Alisdair Walton, Data, Cloud & Innovation Lead at Tata Steel UK presented the Grand Opening Keynote on “Digital Asset Management and the IoT Toolbox” on Tuesday, 8th December 2020 – the first day of the Industrial, Manufacturing & IoT – Virtual Sensor World Week.

Digital professional with 20 years experience in the IT industry defining, leading and managing digital solutions implementation across a range of industries including manufacturing and public sector.

Alisdair prides himself on being an innovative thinker with a strong desire to make change happen using digital technologies to increase value and reduce costs. He has worked on numerous website and web application projects and programmes in both the B2B and B2C space. Currently, Alisdair is focused on helping to transform Tata Steel UK through unlocking the value of data in the UK business implementing technologies such as Advanced Analytics, IoT, Machine Learning & AI and trialling a range of innovative technologies which can transform ways of working through digital adoption to deliver financial benefits. These include coordinated programmes around Asset Health Monitoring and IoT Connectivity & Data.