Jane is the founder and editor-in-chief of Environment.co where she covers topics in green technology, energy and environmental sustainability.
About our Guest Author: Sarah Summers is a consultant who is into all things tech and small business. When she's not researching or engaged in a meeting, you'll find her jogging in the local park with her Golden Retriever Maki.
Andreas Wagner entered the IT-area age 18 in 1978 and was an early adopter to new technologies since. Via Mainframes 1987 to Enterprise Networks in 1990 to IT-Security in 1995 he went into Monitoring of communication behaviour in form of network-forensics 2002. To complete his abilities in forensic investigations he topped up his knowledge with computer- and mobile forensic in 2006. In 2005 he moved to Saudi-Arabia permanently and organized Security-Operations-Centres as well as Incident-Response Teams. Back in Germany in 2014 he is responsible for Cybersecurity in basically all fields from finance, automotive, utilities and government in the disciplines Commercial-IT as well as Industrial-Control-Systems and IoT.
Andreas Schmidt works for ThingForward, the IoT start-up of the Cassini Group. He is interested in software development in the area of web and embedded and is curious to see how IT architectures in the Internet of Things develop.
Harald Naumann was born in Kirchheim, Germany and completed his education as a certified engineer in Offenbach, focusing on information electronics. He was a member of many teams for the development of radio products – today called “Wireless IoT”. He has been active in the field of radio technology for over 25 years. In 2014 Naumann published his first book in his own publishing house with the “IoT / M2M Cookbook”. Today he is the Sales Director at Tekmodul in Munich.
Lyn Matten is Managing Director of mm1 Technology GmbH and a graduate economics computer scientist with a degree in German, Philosophy and Political Science. He has a strong background in IoT and radio technologies, with a focus on smart home and building automation. mm1 Technology GmbH specializes in radio and embedded hard- and software development for Connected Business offers.
Oliver Behr is working for Cassini Consulting in Munich. He studied “Management and Technology” and "Politics and Technology" at Technical University of Munich (TUM). Furthermore, he is founder and managing director of Leuze & Söhne, a munich based fashion brand. In his activities, he addresses the impact of the digital transformation towards society and economy. In this context, he focuses on digital business models and the Internet of things (IoT).