About the Webinar

No (successful) business is an island. For decades, business schools have taught strategies for improving competitiveness by evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), and considering market forces represented by competitors, consumers, and suppliers. Today, enterprises of all sizes are expected to manage their transactions and customer engagement “touch points” using applications that capture and measure everything from materials to customer satisfaction. As we automate and monitor every aspect of manufacturing and distribution (including the production and delivery of intellectual property for service-oriented businesses) there is a significant and growing role for smart data and sensor/IOT data.

Participants in this webinar will learn to define, capture, and analyze new IOT-based data to improve supply-chain performance.

About the Speaker

Adrian Bowles

Founder, STORM Insights, Inc.

Adrian is an industry analyst and recovering academic, providing research and advisory services for buyers, sellers, and investors in emerging technology markets. His coverage areas include cognitive computing, big data / analytics, the Internet of things, and cloud computing. Adrian co-authored Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics (Wiley, 2015) and is currently writing a book on the business and societal impact of these emerging technologies. He has held executive positions at several consulting and analyst firms. Adrian also held academic appointments in computer science at Drexel University and SUNY-Bingamton, and adjunct faculty positions in the business schools at NYU and Boston College. He began his career with research and application development roles at IBM and GTE Laboratories. Adrian earned his BA in Psychology and MS in Computer Science from SUNY-Binghamton, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Northwestern University.