Global Smart Connectivity: Sharing, Openness, Opportunities
Forum of European Business Leaders Discuss Trends in IoT
Nov. 30, 2021
CET
13:30 - 14:13
Round Table Discussion on IoT Security
Company Sessions
François-Gaël Ottogall
CTIO IoT for B2C, Orange
As one of the world’s leading telecommunications providers, Orange has always been a leading voice in digital transformation. With a customer-first approach, they are poised to become one of the major IoT players in Europe.
IoT
Operator
Nick Chen
Chairman Of The Board, Sharp
Europe is a visionary leader in the field of smart home and consumer electronics, collaborating with Tuya Smart to expand its AIoT ecosystem. Working with Tuya will allow Sharp Europe to release products quickly and save on development costs.
Sharp
AIoT
Marc van Hoof
Head of Marketing, Calex
The conversation between Marc van Hoof, Head of Marketing at Calex, Europe’s decorative lighting leader, and Tuya Smart, illuminated a story of innovation. Marc shared insights about the opportunities for traditional lighting businesses in the IoT transformation.
Smart Lighting
Calex
Péter Zsák
Senior Consultant, EPS
Péter Zsák, Senior Consultant at EPS talked about the company’s ambition in penetrating Europe’s smart housing and hospitality markets in partnership with Tuya. He examined the unique opportunities and challenges presented by the markets and how IoT is unlocking possibilities for the company.
Smart Home
Solution Provider
Chris Hill
Product Manager, UK Aurora
Chris Hill, product manager of Aurora UK, talked about the company’s IoT-enabled smart lighting solutions and how the partnership with Tuya can facilitate the company’s ambition on energy saving.
Smart Lighting
Aurora
Tina Yu
General Manager of Eurasia, Tuya Smart and North America Region
Tina Yu, Tuya's General Manager of Eurasia and North America Region, talks about Tuya's efforts and accomplishments in the EU market.
IoT
Tuya Smart
Orange
Sharp
Calex
EPS
Aurora
Orange
Guest Speakers
François-Gaël Ottogalli
François-Gaël is the CTIO IoT B2C for Orange Innovation IT and Services, promoting innovation to fuel Orange strategy on IoT B2C and B2B2C. As one of the promoters of Tuya as a basement for Smart Home solutions for countries in the Orange footprint, he is strongly involved in Tuya-based Smart Home solutions in Europe, with Belgium being the first since October 2020.
Marc van Hoof
Marc van Hoof is the Head of Marketing and the Commercial Product Management at CALEX (Electro Cirkel Retail BV). He has 20 years of experience within the Consumer Lighting Industry for the European market in the fields of marketing and product management. He has been cooperating with Tuya since 2018.
Nick Chen
Nick is responsible for the brand marketing of Sharp Consumer Electronics products in Europe. The main products include TVs, Audio, and home appliances. He also actively promotes the establishment of Sharp's AIOT ecosystem in Europe. In addition, he is also responsible for the SHARP Europe TVs manufacturing center in Poland.
Péter Zsák
Peter spent the last 5 years exploring and testing smart building IoT solutions and self-education. He is a trusted consultant partner of EPS-Connect Zrt. Peter has deep knowledge of open-source and commercial smart building systems and IoT ecosystems. He educates end-users and smart home installers about the IoT market and organizes the SmartHomeExpo in Hungary. His mission is to "make IoT to commodity.”
Chris Hill
Chris has 18 years of experience within the lighting industry with experience in both Lighting and Lighting Controls. Over the past 4 years, he’s been working on the development of the Zigbee and Bluetooth range of Aurora AOne products and is currently managing the product team for the projects division and also the integration of smart technology into the Aurora product portfolio.
André Sollner
André has spent more than 20 years designing and running a diverse set of global security initiatives for Fortune 100 companies, as well as small and medium-sized companies. Having managed Wizlynx Group’s global financials and corporate governance, he has gained extensive experience while supporting pharmaceuticals & financial organizations, specializing in enterprise and security architecture, information privacy, strategic planning, IT governance, and risk management.
David Mudd
David is responsible for BSI’s testing and certification business for digital and connected products, ranging from digital construction e.g. “Smart Cities” and Building Information Modelling, general connected products such as IoT devices and software applications, to cybersecurity certifications, such as CyberEssentials in the UK. He supports clients across the key sectors in the safe and effective adoption of disruptive digital technologies.
Prabhu Ramkumar
With over 19 years of experience in various technical & management roles, Prabhu leads the digital service development for TÜV SÜD Product Service Division. He works with technology companies, startups, academic institutions, and governmental authorities in bringing safety & security solutions across consumer, payments, transportation, industrial and medical industries.
Tina Yu
Tina Yu is the General Manager of Eurasia and North America Region at Tuya Smart. She has over 17 years of experience in the global markets of consumer electronics, smart home, and IoT, specializing in business strategic planning, business expansion, product development localization, big customer services, etc. Tina has successfully closed many key partnerships and scaled the IoT business in Eurasia and North American markets for steady business growth.
Darren Houghton
Darren joined Tuya in July 2021 and is spearheading their UK and Eire IoT Partnership Development strategy. He has successfully created new opportunities for partners by integrating and deploying Tuya’s platform capabilities, apps and giving them access to thousands of interconnected devices all controlled by Tuya. Previously, he has worked in consumer and enterprise IoT at companies like Vodafone and Hive Connected Home.
Edmund Barrett
Having joined Tuya in January 2021, Edmund has created IoT opportunities for businesses in the central European region across multiple verticals including retailers, insurance companies, and FCMG brands. As well as many years in the energy sector focusing on energy efficiency products including smart metering, he has over 10 years of IoT experience covering topics such as smart home, data-driven business models, and edge intelligence.
François-Gaël Ottogalli
François-Gaël is the CTIO IoT B2C for Orange Innovation IT and Services, promoting innovation to fuel Orange strategy on IoT B2C and B2B2C. As one of the promoters of Tuya as a basement for Smart Home solutions for countries in the Orange footprint, he is strongly involved in Tuya-based Smart Home solutions in Europe, with Belgium being the first since October 2020.
Marc van Hoof
Marc van Hoof is the Head of Marketing and the Commercial Product Management at CALEX (Electro Cirkel Retail BV). He has 20 years of experience within the Consumer Lighting Industry for the European market in the fields of marketing and product management. He has been cooperating with Tuya since 2018.
Nick Chen
Nick is responsible for the brand marketing of Sharp Consumer Electronics products in Europe. The main products include TVs, Audio, and home appliances. He also actively promotes the establishment of Sharp's AIOT ecosystem in Europe. In addition, he is also responsible for the SHARP Europe TVs manufacturing center in Poland.
Péter Zsák
Peter spent the last 5 years exploring and testing smart building IoT solutions and self-education. He is a trusted consultant partner of EPS-Connect Zrt. Peter has deep knowledge of open-source and commercial smart building systems and IoT ecosystems. He educates end-users and smart home installers about the IoT market and organizes the SmartHomeExpo in Hungary. His mission is to "make IoT to commodity.”
Chris Hill
Chris has 18 years of experience within the lighting industry with experience in both Lighting and Lighting Controls. Over the past 4 years, he’s been working on the development of the Zigbee and Bluetooth range of Aurora AOne products and is currently managing the product team for the projects division and also the integration of smart technology into the Aurora product portfolio.
André Sollner
André has spent more than 20 years designing and running a diverse set of global security initiatives for Fortune 100 companies, as well as small and medium-sized companies. Having managed Wizlynx Group’s global financials and corporate governance, he has gained extensive experience while supporting pharmaceuticals & financial organizations, specializing in enterprise and security architecture, information privacy, strategic planning, IT governance, and risk management.
David Mudd
David is responsible for BSI’s testing and certification business for digital and connected products, ranging from digital construction e.g. “Smart Cities” and Building Information Modelling, general connected products such as IoT devices and software applications, to cybersecurity certifications, such as CyberEssentials in the UK. He supports clients across the key sectors in the safe and effective adoption of disruptive digital technologies.
Prabhu Ramkumar
With over 19 years of experience in various technical & management roles, Prabhu leads the digital service development for TÜV SÜD Product Service Division. He works with technology companies, startups, academic institutions, and governmental authorities in bringing safety & security solutions across consumer, payments, transportation, industrial and medical industries.
Tina Yu
Tina Yu is the General Manager of Eurasia and North America Region at Tuya Smart. She has over 17 years of experience in the global markets of consumer electronics, smart home, and IoT, specializing in business strategic planning, business expansion, product development localization, big customer services, etc. Tina has successfully closed many key partnerships and scaled the IoT business in Eurasia and North American markets for steady business growth.
Darren Houghton
Darren joined Tuya in July 2021 and is spearheading their UK and Eire IoT Partnership Development strategy. He has successfully created new opportunities for partners by integrating and deploying Tuya’s platform capabilities, apps and giving them access to thousands of interconnected devices all controlled by Tuya. Previously, he has worked in consumer and enterprise IoT at companies like Vodafone and Hive Connected Home.
Edmund Barrett
Having joined Tuya in January 2021, Edmund has created IoT opportunities for businesses in the central European region across multiple verticals including retailers, insurance companies, and FCMG brands. As well as many years in the energy sector focusing on energy efficiency products including smart metering, he has over 10 years of IoT experience covering topics such as smart home, data-driven business models, and edge intelligence.
François-Gaël Ottogalli
François-Gaël is the CTIO IoT B2C for Orange Innovation IT and Services, promoting innovation to fuel Orange strategy on IoT B2C and B2B2C. As one of the promoters of Tuya as a basement for Smart Home solutions for countries in the Orange footprint, he is strongly involved in Tuya-based Smart Home solutions in Europe, with Belgium being the first since October 2020.
Marc van Hoof
Marc van Hoof is the Head of Marketing and the Commercial Product Management at CALEX (Electro Cirkel Retail BV). He has 20 years of experience within the Consumer Lighting Industry for the European market in the fields of marketing and product management. He has been cooperating with Tuya since 2018.
Nick Chen
Nick is responsible for the brand marketing of Sharp Consumer Electronics products in Europe. The main products include TVs, Audio, and home appliances. He also actively promotes the establishment of Sharp's AIOT ecosystem in Europe. In addition, he is also responsible for the SHARP Europe TVs manufacturing center in Poland.
Péter Zsák
Peter spent the last 5 years exploring and testing smart building IoT solutions and self-education. He is a trusted consultant partner of EPS-Connect Zrt. Peter has deep knowledge of open-source and commercial smart building systems and IoT ecosystems. He educates end-users and smart home installers about the IoT market and organizes the SmartHomeExpo in Hungary. His mission is to "make IoT to commodity.”
Chris Hill
Chris has 18 years of experience within the lighting industry with experience in both Lighting and Lighting Controls. Over the past 4 years, he’s been working on the development of the Zigbee and Bluetooth range of Aurora AOne products and is currently managing the product team for the projects division and also the integration of smart technology into the Aurora product portfolio.
André Sollner
André has spent more than 20 years designing and running a diverse set of global security initiatives for Fortune 100 companies, as well as small and medium-sized companies. Having managed Wizlynx Group’s global financials and corporate governance, he has gained extensive experience while supporting pharmaceuticals & financial organizations, specializing in enterprise and security architecture, information privacy, strategic planning, IT governance, and risk management.
David Mudd
David is responsible for BSI’s testing and certification business for digital and connected products, ranging from digital construction e.g. “Smart Cities” and Building Information Modelling, general connected products such as IoT devices and software applications, to cybersecurity certifications, such as CyberEssentials in the UK. He supports clients across the key sectors in the safe and effective adoption of disruptive digital technologies.
Prabhu Ramkumar
With over 19 years of experience in various technical & management roles, Prabhu leads the digital service development for TÜV SÜD Product Service Division. He works with technology companies, startups, academic institutions, and governmental authorities in bringing safety & security solutions across consumer, payments, transportation, industrial and medical industries.
Tina Yu
Tina Yu is the General Manager of Eurasia and North America Region at Tuya Smart. She has over 17 years of experience in the global markets of consumer electronics, smart home, and IoT, specializing in business strategic planning, business expansion, product development localization, big customer services, etc. Tina has successfully closed many key partnerships and scaled the IoT business in Eurasia and North American markets for steady business growth.
Darren Houghton
Darren joined Tuya in July 2021 and is spearheading their UK and Eire IoT Partnership Development strategy. He has successfully created new opportunities for partners by integrating and deploying Tuya’s platform capabilities, apps and giving them access to thousands of interconnected devices all controlled by Tuya. Previously, he has worked in consumer and enterprise IoT at companies like Vodafone and Hive Connected Home.
Edmund Barrett
Having joined Tuya in January 2021, Edmund has created IoT opportunities for businesses in the central European region across multiple verticals including retailers, insurance companies, and FCMG brands. As well as many years in the energy sector focusing on energy efficiency products including smart metering, he has over 10 years of IoT experience covering topics such as smart home, data-driven business models, and edge intelligence.
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