Boardroom Media (CEO News)
At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Smart Cities space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tracey Laden
Executive Assistant to the CEO of Plug and Play Tech Center
Tracey Laden is Executive Assistant to Saeed Amidi, CEO of Plug and Play Tech Center.
Follow Tracey Laden:
About Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play is an innovation platform bringing together startups and large corporations.
Kaan Gunay
Co-Founder & CEO of Firefly
Follow Kaan Gunay:
About Endeavor, Firefly: Firefly is a mobility based advertising and data platform that allows rideshare drivers to make money through digital advertising.
Kenan Saleh
Co-Founder and CEO of Halo Cars
Kenan Saleh is the co-founder and CEO of Halo Cars.
Follow Kenan Saleh:
About Halo Cars: Halo is an advertising technology company that allows rideshare drivers to earn additional income through rooftop digital advertising.
John-Michael Scott
CEO of GreenData.IO
Follow John-Michael Scott:
About BloxNexus, Future Think Labs, GreenData.IO, MonstRpreneur, NoLoBlox, Sandalwood Ventures: Venture Builder bringing Corporations & Startups expertise in startup mindset & operational execution, creating the Data Driven Enterprise.
Michael Jansen
Chairman, Founder & CEO of Cityzenith
Michael Jansen is a sought after Smart City industry leader and public speaker with numerous awards and accolades to his credit, and has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and myriads of business, technology, and AEC publications worldwide, including Architectural Record, ENR, Business Week, Domus, Contract Magazine, et. al. In 2007, Michael was awarded Building Design + Construction Magazine’s prestigious “40 Under 40” award honoring top CEOs in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry under the age of 40. An impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, Michael founded Satellier in 2004, a CAD and BIM production services company backed by venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Under his leadership, in just four years Satellier experienced explosive growth from a team size of 10 to over 450 and fundamentally changed the way AEC firms deliver services. In 2010, Michael assumed the helm of Cityzenith to pursue his dream of transforming life in cities all over the world. Michael was educated as an architect at Yale and Cambridge; earned a Fulbright scholarship; studied art and architecture in China and India; speaks four languages and has traveled to more than 80 countries; designs high-end, exotic furniture, and is an avid guitar player.
Follow Michael Jansen:
About Cityzenith: Cityzenith is a technology startup that provides data visualization platform software and applications for IoT and Smart Cities.
Carey Anne Nadeau
Founder & CEO of ODN
Carey Anne Nadeau, is founder and CEO of ODN and an award-winning MIT-trained city planner and urban data scientist. Previously she worked in the data analytics industry at the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Center. Her work has been called transformational by the Open Data Institute (UK) and MIT and has been published in numerous outlets, including: the New York Times, The Atlantic, and GovTech Magazine. She was an invited speaker at the White House Open Innovation Conference in 2016 and Insuretech Connect 2017 and 2018.
Follow Carey Anne Nadeau:
About Loop, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ODN: ODN operates as a risk rating roads to measure the environmental hazards of driving.
Fanyu Lin
Chief Executive Officer of FLUXUS
Fanyu Lin is an award-winning entrepreneur and architect, passionate about impact investing. She serves as CEO of Fluxus, a construction technology company committed to improving quality of life through delivering affordable, sustainable and smart homes. Fanyu founded the World Home Foundation to harness philanthropic power for tackling the global housing crisis – one of the biggest social, economic and moral challenges facing humanity today. The Foundation is creating a universal ESG standard for urban affordable housing sector to unlock global housing as a viable and fluid long-term impact investment asset. Fanyu serves on the World Economic Forum’s Council on the Connected World, to shape governance and innovation of the internet of things and related technologies in the global public interest. She serves on the Bloomberg New Economy Cities Council to collaborate on a methodical, citizen-centric approach to urbanization.
Follow Fanyu Lin:
About FLUXUS, The World Economic Forum: A real estate & infrastructure technology and consulting company, committed to sustainable way of building to improve quality of life.
Raghu Bala
Founder and CEO of NetObjex, Inc.
CEO, NetObjex Inc based in Southern California. Formerly with Yahoo, Infospace, Primedia, Source Interlink Media, PwC, and with 3 successful startup exits. Wharton MBA in Finance, MS in Computer Science from RPI, Ex-Columbia University Adjunct Lecturer, published author and major conferences including IoT India Congress, Google IO, and more. Bala has significant domain expertise in the media industry having led digital operations for 100 brands including MotorTrend, HotRod, Import Tuner, Automobile, Recoil, Shutterbug, and Slam. His responsibilities included managing digital assets across multiple mediums including web, mobile, video/YouTube channels, and social media. The portfolio of digital assets managed had a total visitor profile with monthly statistics of over 16M unique visitors and 100M pageviews. Bala also has deep expertise in search engine advertising and audience conversion from his stints at Infospace and Yahoo. Bala has been working on IoT since 2011 and has deep expertise in end to end IoT in multiple domains.
Follow Raghu Bala:
About : NetObjex’s Matrix Digital Asset-as-a-Service (DAaaS) platform enables enterprises to manage their digital assets using IoT, AI, and DLT
Jonathan Winer
Co-CEO of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
Jonathan Winer is a Co-Chief Executive Officer at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP).
Follow Jonathan Winer:
About Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners: Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners applies innovative technology to urban infrastructure systems.
Brian Barlow
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
Brian D. Barlow is a Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (“SIP”).
Follow Brian Barlow:
About Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners: Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners applies innovative technology to urban infrastructure systems.
Paul Doherty
President & CEO of The Digit Group
Paul is the President and CEO of the digit group (www.thedigitgroupinc.com ) and is one of the global industry’s most sought after thought leaders, strategists and integrators of process, technology and business. A Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, Paul is an award winning architect, author, educator, analyst and advisor to Fortune 500 organizations, global government agencies, prominent institutions and the most prestigious architectural, engineering and contracting firms in the world. A pioneer in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and a former Fortune 500 corporate officer, Paul is a prominent and highly rated speaker at numerous industry events around the world each year and has been appointed as a guest lecturer at leading universities throughout the world. Paul’s current work is focused on Smart City real estate developments that include financing, design-build and innovative technology solutions that include the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the National Transformation Programme for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and an Australian High Speed Rail + 8 New Smart Cities Programme. Concurrently, Paul is the co-founder and producer of the critically acclaimed and popular AEC Hackathon (www.aechackathon.com) that launched at Facebook Headquarters in Silicon Valley.
Follow Paul Doherty:
About The Digit Group: The Digit Group provides Smart Cities solutions that provide greater security, increased safety, lower energy use.
Faizaan Ghauri
Chief Executive Officer of WRLD
Faizaan Ghauri is the CEO of eeGeo, a 3D mapping platform for mobile, virtual and augmented reality. Faizaan is also Vice President of Strategy for NetSol Technologies. He leads a 100+ team of designers, developers and artists as co-founder of IFDS, a digital studio focused on Virtual and Augmented Reality as well as Mobile App Development. Prior to IFDS, Faizaan spent four years on the Product team of Vroozi, an eCommerce platform for Fortune 500 companies. Faizaan currently lives between Los Angeles, London and Lahore. He is a passionate evangelist and investor for the Pakistani tech community. He sits on the steering committee of Nspire, a Pakistani incubator focused on promoting disruptive startups abroad. He is an aesthete with a keen interest in fashion and music. The original plan was to be a poet. It still is.
Follow Faizaan Ghauri:
About Nspire, WRLD: A 3D cloud-based platform of real-world environments to create digital twins.
Daniel Tisone
CEO of RUB A DUB
Follow Daniel Tisone:
About RUB A DUB: RUB A DUB is a Vehicle Services Marketplace platform for Fleet Operators, Landlords and Parking Operators. .
Jonny Simkin
CEO & Co-Founder of Swiftly
Jonny Simkin is the co-founder and CEO of Swiftly, a San Francisco-based technology company that has created an industry-leading big data platform to help public transit agencies improve their operational performance, service reliability, and real-time passenger information. Living in San Francisco and having experienced the challenges of urban mobility first hand, Jonny is on a mission to reduce urban congestion and carbon emissions in cities across the world. Prior to founding Swiftly, Jonny was the Director of Product at Rafter Inc., where he helped nearly 3 million students save over $700 million on college textbooks. Before Rafter, Jonny was the co-founder and CEO of SwoopThat and HubEdu (acquired in 2012), where he built a leading online textbook comparison engine. Jonny holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with an Economics Concentration from Harvey Mudd College. In his spare time, he enjoys hockey, ping pong, tennis, and coffee.
Follow Jonny Simkin:
About Swiftly: Swiftly develops enterprise software that helps transit agencies and cities improve urban mobility.
Swapnil Shah
CEO of CIMCON Lighting
Swapnil Shah was the CEO and Co-Founder of FirstFuel Software. He is currently the CEO of CIMCON.
Follow Swapnil Shah:
About CIMCON Lighting, New England Clean Energy Council: CIMCON Lighting provides software-powered lighting controllers and IoT-enabled city lighting management solutions.
Chris Carson
CEO & Co-Founder of Hayden AI
Chris Carson, is a global strategy, innovation, venture development expert, and thought-leader for disruptive and digital innovation. Chris cultivated his expertise over 20 years, working in various operations and engineering roles with technology-driven multinationals, startups, and consultancies, and now serves as the CEO of Hayden AI, an artificial intelligence technology company and smart city solutions provider. Chris has a strong technical background in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), as well as a decade of experience in leading globally distributed engineering teams and turning innovation into material business impact. Chris is a passionate leader who is experienced in driving growth through innovation and strong execution, and a relentless champion of Design Thinking and Lean Startup, who believes in the power of co-creation.
Follow Chris Carson:
About Hayden AI: World’s first autonomous traffic management platform
Stephen Ellis
Co-Founder & CEO of Vutility
Stephen Ellis is a Co-Founder of Vutility.
Follow Stephen Ellis:
About Visible Divers, Vutility: Vutility gathers and provides real-time information on utility usage.
Diego Pavía
Chief Executive Officer of InnoEnergy
Follow Diego Pavía:
About InnoEnergy: InnoEnergy is the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe.
Christian Müller
CEO of KIC InnoEnergy Germany of InnoEnergy
Christian Müller studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and at the University of California, Berkley, United States. In 1996, he received his PhD in technical thermodynamics.Christian then started working as a project manager in the corporate technology units of the former Hoechst AG, which was subsequently acquired by Siemens AG, in 2000. In several management functions at Hoechst, and respectively at Siemens, he was involved in the commercialisation of technologies and services, as well as in the creation of new businesses. From 2006 until 2009, Christian was responsible for the global business development of Siemens in the Food and Beverage industries. Other positions in Christian´s professional career included the management of the global Center of Excellence for Chemical industry at ABB, and the start-up of the business development department at Infraserv Höchst.Since 2013, he has been managing KIC InnoEnergy´s activities in Germany and holds the position of CEO, KIC InnoEnergy Germany.
Follow Christian Müller:
About InnoEnergy: InnoEnergy is the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe.
Kenneth Johansson
CEO of KIC InnoEnergy Sweden of InnoEnergy
Kenneth Johansson holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden as well as a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Uppsala University in Sweden.Kenneth has worked for over 20 years in high tech manufacturing industry areas such as telecommunication, power conversion and renewable energies, and he has gained an extensive experience in complex technical systems, development and business operation in international markets.He has held various executive management positions in listed SMEs as well as corporate organisations, focusing on operational efficiency, product and business development, strategy and people management.
Follow Kenneth Johansson:
About InnoEnergy: InnoEnergy is the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe.
Martin A Rubin
Chief Executive Officer & President of SmartCity Networks
Since 1994, Martin Rubin has been responsible for all aspects of Smart City including operations, finance, strategic planning and all FCC and PUC regulatory matters. Rubin negotiated acquisition of the business from Wiltel and Houston Sports Association and developed a successful purchase package for the buyout of Vista-United, Walt Disney World’s in-house telecommunications company. Rubin was formerly President of DCT Communications, Inc., an FCC license holder of wireless spectrum for voice and data communications in the 38 Ghz band, which was sold to Advance Radio Telecom in 1997 for $75 million. In 1993, he was the President of Raptor Systems, Inc., a leading software developer of Internet firewall technology that was sold to AXENT for $225 million. Previously, he served as president and COO of AutoInfo, Inc. and vice president of Corporate Information Systems of JP Morgan Chase. Professionally, Rubin has received numerous honors including election to the United States Telecom Association Board of Directors, the title of Distinguished Entrepreneur for 2004 by the Entrepreneurship Institute at Rollins College and selection as the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Florida in the Technology category. He received his B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Follow Martin A Rubin:
About SmartCity Networks: Smart City is a provider of utilities, technology and telecommunications services in the convention industry.
Sundip Doshi
Founder & CEO of AerNos, Inc.
Follow Sundip Doshi:
About AerNos, Inc.: Develops application specific nano gas sensors based on its breakthrough and proprietary AerN2S Technology to detect harmful gases.
Joe Distefano
Co-Founder & CEO of UrbanFootprint
Joe is Principal and Co-Founder of Calthorpe Analytics. He leverages 20 years of experience in land use and transportation planning in leading the development and deployment of the RapidFire and UrbanFootprint modeling platforms, new models and software tools that bring critical information to land use planning decisions, energy and water resource choices, and the environmental, public health, and social equity challenges of their times.
Follow Joe Distefano:
About UrbanFootprint: Urban, climate & community resilience data platform providing critical intelligence to institutions investing in the world’s infrastructure
Harlan Byker
CEO of Pleotint LLC
• Co-founder of Pleotint • Discovered and developed Pleotint’s thermochromic technology • Inventor or co-inventor on 58 issued US patents • Sole inventor of the chemistry portion of the first commercially successful electrochromic device, the Gentex automatic dimming rear view mirror for motor vehicles
Follow Harlan Byker:
About Pleotint LLC: Pleotint LLC is a leader in advanced glass technologies, with a special focus on its proprietary self-tinting Suntuitive® dynamic glass.
Joachim Lohse
Founder & CEO of ampcontrol.io
Joachim Lohse worked as consultant at PwC to help utilities in their operations and in developing new products. We also hold workshops and events on how using emerging technologies in their business. He is engineer and coded for various projects and also worked for global companies such as Siemens, Daimler and Fraunhofer.
Follow Joachim Lohse:
About ampcontrol.io: ampcontrol.io is an AI-based optimization software for electric vehicle charging to build more charging stations at low costs.
Stanislav Licul
Chief Executive Officer of Maxtena
Stani co-founded Maxtena in 2007 with the vision to create both an entrepreneurial and academic environment focused on developing wireless technologies and products especially related to applying complex electromagnetics that will advance wireless communications. As Maxtena’s CEO he is responsible for the company’s vision, strategy, and management. Prior to co-founding Maxtena, Stani served as Chief Scientist of Zylaya Corporation and was a research engineer with Motorola EME Corporate Labs focusing on antennas and electromagnetics. In 2004, Stani obtained his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in electromagnetics and antennas. Stani’s fascination with electromagnetics is still his passion and driving force. As an inventor he has four patents and has published papers on antennas and co-authored chapters on ultra wideband antennas in An Introduction to Ultra Wideband Communication Systems and antenna array synthesis chapter in Modern Antenna Handbook. Stani was raised in an entrepreneurial family. At an early age he was exposed to the highs and lows of building a fast paced technology company with his father co-founding and serving as the CEO of a robotics company. At the age of seventeen he left war torn Croatia as an exchange student to broaden his horizons and explore new cultures abroad. He attended Virginia Tech and received both an academic and soccer athletic scholarship. The scholarships have helped him to continue his education in the United States. At Virginia Tech, Stani became one of the all time leading goal scorers in the history of men’s soccer at Virginia Tech. He was also a team captain. As pastimes Stani enjoys reading and sports.
Follow Stanislav Licul:
About Maxtena: Maxtena develops and manufactures advanced beam-forming RF antennas & systems for wireless communications in the Satellite, GNSS & 5G domein
Andrew Antonio
Co-Founder & CEO of Urban Sky
Andrew Antonio is the Co-Founder and CEO at Urban Sky.
Follow Andrew Antonio:
About Urban Sky: Urban Sky offers a revolution in remote sensing through the new stratospheric microballon.
Bo Sijuade
CEO and co-founder of On Touch Go
Bo Sijuade is the co-founder and CEO of Oyster Technology Group.
Follow Bo Sijuade:
About On Touch Go: Rideshare that drives consumer engagement.
Jim Gibbs
Co-Founder, CEO of Meter Feeder
Jim Gibbs is the Founder at Meter Feeder.
Follow Jim Gibbs:
About Meter Feeder: Meter Feeder provides a low cost payment and enforcement solution for small to mid-sized governments.
Star Childs
CEO & Co-Founder of Citiesense
Follow Star Childs:
About Citiesense, Ginkgo Management Consulting GmbH, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce: Citiesense is the Neighborhood Knowledge Platform. Citiesense creates data-driven maps and dashboards that strengthen community knowledge.
Doug Davenport
Founder & CEO of Prospect Silicon Valley
Follow Doug Davenport:
About Prospect Silicon Valley: ProspectSV is a nonprofit urbantech innovation hub focused on solutions for sustainable, smart cities.
Matias Klein
Co-Founder, President and CEO of Kognition
Matias is a visionary entrepreneur and innovator with a long and successful track record of launching groundbreaking new software solutions. Kognition, his newest venture, is a productivity multiplying artificial intelligence service that dramatically enhances safety and security in commercial office buildings and smart cities. Most recently Matias was Vice President of Product Management at McKesson (NYSE: MCK), where he was responsible for driving growth and innovation in a $1B financial services software portfolio. Prior to McKesson, Matias was SVP of Technology and led R&D and technology operations at Portico Systems, which McKesson acquired for $90M. Matias joined Portico’s leadership team when they acquired his first startup, Ethidium Health Systems.
Follow Matias Klein:
About Kognition: Kognition is the developer of the world’s first enterprise-wide, hardware-agnostic Smart Property System.
Morgan Conbere
Co-founder & CEO of Token Transit
Morgan Conbere is Founder & CEO at Token Transit.
Follow Morgan Conbere:
About Token Transit: Token Transit is a provider of a mobile ticket booking application intended to help riders pay for transit via a mobile application.
Elango Thevar
CEO & Co-founder of NEER
Elango Thevar is a CEO & Founder of Blockchain Water. He has more than 15 years of consulting experience in water industry.
Follow Elango Thevar:
About NEER: Redefining Water Infrastructure Modeling and Asset Management through Machine Learning
Cory Hohs
CEO and Co-Founder of HAAS Alert
CEO and CoFounder at HAAS Alert.
Follow Cory Hohs:
About HAAS Alert: Real-time automotive collision prevention SaaS for public safety and roadway fleets
Franck Carassus
CEO North America & co-founder of Opendatasoft
20 years managing sales for major software vendors: HP Software, Symantec, Novell, Dassault Systèmes
Follow Franck Carassus:
About Opendatasoft: Opendatasoft is the leading solution for data sharing
Richard Baker
Chief Executive Officer of GeoSpock
Richard serves a Chief Executive Officer of Geospock, as well as serving as Non-Executive Director for Falcon Media House, a London Stock Exchange listed global Internet Media Group. He is the Chairman of TAB U.K. Ltd, a Data Science company based in Cambridge. Formerly, Richard was the joint founder and CEO of Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX), incorporated in Singapore, an electronic execution exchange for cash-settled, cleared derivatives and futures contracts. CLTX is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) and as a Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) in the USA by the CFTC. CLTX provides a specialized order matching engine giving access to an anonymous central limit order book and block traded futures across multiple asset classes and contracts. CLTX was subject to a 100% majority acquisition by the European Energy Exchange, a Deutsche Bourse company in late 2016. Richard has held several senior executive positions in technology, media and telecommunications. He has served as a non-executive board member in the internet technology solution sector and has directed and co-founded a digital media consulting services firm. Richard has a passion for people, innovation, driving high standards and achieving high results. Richard holds qualifications in technology and communications and is a frequent speaker at conferences and roundtables.
Follow Richard Baker:
About GeoSpock: GeoSpock builds GeoSpock DB, the unique space-time analytics database that delivers rapid insights at a fraction of the cost.
Steven Booth
CEO & Founder of Springboard Research
As CEO & Founder, Steve leads product development and sales for Springboard Research. Springboard Research provides predictive retail intelligence to the most innovative brands in the world, from Nike, and Westfield, to Macerich, the Gap, and Times Square. Springboard research specializes in providing retailers, shopping malls, and downtowns (Business Improvement Districts – BIDs) with actionable business intelligence developed through artificial intelligence and computer vision.
Follow Steven Booth:
About Springboard Research: Springboard Research provides predictive analytics for retailers, shopping malls, and downtowns using computer vision and AI.
David Lu
Co-Founder and CEO of Clarity Movement
David Lu is the co-founder and CEO of Clarity Movement Co, an environmental tech startup focused on changing how we understand the environment by deploying dense networks for real-timeair quality monitoring. Prior to starting Clarity, David was a key leader in the University of California’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign and worked alongside the Arctic Campaign Director at Greenpeace. Fueled by his everlasting passion for improving ourenvironment, namely mitigating climate change, David believes in using data driven approaches to address the issues arising in global environmental crises. David earned his BS in Atmospheric Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Follow David Lu:
About Clarity Movement: Clarity Movement create solutions that empower communities to make more informed decisions and improve the quality of life.
John Cowan
Co-Founder & CEO of EDJX
John is a 6fusion founder and co-inventor of 6fusion’s WAC algorithm. He is regarded as the company’s business model visionary. In addition to 6fusion’s day-to-day management responsibilities, John is responsible for the overall strategic vision and commercial direction of 6fusion. A 12-year veteran of business and product development within the IT and Telecommunications sectors, his tenure includes success creating new business during the period of telecommunications deregulation as well as developing and launching new technology products and services.
Follow John Cowan:
About 6fusion, EDJX: EDJX is an edge computing platform powering real-time applications.
Ron Efroni
Chief Executive Officer of Slyde Global
Ron Efroni, Gil Mishal, and Neria Nachum founded Slyde Global on August 1, 2016, since which he has been serving as its chief executive officer.
Follow Ron Efroni:
About Slyde Global: Slyde Global provides a solution of many platforms based on cloud that solves numerous problems in the world of transportation to schools.
Rajendra N. Datta
Founder, President & CEO of Qulsar
MTM, Wharton • Entrepreneur + Intrapreneur • global marketing + business development • 12+ successful products • grew OEM business from $13M to $20M • speaker at multiple industry forums
Follow Rajendra N. Datta:
About Qulsar: End to end precision time sync for 5G, smart infrastructure, real time edge computing, datacenters and smart factories
Djurabek Ismatov
CEO, Founder of Parkble Inc.
Djurabek Ismatov is a professional Life, Health and Accident Insurance Agent with experience in different industries such as Business Management, Hospitality Management, Logistics and Trucking.
Follow Djurabek Ismatov:
About Parkble Inc.: Parkble is a peer-to-peer community based mobile app to help drivers share, find and exchange street parking spots.
Ali El Hariri
Co-Founder and CEO of Bulldozair
Construction engineer graduate of ESTP Paris (School of Civil Engineering). Before launching BulldozAIR , Ali was managing projects at Bouygues for 7 years while studying digitalization for teams working on the field.
Follow Ali El Hariri:
About Bulldozair: BulldozAIR is a construction project management platform for corporates that own real estate or industrial assets.
Germán Contreras
Founder and CEO of ConLuc
Germán Contreras is the founder and CEO of ConLuc.
Follow Germán Contreras:
About ConLuc: We bring today a solution to face the problems today and tomorrow
Brianna Cook
Co-Founder and CEO of IoTeedom
Brianna Cook is the co-founder and CEO of IoTeedom.
Follow Brianna Cook:
About IoTeedom: IoTeedom is a smart city knowledge management platform that aims to bring smart, scalable solutions to provide higher quality standards.
James Alfano
Founder and CEO of Govlaunch
Prior to Govlaunch, James co-founded EfficientGov, a local government-focused media company which was acquired by Praetorian Digital in 2014. Before that, he spent six years at the Washington D.C.-based consulting firm Marlowe & Company helping over 50 cities and counties secure grant funding and navigate federal regulatory issues. James is a native Washingtonian and a graduate from Dartmouth College.
Follow James Alfano:
About Govlaunch: Govlaunch is the the wiki for local government innovation®
Bradley Simpson
CEO / Creator of Vection Group, Inc.
Brad has over 20 years in the software business with 15 years at Braxton Technologies, a government contractor specializing in satellite command and control software and currently seven years leading Vection Group. He is a senior software engineer and a technology futurist. With many years working in the Joint Domain Command & Control space. As well, he is a SME (Subject Matter Expert) on geospatial alerting of wearable data. Brad is the author of two very significant patents: Highly Efficient and Parallel Data Transfer and Display, USPTO No: 9,665,267 and Geospatial Alerting (Push-notifications), USPTO No: 9,910,561
His proven track record of pulling together the right talent to create the right team, from software and business-minded professionals to creative and financial gurus, shines with the success he experienced at Braxton Technologies. He’s carried the same style of talent acquisition to Vection where he’s assembled a top-tier group of tech and business executives with a single goal, to make VG and their products globally recognized and successful.
His entrepreneurial vision and technical DNA have merged beautifully into SmartSync. SmartSync, a OS agnostic data ingestion hub that passively uploads from data devices, no user button-pushing! With your data being pushed to a human performance data management software.
When not tethered to his digital device, which is rare, Brad scans the consumer landscape for needed innovation that he thinks is missing on the consumer front. He is always ready to pounce on opportunities to create products and technologies to fill pressing needs. Brad attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and the University of Southern California.
Follow Bradley Simpson:
About Vection Group, Inc.: Vection Group is an ongoing cloud based streaming API software company. We provide B2B, B2C and B2M SaaS for the IoT, Smart Cities & others
Anuj Sachdeva
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Clovity
Anuj is a seasoned entrepreneur and a technology visionary. Anuj has demonstrated history of growing start-ups, building large technology practices and incubating ideas from scratch to solid outcomes in global set-up across multiple continents. Anuj has solid industry knowledge of Telecoms, Retail, Fintech and Healthcare sector globally having worked with numerous enterprise CTO’s, CIO’s, CDO’s and Business Executives. Anuj has always been very passionate about disruptive technologies and how these are going be a game changer for global enterprises requiring serious transformation. In 2016, he joined Clovity as CEO, a next generation cutting edge solutions partner that enables enterprises on various aspects of IoT, Data including artificial intelligence (AL) and machine learning (ML), Cloud and Digital strategy. Under Anuj’s leadership, Clovity has doubled its size, revenue and Clovity is now the top solutions provider for IoT solutions across Retail, Healthcare and Fintech enterprises. Anuj is also advising multiple technology start-ups on how best to bridge the gap between technology and software as well as go-to market strategies.
Follow Anuj Sachdeva:
About Clovity: Thinking “IoT | Edge | Data | Cloud | Digital | Smart Cities Solution” – Think Clovity. Recognized as Top IoT Soln Provider for 2017 & 2018.
Miguel Martinez Cano
CEO & Co-Founder of Pronto
Miguel Martinez Cano is the CEO and Co-Founder at Pronto.
Follow Miguel Martinez Cano:
About Pronto: Pronto is a fast-growing marketplace that provides ride-sharing and delivery services for second-tier cities in LATAM.
Ryan McManus
Founder and CEO of SHARE Mobility
Follow Ryan McManus:
About SHARE Mobility: SHARE Mobility provides transportation solutions for companies.
Jordan Justus
CEO and Co-founder of Automotus
Jordan Justus is the CEO and Co-founder of Automotus.
Follow Jordan Justus:
About Automotus: Automotus uses first-of-its-kind computer vision technology to help cities, airports and fleets manage congestion and emissions at the curb.
Martin Dal
CEO of Spiio, Inc.
Follow Martin Dal:
About Spiio, Inc.: Saving every drop of water with in-ground soil data
Justin Brinson
Co-Founder and CEO of Ploto
Serial Entrepreneur, Innovator, Photographer, Software Developer and Stock Photo Agency Owner
Follow Justin Brinson:
About PicturEngine, Inc., Ploto: Ploto is a 1st Party Platform for SMS and mobile storytelling.
Scott Adams
CEO & Co-Founder of STRAX Intelligence Group
Scott Adams is the CEO & Co-Founder of GroupCare Technologies & EagleEye Intelligence. Scott also served as the Chairman of MobileHelp, which is a pioneer in the personal emergency systems (PERS) industry. Under Scott’s guidance, MobileHelp developed the first ever Mobile Personal Emergency Response System mPERS) and is America’s leading provider of mPERS systems for seniors. A successful, serial entrepreneur, Scott was Co-Founder and President of Hiway Technologies, which grew to be the world’s largest web hosting company in just 3 short years by 1998. Hiway was acquired by Verio in 1999 and subsequently acquired by NTT Communications in 2000. A firm believer that success starts with education, Scott launched the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship and also helped create Tech Runway, both at Florida Atlantic University. Scott is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University and holds a BBA.
Follow Scott Adams:
About STRAX Intelligence Group: STRAX is a Common Operating Platform for incident management, emergency response, and integrated intelligent networks.
Gregory Scott
President & CEO of Service Robotics & Technologies
Greg has a passion for integrating robotic systems to support the everyday needs of people in everyday life. With a PhD in robotics, his primary research focus has been legged locomotion and robotic manipulation and currently works full-time with the US Naval Research Laboratory as an aerospace engineer and space roboticist. Greg has daily experience working with industrial robotic systems such as the Mitsubushi PA10, KUKA LWR, and Schilling Atlas manipulators, as well as custom manipulators for the space environment such as the FREND space manipulator. He dedicates all of his remaining time to the development of SRT and service robotic systems for non-government use. Greg has a vision for utilizing robotic systems to augment the repetitive and mundane daily tasks of humans.
Follow Gregory Scott:
About Service Robotics & Technologies: SRT is a software and services company providing robotic and smart system solutions to the custodial and facility management industries
Isaiah Blackburn
Founder – CEO of Machine Halo
Follow Isaiah Blackburn:
About Machine Halo: Smart City Innovation, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision
Sumit Dhoopar
CEO and Co-Founder of AllianceAPI
Sumit is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive, with experience in the Antenna Technology, networking, storage, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, and virtualization sectors. Currently Sumit serves as CEO of AllianceAPI Corp, a SaaS-based IoT system integrator. Sumit finished in MS electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2012 and recently completed his Executive MBA from University of San Franciso in May 2020
Follow Sumit Dhoopar:
About AllianceAPI: Enhanced Consumer Experience through Secured Global Connected IoT via AllianceAPI universal API
Shogo Numakura
CEO of Symmetry Dimensions
Follow Shogo Numakura:
About Symmetry Dimensions: Enriching Lives with Digital Twins
