Don DeLoach is an entrepreneur, author, and board member, and a leading industry evangelist for the Internet of Things. Don is Co-Chair of the Midwest IoT Council, and has been on the Board of the Illinois Technology Association for over 10 years. Don has served as President and CEO of Youcentric (acquired by JD Edwards), Aleri (acquired by Sybase) and Infobright (acquired by Ignite Technologies). He also served as an outsider director for Broadbeam and was Chairman of the Board of AproposDon is a frequent author and speaker about technology, especially the Internet of Things and is a contributing editor to several publications. He is an Industrial Engineering graduate of Ga. Tech, an enthusiastic cyclist, and lives in the Chicago area with his wife and the youngest of their seven children.
Emil Berthelsen is a Principal Analyst at Machina Research, leading the Enterprise IoT stream, and focuses on Big Data, data analytics, M2M and IoT Platforms and SLAs. Emil worked at previously at Analysis Mason, KPMG Consulting, BT Consulting, and Alexander Proudfoot plc, building more than two decades of experience in management, strategic and research consulting. Emil has chaired, presented and led panel discussions at M2M, IoT and Big Data conferences in Europe, Asia, Africa and the US, and contributes regularly to articles on these topics in industry journals, online news portals and blog services. More recently, Emil has started to research and speak on the changes from M2M to IoT, and the impact this has on data analytics, platforms and SLAs for enterprises. Emil holds an MPhil in International Relations from Cambridge University.
Wael Elrifai is an avid technologist and management strategist, bridging the divide between IT and business as Pentaho's EMEA Director of Enterprise Solutions. He's been working in high performance computing, machine learning, the broader artificial intelligence field and the "Big Data" ecosystem for the past decade. Wael has served corporate and government clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia across a number of industry verticals and has presented at conferences worldwide. With graduate degrees in both electrical engineering and economics he’s a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Special Interest Group for Artificial Intelligence, the Royal Economic Society, and Chatham House.