Hear IOT Strategy from Global IOT Lead for worlds largest $50B IT Distributor

The Meetup

IT Distributors have a significant role to play in scaling IoT Solutions. Ingram Micro is a Chinese-owned wholesaler of information technology products and services and the biggest of them all. They were acquired by China-based HNA Group for over $6 billion but remain an Irvine, CA Headquartered company. Join our event to earn how you can scale your IoT product or practice with Ingram Micro and hear first-hand accounts of how companies such as Autodesk, Samsung, and IBM have scaled their IoT Business. About our guests: Chair and Moderator: Jesse DeMesa is Strategy Partner, Momenta Partners: San Francisco A Connected Industry pioneer with over 20 years in Industrial, Automation & Data Acquisition Systems. Jesse was co-founder of IndX, a pioneer in the Manufacturing Intelligence space; has held senior leadership positions at Siemens and Wonderware, and was most recently CTO for GE Oil & Gas.

Keynote speaker:

Ben Xiang

Ben Xiang is Global Head of IoT at Ingram Micro and also a Board of Director for California's Sunwest Bank. Along with previous roles at Ingram Micro, he also held director roles at Fortress Consulting and Citic Group.

Bryan Kester

Bryan Kester is Global Head of IoT, Autodesk responsible for products and services and the former CEO of SeeControl, a cloud service for creating connected products recently acquired by Autodesk (and is now known as Fusion Connect). He has worked across a range of company growth phases from seed stage through IPO and has over a decade of experience in Internet of Things and M2M markets.

Sarah Peach

Sarah Peach is Senior Director Business Development IoT, responsible for developing Industrial / Manufacturing verticals for Samsung’s ARTIK IoT platform. Prior to joining Samsung Strategy & Innovation Center, Sarah was Senior Director at Siemens Technology-to-Business in Berkeley, CA. Sarah has worked at the Office of the President, University of California system, and directed business development at two startups.

Shane Kehoe

Shane Kehoe Watson IoT - Platform & Solution Business Development Executive at IBM Shane Kehoe is a Platform and Solution Business Development Executive at IBM, working with Watson IoT. He has over 20 years experience in engineering technology architectures, sales and business development, deploying new business strategies, managing account sales teams, developing strategic partnerships and driving profits. He has previously held roles at Rexel, GE, and Netformx.

The format for the evening:

-Drinks Reception

-Welcoming

-Pass the Mic

-Speakers

-Keynote

-Panel

-Close