Talking Heads

Cherif Sleiman, VP Europe, Middle East and Africa at Infoblox finds there is one universal business language.

Verne Global’s CTO, Tate Cantrell, is fascinated by low power processing at the edge and massive computing resources at the core.

As a child, what job did you want to have when you grew up? My generation was fortunate enough to see an unbeatable challenge achieved. I was a child when the first man walked on the moon. It was an extremely inspiring moment and hence an exciting “job” to go for.

As a child, what job did you want to have when you grew up? An astronaut of course, for the discovery and adventure!  I settled for a private pilot’s licence. To me the cool thing about flying is the ‘invisible complexity’. Engines, rockets … all of the motion is encased in the hull.

As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? Honestly? From the age of four, I believed that my true vocation would be as a priest. However, that all went out of the window after my first kiss, aged 16. I saw stars and never looked back.

1. As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? I remember wanting to be a number of things between the ages of 8 and 12: (a) a spy — after reading The Thirty-Nine Steps (b) a pilot — from various comics (c) Sir Clive Sinclair

Jim Nolan is the executive vice president for IoT Solutions at InterDigital. Here, he shares his views on the company’s IoT solutions and ambitions for growth with Emil Berthelsen, the principal analyst at Machina Research

As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? I wanted to be a TV cameraman: the thought of being involved with the creation of something that impacts people’s lives so much, and the fact that it wasn’t sat behind a desk all day, which is something I never wanted

1. As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? I wanted to be a pilot in the RAF, but that plan was scuppered when at the age of eight I discovered I was colour blind. I was attracted to the idea because it seemed a fast, adrenaline-filled role. I

As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? I wanted to join the Foreign Office and work in Embassies like my dad and travel the world. Instead I’ve found myself working in software for the last 30 years!  I now look after the International Business operations (EMEA & APJ)

1. As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? Astronaut or scientist. At least the second part worked out for the 10 years that I spent as a physics student and researcher.

Oliver Tucker is the chief executive and co-founder of Wireless Logic, the provider of M2M/IoT managed services across mobile, satellite, low power wireless networks and fixed lines. Established in 2000 with Philip Cole, the company can overlay a private, secure network across global mobile networks to give customers access to an otherwise high cost and

Frank Ploumen, is the chief technology officer for IoT platforms and applications at Nokia. Here, he tells George Malim, that among the many challenges facing the further development of the Internet of Things (IoT), technology is no longer the greatest. Technology and connectivity choices in particular still play a critical role – and important work

1. As a child what job did you want to have when you grew up? I wanted to be a diplomat, living in exotic countries and travelling around the world

Nigel Chadwick is the chief executive of Stream Technologies, which provides its IoT-X platform to companies across the IoT. Here, Chadwick tells IoT Now that, as IoT applications and services proliferate and enter the mainstream, organisations are looking for platforms with the capabilities of IoT-X to enable them to have the widest possible choice of

Alexander Bufalino joined KORE in October 2016 as senior vice president of international sales and marketing. Here, he tells IoT Now that, following the acquisition of Wyless, the company is addressing customers’ needs for global services and preparing to widen its offering to include software and services in addition to connectivity.