In the 53rd episode of IoT Podcast: Over the Air, Ryan Prosser, CEO of Very, is joined by Gerhard Loots, CEO at Madison Group and Kallipr. They discuss the underappreciated art of solving hard but uncomplicated problems in IoT.   

Gerhard excels at bridging the gap between commercial product development and technical understanding to strategically identify and deliver growth initiatives leveraging digitization to generate new business value. Prior to joining Kallipr in 2021, he held the Global Head of IoT position at Telstra, where his team established software product development, acquired new capabilities, established international relevance, won multiple industry awards and drove growth in excess of industry standards. He also served as a member of the GSMA’s global IoT steering group and as a non-executive director of MTData.

Prior to Telstra, he was the general manager of RODE microphones. Before immigrating to Australia, Gerhard was the founder of ATEC, a full FTTH service provider where he was responsible for setting strategy, driving product and customer engagements. 

With a Bachelor of Commerce (Law) and qualifications in network engineering and continuous improvement, he strives to establish and maintain positive tension between seemingly opposing disciplines. From his founder days, he remains very passionate about challenging the status quo through innovation and has served as advisory board member to several startups.

They cover:

👉 [06:57] Background of Kallipr

👉 [08:15] Lessons from Distributech relating to IoT

👉 [09:34] Leveraging IoT and data for water management

👉 [10:57] The challenge of managing scale: a case study of the Sydney Wastewater system

👉 [14:13] The role of a team that enjoys solving complex problems

👉 [16:33] Cultural differences in running a tech company: Australia vs America

👉 [18:13] Reducing the cost of deploying IoT at scale

👉 [19:40] Leveraging real-time digital twin toward predictive maintenance of IoT devices

👉 [21:51] Using data to manage battery life: challenges, approaches, and future use cases

 

If you’re interested in the art of finding elegant solutions to hard but uncomplicated problems in IoT, tune into the 53rd episode of IoT Podcast: Over the Air.

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👉Website: http://www.kallipr.com

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