Sven-Eric Brooks is a business manager and IoT evangelist. He has studied at the University of Warsaw and holds an executive MBA in shipping and logistics from Copenhagen Business School. He has over 20 years of experience in the maritime industry with expertise in integrated bridge systems, smart and connected vessels and chip operations. He was business director at Northrop Grumman Sperry marine before joining KVH in 2020 as senior business development director, IoT. He lives with his wife and two sons in the countryside south of Hamburg, Germany.

We talk about IoT and the digital transformation that it enables for ship owners and digital service providers, digging into the practical experiences. We discuss data, automation and augmented work spaces and speculate on the future of autonomous shipping.