GE Predix and IoT!

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Agenda:

6:00 - Doors open. Networking. Members meet each other.

6:30 - Welcome. Members to share topics of interests for future meetings.

6:40 - Talk #1. IoT, IIoT, & GE Ted Blackburn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedblackburn?authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&authToken=NtLV&trk=prof-connections-name), Pre-sales Solution Architect at GE

7:20 - Q&A break.

7:40 - Talk #2. IoT – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Peter Vanderminden (https://www.linkedin.com/in/petervanderminden?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=QgVL&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A940729%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-2-2%2CtarId%3A1472562383512%2Ctas%3Apeter), Principal Industry Analyst, IoT & Digital Supply Chain at Flatiron Strategies

8:10 - Q&A break & wrap-up.

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Full Agenda:

Talk #1. IoT, IIoT, & GE

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About the talk:

About the speaker:

Ted Blackburn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedblackburn?authType=OUT_OF_NETWORK&authToken=NtLV&trk=prof-connections-name) has worked as both an IT consultant and an IT Services Leader, with a focus on Hospital IT. He came to the industry at a time when market and legislative forces drove tremendous change. Currently, he serves as a Pre Sales Solution Architect supporting GE’s Healthcare team as they drive their transition to outcomes-focused selling, enabled by digital solutions.

Talk #2. IoT – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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About the talk:

Technology vendors and analysts are eager to paint a rosy picture of how wonderful IoT is and why your deployment will be great with the use of their products and services. While it is easy to showcase successful IoT solutions, identifying IoT systems that missed the mark or failed can often provide more in the way of key lessons learned. This session will focus on how IoT deployments can go bad, and in some cases downright ugly, when firms focus on the wrong things and fail to be transparent with their customers concerning data ownership and usage surveillance.

About the speaker:

Peter Vanderminden (https://www.linkedin.com/in/petervanderminden?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=QgVL&locale=en_US&trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A940729%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-2-2%2CtarId%3A1472562383512%2Ctas%3Apeter), is a widely recognized thought leader on IoT and digital supply chain. Retired from Microsoft, where he was the Industry Manager, Manufacturing, he now serves as the Principal Industry Analyst for IoT & Digital Supply Chain to Flatiron Strategies where he advises investment bankers on the IoT industry.

About sponsors:

Altoros (http://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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RackSpace (https://www.rackspace.com/) (NYSE: RAX), the #1 managed cloud company, helps businesses tap the power of cloud computing without the complexity and cost of managing it on their own. Rackspace engineers deliver specialized expertise, easy-to-use tools, and Fanatical Support® for leading technologies developed by AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenStack, VMware and others. The company serves approximately 300,000 businesses worldwide, including two-thirds of the FORTUNE 100. Rackspace was named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, and has been honored by Fortune, Forbes, and others as one of the best companies to work for.

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The Samsung Accelerator (http://samsungaccelerator.com/) provides strategic capital, product and operational support to seasoned entrepreneurs so that they can build world-class software products. Investments focus on emerging needs in VR, AI, IoT, payments and consumer businesses for mobile, wearables and TV. The Accelerator is part of the Samsung Global Innovation Center, which is dedicated to enabling entrepreneurs to thrive in all stages by providing access to Samsung resources, decision-makers, product roadmap, and the world’s largest platforms for distribution.

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