5G IoT Summit – MWC Barcelona 2023

Shahbaz is having more than 17 years of experience in the Telecom and products industry. Currently heading the product function at Sateliot, Working on Product development of the World’s first standardized NB-IoT LEO Satellite Connectivity, aiming towards scaling the massive IoT adoption across the globe.

Prior to this, Shahbaz was Heading IoT Business at a multinational Telcom operator, one of the large Telecommunication operators with 50Mil+ Subscribers. He grew IoT business revenues by over 200% in two consecutive years. Skilled in Product Management, Product life cycle, and strategy drive. Believe in Ecosystem play for the industry.

Loic Bonvarlet oversees Product Management and Marketing for Kigen, helping to facilitate adoption and scalability of a secure, integrated and cost effective cellular IoT. He drives the entire Kigen portfolio from embedded solutions to services. He has more than 20 years of experience in Telecoms, wireless, security and IoT in development, support, technical sales and product marketing.

Prior to Kigen, Loic Bonvarlet worked at Arm (2018-2020) as Product Marketing Director, Secure Identity notably to develop and promote Kigen Portfolio and first iSIM projects.

In his previous Gemalto role, Loic Bonvarlet was leading IoT Services Product Marketing including the Gemalto IoT platform and Security Solutions (Trusted Key Manager and Secure Element). As North America Application Engineering Director, he helped key cellular module customers to successfully go to market.

Loic holds a Master of Engineering in Telecoms and networks from Grenoble Institute of Technology.

With over 20 years’ experience in the communications and IoT space, Paul has worked across several respected brands, including EDJX as Director of Business Development and JT Global as Head of IoT and Strategy. Notably, Paul established and led the M2M division at Jersey Telecom, where he created an entirely new global reseller network. In 2021 Paul joined Wireless Logic (A Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide) to drive business growth and accelerate product innovation. Under his leadership, the Solutions team are focussed on delivering state-of-the-art, back-end and front-end services, that simplify connectivity, and instil confidence in the organisation that depend on them.

Carlos is currently the CTO of Telefonica IoT&BigData TECH, responsible for platforms SW factory, technology, global operations and IT.

Carlos has more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications, where he started at Telefónica Móviles in 1995, the year of the take-off of the mobile industry. During his first years at Telefónica he was responsible for the launch of new products on intelligent networks, mobile internet, financial services and mobile advertising. Later he joined Telefónica on the spot as Director of Technology and Operations and member of the steering committee. In 2015 he was appointed IoT Platforms & Technology global director at TDigital, and since 2019 he has held his current position.

An expert in telecoms and an employee of Pod since its early years, Sam’s ability to identify and target growth markets that contributed directly to the geographic and financial expansion of the organization quickly made him a mainstay of the company. In 2014 he moved to the USA to head up Pod’s US office in San Francisco, California and during the first 5 years grew the US business by 100% year on year.

In 2019 Sam was appointed CEO and began by taking Pod into another phase of growth, focusing on developing new global markets and increasing Pod’s footprint in existing markets, culminating in the company’s acquisition by Giesecke+Devrient, world leaders in eSIM technology, in July 2021. Pod Group has evolved into the world’s first Enterprise Network Operator (ENO), and Sam now stands at the helm of a company able to offer unique, customized solutions designed to give enterprises, both large and small, ownership and control of their IoT connectivity, from the SIM card right up to a complete private network.

Nicolas Damour is Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships at Sierra Wireless, responsible for innovation projects with industry partners and market adoption of next generation IoT technologies and services. He has been working at Sierra Wireless for twelve years, strengthening the company’s position as global provider of field-to-cloud IoT solutions that include hardware, connectivity and cloud services. He is currently chairing the GSMA IoT Terminal Steering Group.

Matt is a well-respected commentator and technology industry expert with 25 years’ experience at the cutting edge of technology research and consulting. He is a thought-leader in Telecommunications, Digital Transformation and the Internet of Things. He is widely quoted in trade publications and frequent speaker at conferences. In 2020 Matt co-wrote a book ‘The Internet of Things Myth’.

Matt is currently Founding Partner at Transforma Insights, the leading advisors on IoT, AI and Digital Transformation. Previously he was Founder and CEO of Machina Research, which was acquired by Gartner in 2016. Prior to founding Machina Research Matt was a technology industry analyst, working at firms including Analysys Mason and Yankee Group.

Matt holds an MSc in Telecoms from University College London.

Stefan Kaliner has held several positions at Deutsche Telekom in Germany. In his current role as Head of UICC Development he is responsible for the constant evolution of SIM and related infrastructure for the international Deutsche Telekom Group. This spans multiple lead-responsibilities for SIM, eSIM and iSIM projects as well as active international standardization at 3GPP, ETSI and the GSMA. He is also heading the nuSIM program, Deutsche Telekom’s open solution of an integrated SIM for IoT. Stefan has received several innovation awards and holds a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Dortmund, Germany.

Dr. Andrew Nuttall is the CTO and co-founder of Skylo Technologies. Andrew has a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, and a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Rachit Saksena is a true innovator and strategist in the IoT and PaaS area. With more than a decade of experience with both horizontal PaaS and vertical IoT solutions, he’s expertise ranges from applications and data delivery to SIMs and connectivity, and across challenging payments and billing models. Currently heading Product Architecture and 5G Leadership at Telia Company with a strong belief that scalability needs simplicity.

Philipp Schulte is a member of the Management Board of Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security GmbH. In this role, he is heading the Trusted Connected Devices Division since January 2023, which provides customers with products and solutions in the area of connectivity and for the Internet of Things. Previously, Schulte served as CFO of the Mobile Security business sector since 2021 and until then led Corporate Strategy and Development for the G+D Group for five years. In addition to his role at G+D, Schulte is a member of the Board of Directors of netcetera AG (Zurich) since 2020.

Schulte worked for several years internationally as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company, particularly in the high-tech, automotive and telecom sectors. He holds a doctorate in economics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in information and communication technology.

Ian is presently a consultant with Copper Horse specialising in the Internet of Things, Mobile Telecommunications and Cybersecurity. He also supports international organisations, such as MIPI Alliance, with their Automotive, IoT and Cybersecurity activities.

Prior to becoming a consultant Ian was Security Operations Director within the GSMA’s Fraud and Security team. He developed many of the GSMA’s IoT security resources including IoT SAFE which leverages the SIM as a ‘root of trust’ for IoT services, the GSMA’s IoT Security Guidelines and associated IoT Security Self-Assessment scheme. Ian also delivered the initial release of the GSMA Embedded SIM Specifications.

Before GSMA, Ian held senior technical positions within network operators including Hutchison (Three) and Orange.

He holds a B.Eng. with joint honours in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from Aston University, UK.

Mark joined IBM in 2021 looking at global IoT, 5G, Edge, and AI technologies and business strategy. He has over 30 years of experience in executive roles at a broad range of telephony, infrastructure, and networking companies. Prior engagements include: global IoT strategy for a global leader in insights and data analytics and Amazon Web Services (IoT), Cloud Technology Partners, TELUS, Freewave, and others. Previously he served at Vodafone as VP of IoT Americas. Mark is the Vice Chair of the board of the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Cambridge, and chairs the annual Connected Things Conference held at the MIT Media Lab. He also chairs the board at VR pioneer ROTU Media & Entertainment.

He is a frequent speaker on the topic of IoT/Connected Things at conferences and events. Mark has been a guest lecturer at MIT, Tufts University, Boston University, and other universities. At Tufts, Mark currently oversees four Master’s Candidates researching their thesis (capstone) projects on IoT topics and is leading his 16th Summer Practicum for a team of graduate students researching IoT issues.

He co-hosts the highly-rated “Failure the Podcast” series as well as many podcasts for MITEF Cambridge’s annual Connected Things conference. Previously, he co-hosted 29 podcasts called the “Tech Entrepreneur.

Richard leads an international team developing new capabilities and revenue opportunities for the mobile sector. Most recently he lead the GSMA programme expanding the business reach of Mobile Identity services with 70 mobile operators in over 30 countries; the services are now being used by over a billion people worldwide.

With over 15 years of experience, leading vital projects in the mobile ecosystem, Richard has an exceptional understanding of the critical challenges faced by the industry. In the past, Richard led the GSMA IoT programme where he secured industry agreements to essential standards for M2M chipset design and remote SIM provisioning. These two are now widely deployed. Richard also has a wealth of experience working with governments and regulators.

In addition, Richard Cockle currently holds an advisory role with HR Tech consultancy SilverCloudHR, where he works with blue-chip companies to develop and implement their HR Tech strategies. Prior to the GSMA, Richard held several technology delivery roles in Vodafone and BT.