The Voices of the Internet of Things with Chuck Martin

A conversation with Dave Meeker, Vice President at the agency Isobar, which is part of the Dentsu Aegis Network.

Dave has been Managing Partner of Effective UI, Executive Advisor at Draft Worldwide and Director of Custom Application Development at WhittmanHart.

At Isobar, Dave is responsible for the company's innovation consultancy and he oversees the Isobar NowLab, a global network of more than 16 emerging technology and R&D labs across major markets.

A conversation with Ben Kartzman, CEO and Co-Founder of Spongecell, an advertising technology company that specializes in data-driven campaigns.

Ben has been a Manager at Accenture, Senior Consultant at Bridgeline Software and Consultant at C-Bridge Internet Solutions.

Ben's area of focus involves using artificial intelligence to identify the right content for the right person at the right time.

A conversation with Jake Leeman, Senior Technical Strategist at The Sandbox Agency, which has operations in the U.S. and Canada.

Jake has been Creative and Digital Strategy Operations Director at Vision Three, where he also had been a Senior Digital Producer, Interactive Project Manager and Assistant Creative Director.

Jake's areas of focus at Sandbox include virtual and augmented realities as they relate to experiential marketing.

A conversation with Bret Greenstein, Vice President, Watson Internet of Things Consumer Business at IBM.

Bret has held several senior positions at IBM, as vice president of Rational Software for Engineering, VP of CIO and IT Transformation and leading IBM Growth Markets in China.

We spoke at the IBM Genius of Things event in Boston.

A conversation with Michael Colaneri, Vice President Global Enterprise Solutions, Retail, at AT&T.

Michael has been College Relations Officer at Bank of America, National Sales Director at Direct Language and has held several senior positions at AT&T, including Director of Strategic Business Development.

His current focus at AT&T includes innovative retail technology and evolving customer expectations.

A conversation with Brad Simms, President and CEO of Gale Partners, a data-driven agency.

Brad has been Senior Vice President at SapientNitro, Chief Marketing Officer of TravelEdge and Ventures Advisor at MDC Ventures.

At Gale, Brad focuses on areas including the marketing implications of autonomous vehicles and leading-edge versions of targeted messaging.

A conversation with Joe Maillie, Director of Business Development for IoT at Ledvance.

Joe's focus is on the marketing strategy for the IoT business unit known as Sylvania Smart, the Ledvance division that produces IoT-enabled lighting products.

Joe is the former co-founder of MobiHealth News and was Project Manager at Chin and Curtis.

We're here at the North American headquarters of Ledvance in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

A conversation with Susan Panico, Senior Vice President of Strategic Solutions at Pandora.

Susan has served as Vice President as well as Senior Director of Sales Marketing at Pandora.

She previously worked at Sony, as Senior Director of the PlayStation Network and Director of Product and Online Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America.

At Pandora, Susan leads the B to B Marketing functions, driving the overall marketing strategy.

A conversation with Leigh Christie, Director of NowLab Americas at Isobar, which is part of the Dentsu Aegis Network, with 6,000 people in more than 85 locations.

Leigh has been Lead Innovation Engineer at Isobar and Manager of its NowLab Americas, which he directs for North and South America.

He has a Masters in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT and at Isobar, his focus is on The Internet of Things, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence, among other leading-edge technologies.

A conversation with Jeff Erhardt, Vice President of Intelligent Systems at GE.

Jeff joined GE Digital via the acquisition of Wise.io, a machine-learning platform company where he was CEO.

Jeff has been COO at Revolution Analytics, Director of Corporate Development at Spansion, Inc. and Manager of Product and Technology Development at Advanced Micro Devices.