Former Director, IoT Alliances (AWS, PTC, Velotic); @ITconnecter , Principal - Digital Transformation for IT & Business (Data, Process & CX)
Fairview, TN
Joined October 2011
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Highly recommend taking four minutes of your day and listening to this speech by Ernie Johnson
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“Ah! Leah!” - Donnie Iris
Bummed to hear about the passing of Donnie Iris. The Pittsburgh rock legend delivered pure rock energy for decades. Rest easy, Donnie.
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Got to hand it to Bill Maher. We may not agree on everything but thank God he is calling out the insanity. That takes moral courage & principles. And deserves respect.
LPs wanting out of SW now finding buyers - @PitchBook - Sellers willing to cut losses & buyers’ appetite for risk starting to return. In wake of #SaaSpocalypse sell-off, which wiped > $1T off value of listed #softwarestocks, it was very difficult to sell...pitchbook.com/news/articles/…
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GET THE RIGHT GUYS ON THE BUS!
"Mediocre people don’t like high achievers and high achievers don’t like mediocre people ... Get the right guys on the bus, get them in the right seats, and get the wrong guys off the bus."
~ Nick Saban video from @TheCrimsonWhite
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The best part about SNL spoofing Planet of the Apes w/ Charleton Heston in 1993, is you can tell exactly which ape is Norm MacDonald lol
Key #IoT Trends in 2026 | #Insurance Thought Leadership -“2026, the focus is on creating smarter, more resilient, reliable, and easier-to-manage IoT systems. New technologies are helpful for that…” buff.ly/aLWvqpb
How to keep IT running smoothly when M&A merges two teams -“recently published study from EY calculated 4,086 global #mergers and acquisitions in 2025 of $100 million or more—up from 3,644 deals in 2024 and 3,283 in 2023” @itbrew
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State of #ITjobs: AI sparks rapidly changing market for skills-“According to data from @RobertHalf, 65% of IT leaders had more difficulty finding skilled IT professionals for open roles in 2025 than 2024” buff.ly/RwpEbZJ
AI maturity vs. AI readiness: The invisible (costly) gap-“Per JumpCloud’s research, 40% of organizations self-assess as AI mature. However, objective analysis reveals only 22% are truly “leading” in their practical readiness to scale AI securely” @itbrew buff.ly/7lVm6c4
#UGC lapped @TikTok in influencer mktg; @Instagram is next-“shift away from TikTok showing up in campaign data, campaigns fell 48% yr over yr as brands pivoted toward flexible, reusable content; UGC drives 29% higher conversions than non-UGC” @emarketer emarketer.com/content/ugc-ha…
When #AI understands the plant-“#IndustrialAI relies on immutable first principles constraints, designed around detailed physics, chemistry, equipment designs and control constraints that define feasible operating states” @smartindustry
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How #GenerativeAI Is Fast-Tracking Industrial #Manufacturing Design Cycles-
“Generative AI tools further enhance rapid prototyping by running simulations, analyzing historical data, and generating thousands of design iterations in real time” #Thomasnet buff.ly/c09NugD
#AI Coding Tools for Knowledge Work: What Executives Need to Know | Rama Ramakrishnan @sloanreview
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Australian scientists test world-first underwater #3D concrete printing -“Printing #underwater fundamentally changes how we think about building, repairing, and strengthening critical infrastructure in marine environments.” #Interestingengineering
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Charted: The Growth of $100 by Asset Class (1965–2025) @visualcapitalist
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#Micron Starts Work on $100B Chip Complex in New York-“@Micron stated that the complex will be the largest #semiconductor #manufacturing facility in the United States and could support about 50,000 jobs across New York State” #Thomasnet buff.ly/vm7cIUq