The power of Predix IoT platform

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Agenda:

6:10 – Networking & Pizza

6:30 – Welcome remarks by Amanda Lewan, Co-founder & CEO, Bamboo Detroit

6:35 – Warm-up brainstorming (Hongwei Zhang, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Wayne State University)

• Topics of interests for future meetings?

6:40 – “Real-time Material Tracking for Operational Efficiency”, Ashok Madhuranath (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashokmadhuranath?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=wDSD&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical:mynetwork,clickedEntityId:3783794,authType:NAME_SEARCH,idx:1-1-1,tarId:1474469860778,tas:Ashok%20Madhuranath), Enterprise Architect / Senior Technologist, GE Transportation

7:30 – Q&A, wrap up

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Full Agenda:

Talk.Real-time Material Tracking for operational efficiency by Ashok Madhuranath (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashokmadhuranath?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=wDSD&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A3783794%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1474469860778%2Ctas%3AAshok%20Madhuranath), Enterprise Architect / Senior Technologist at GE Transportation

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About the talk: Real-time Material Tracking for operational efficiency

•Using the power of Predix ioT platform & RFID technology to transform operations at GE Transportation Ft. Worth, TX.

•Improve the timely flow of material to production line(s)

•Provide tracking data in a real time manner in a readable and useable format

•Gather & provide data to identify operational issues or anomalies

About the speaker:

Ashok Madhuranath (@ashok_madhu):
-Works for GE Transportation, Michigan graduate.
-Master’s degree in Software Engineering, coding for 16 years
-Architect/Full stack Engineer in GE Transportation CTO team
-Developing industrial solutions on Predix & other clouds
-Knows multiple development languages but favors Java, Node, Python, JavaScript, and HTML5.
-Works on multiple platforms (*nix, Mac, Windows), with focus on industrial machines, sensors, data, solutions & analytics
-Always looking for current & emerging IoT developer communities
-His team is enabling adoption of Predix & other cloud technologies
-Believes that awareness & developer skills are impediments to IoT adoption
-After work, he likes to volunteer in Math Pentathlon at his kids school & coach kids soccer team

About sponsors:

Altoros (http://www.altoros.com/) integrates software assembly lines into large organizations through implementation of solutions offered by the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.
Altoros specializes in helping organizations de-risk adoption of Predix, train engineers, build and release successful software products using Predix services.

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Bamboo (http://bamboodetroit.com/) builds flexible work spaces and community for entrepreneurs and creators. Founded in Detroit in 2013 by a team of entrepreneurs we are on a mission to bring access to inspired growth to the world.

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