is a Data Science/Analytics Manager with experience in deploying AI/ML products in a global enterprise. He has expertise in all aspects of manufacturing (engineering, launch, production, maintenance & quality), specific expertise in 6Sigma & Lean Manufacturing and Big Data/IIoT Analytics within the Manufacturing domain.
Rajeev directs a global team (Dearborn, Cologne and Chennai) of Data Scientists to deliver analytics solutions supporting Manufacturing Operations and Engineering:
Raul Bravo is a serial tech entrepreneur. He has created four companies in different fields in the mobile robotics space for warehouse automation and autonomous driving 3D perception, both bootstrapped and VC-funded, including an IPO. He has won 39 different awards for his engineering and entrepreneurial career, including Best Spanish Engineer and the MIT Technology Review – Top 10 Innovators Under 35. He has filed 57 patents.
Ryan Martin is a Research Director at ABI Research covering new and emerging transformative technologies, including Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation, and the Internet of Things (IoT). He currently leads the firm’s Manufacturing, Industrial, and Enterprise IoT research.
Prior to joining ABI Research, Ryan spent the past several years working at technology market research firms, including Yankee Group and, most recently, 451 Research. Before his time as a market research analyst, Ryan served as a consultant at Mobile Future Institute, a U.S.-based think tank focused on business strategies and marketing tactics for the mobile ecosystem. Additionally, he held advisory, consultative, and managerial positions at a number of early- to late-stage startups.
Ryan is frequently quoted and published in a variety of industry and business media, including BBC, CIO, LA Times, and Forbes. He is also a regular speaker at client and industry events, and a judge for major awards programs such as the CES Innovation Awards and the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards.
Ryan holds degrees in economics and political science, with an additional concentration in global studies, from the University of Vermont and an M.B.A. from the University of New Hampshire.
Sai Yamanoor has over 6 years of experience as an embedded systems expert and currently works for Linde in Buffalo, NY. He currently works on IoT system design, testing and deployment. He is a co-author of two books on the use of Raspberry Pi to execute DIY projects, and he has also presented a Personal Health Dashboard system at Maker Faires across the country.
Sai’s current interests include Edge Computing, IIoT and Robotics. Sai is also currently working on machine learning projects aimed at improving Quality of Life (QoL) for people with chronic health conditions. A portfolio of his projects is available to view at saiyamanor.com
Saiman Shetty helps build robots! He was part of the Manufacturing Automation team at Tesla, and the Autonomous Vehicle Hardware development team at Lyft. His current job role involves helping build autonomous delivery robots at Nuro, based in the US.
Saiman received his Masters in Electrical Engineering from the Arizona State University, and comes from a technical background of Control Systems Engineering.
Sebastien has spent the last 20 years designing and bringing to market products solving sensing interpretation challenges. After 3 MS degrees and 4 successful companies founded, Sebastien is now spending his time in Analog Devices working on addressing Quality Control challenges in manufacturing. He is heading the release of dedicated AI-driven sensing interpretation systems improving product quality and process efficiency, from stamping press operations to robotic assembly to EOL Quality Control, anywhere there is sensing involved and defects to detect.
At Whirlpool, Snita Menon started by leading a team of engineers to design sensor based control algorithms for various home appliances to enhance features and functionality. In her current role, Snita’s team is responsible for the complete integration of electrical, electromechanical components into dishwashing applications across the globe.
Prior to this, Snita worked at Cummins Engine Company for about 9 years in the Engine controls department, and the application for Off Highway Engines. She was also part of defining emission control strategies for Heavy Duty and High horsepower applications.
Snita completed her Masters in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA from Kelley School of Business (Indiana University).
Srikanth Chandrasekaran has been associated with the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) and the IEEE India office for the past 8 years as a Sr Director, with a global focus on Foundational Technologies practice. In this role, he is focused on identifying and growing standardization programs in IoT/Smart Cities, Sensors, Blockchain and AR/VR focused around developing end-to-end trustworthy systems. Sri also heads the standardization activities for IEEE SA for the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining IEEE, Sri was associated with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (formerly Motorola Inc.) for 18 years, managing a global Electronic Design Automation R&D team focused on modelling of mixed signal designs and Electro-magnetic compliance for Freescale products.
Sri received the Accellera Technical Excellence Award in 2009 for his leadership and contributions to design automation standardisation activities. Sri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Madras University, India and a Post Graduation degree in Electrical Communication from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Steve Brumer, Partner at BH IoT Group a consultancy firm providing companies across all industries with innovative IoT go-to-market strategy & execution services. With over 30 years+ M2M/IoT, Mobile and Wireless experience Brumer’s specialty is working with executives and entrepreneurs to define and execute their IoT solutions and accelerate their positioning within consumer or enterprise markets.
Before BH IoT Group, Brumer was a Partner and IoT Practice Lead at 151 Advisors, a consultancy firm providing technology companies with a combination of advisory and execution services. Brumer also co-founded and served as CEO of Wireless Rain which helped wireless carriers, manufacturers and solution providers build channel programs for B2B products, M2M products, and professional services.
Prior to Wireless Rain, Brumer co-founded and served as President of Global Wireless Data, a national master dealer and value-added distributor of wireless products and services. Under his tenure, GWD grew from a self-funded start-up to 184 on the INC 500 as the largest Master Dealer for AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint.
Earlier in his career, Brumer founded and served as CEO of Wireless Data Corp, and has held various executive management positions at Millicom, RAM Mobile Data and BellSouth Wireless.
Steve Serra was appointed Vice President of Product & Innovation within the Raytheon Technologies Digital Technology group in October 2017.
In his leadership role at the Brooklyn DX (Digital Accelerator), Serra oversees the Product team and partners with the heads of Data, Design and Software to define RTX’s digital best practices. The DX’s 150-plus staff partners with RTX’s business units to drive innovation, collaboration and business efficiency.
Before joining the Fortune 50 company, Serra worked as a consultant at digital and innovation agencies like Huge and Frog Design where his practice focused on setting digital transformation, innovation and digital product strategies with large, global clients.
At Huge, Serra established the Business & Product Innovation practice and led broad, enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives that helped bring a user-centric perspective to strategic planning activities. He guided such efforts at United Technologies, Thomson Reuters, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Enel.
At Frog Design, Serra led global client partnerships, managing multiple concurrent initiatives in the San Francisco, Austin, New York, Milan, Munich and Shanghai studios. Frog was a key partner in several large digital transformation initiatives.
Steve has a BA from Oberlin College in English and Neuroscience and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from The Fletcher School (Tufts University).
Urvashi Shah is Chief of Staff on Stanley Black and Decker’s Global Operations team. In this role she reports directly to the SVP of Global Operations and supports a wide variety of initiatives across Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Planning, Distribution, Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and EH&S.
Urvashi believes in a Lean, Agile, Resilient and Responsive Supply Chain. She supports projects that drive End-to-End Supply Chain Transparency, Strategic Footprint Optimization and World Class Service to Customers. With experience in various Supply Chain Analytics and Digital Manufacturing roles she is also passionate about finding more innovative and efficient ways for internal teams – from planners to shop floor operators – to be safe and effective every day.
Urvashi has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from University of Mumbai. She has a Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University at Buffalo, SUNY. Here she specialized in Operations Research and completed her thesis in the Game-Theoretic Approach to Resilience of Cyber-Physical Network Infrastructures. This research was partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She joined Stanley Black and Decker after completing her research with SUNY Research Foundation in 2015
Vijay is an Engineering Specialist with the IIoT Analytics group in Caterpillar with over 10 years of industry experience in Heavy Machinery & Aerospace. In his current role, he leads the development of physics based analytical models for condition monitoring of mining and construction machinery using telemetry data. In his previous role, he led the development of multiple ML based algorithms for machine usage classification.
His career includes extensive experience in engineering simulation, optimization and automaton. Vijay has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University and a Master’s degree from University of Florida specializing in optimization. He is passionate about science & technology and enjoys applying cutting-edge techniques to solve engineering problems.