Join us for a very special episode where we highlight the amazing work of individuals who have come together to make a difference in the way we approach environmental sustainability, including saving species that are on the verge of disappearing from our planet forever. Project 15 is the brainchild of some remarkable folks at Microsoft, including one of our special guests Sarah Maston, who had a "light bulb" moment on how to use Azure IoT to create a bridge between the technical and scientific communities to tackle environmental challenges. As the story unfolds, Sarah shares the partnership that developed between Microsoft and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Our other special guest, Yoko Watanabe,  Global Manager of the GEF Small Grants Programme at the UNDP, dives deeper into the different communities and opportunities this partnership will enable while working with local community and civil society groups on global environmental issues around the world with a focus on innovation, impact, and inclusion. Learn about the ways you can get involved to utilize IoT open source technology, community, funding, and resources to get your sustainability project accelerated today.Links from the show: Project 15 - http://aka.ms/project15 GEF Small Grants Programme - https://sgp.undp.org/ Project 15 YouTube Channel - http://aka.ms/project15video Project 15 Open Platform - http://aka.ms/project15code

How do you catch the next big wave in your industry? Hear from Zenon Radewych from WZMH Architects about the incredible innovation focus they embarked upon to redefine their industry and how it is paying dividends in their business and in other industries that would surprise even them!  From an Intelligent Structural Panel to a Citizen Care Pod, hear about their journey, investments, and partnering and how these continue to lead them to success.

"Garments can be the next computers" is one of the many incredible insights our guest Davide Vigano, CEO and co-founder of Sensoria Health, dives into during this inspirational and informative discussion around the promise of Internet of Me (IoMe) for personalized health. His journey is a fascinating tale of perseverance, vision, collaboration and innovation. By creating smart wearables and collecting biometric and physiological data using the Azure IoT platform, learn how Sensoria Health has created solutions to solve very complex health problems like diabetic ulcerations and amputations and is literally saving lives.

In this episode, we decided to take a different approach to bring you some insights and stories from the field.  Steve Busby is a Principal Architect at Microsoft who has spent the last five of his twenty-year career in IoT.  He has established himself as a global thought leader and overall Azure IoT guru through his extensive work with customers and partners and through his popular blog Busbyland.  Hear his insights on how IoT has changed, his favorite transformational stories, the coolest projects he is working on, and the technologies he feels will create an even more exciting future.

In this episode we are joined by George Lenhart, VP of Digital Transformation & Solutions at SystemOne.  Sharing his unique perspective as a former customer who led digital transformation at his previous employer, Hershey Foods, and now as practice lead at consulting firm SystemOne, George dives into the keys to success for achieving Industry 4.0 in organizations.  Highlighting trends, common mistakes and recommended paths for success, George's wisdom and wit will both inform and entertain you.

In this episode we are joined by Sriram Iyer, Director of Data Science and Analytics from Coats, the world’s leading industrial thread provider.  Learn how he and his team balanced economic and environmental pressures, consumer and customer demands and the need for automation and optimization to transform how they manufacture their thread. Hear how he approached Industry 4.0 in their organization and how Coats is setting the standard of excellence towards environmental compliance and zero waste.

Sujan Thanjavuru, head of digital transformation at Wipro, joins us for this episode to share how they have used IoT, block chain and cloud technologies to create a secure pharmaceutical digital supply chain & anti-counterfeiting platform to tackle two major structural challenges globally in the life sciences industry - counterfeit drugs and drug degradation and spoilage due to broken cold chains. Together these two problems result in over half a million deaths and over $200 billion in economic losses globally, but thanks to the Wipro Smart Track platform these numbers are being drastically reduced.  Learn about their journey building this solution with Takeda (formerly Shire) and Microsoft and how any industry that requires real time monitoring of shipments in a supply chain can benefit. Sujan Thanjavuru can be reach at [email protected] https://www.wipro.com/pharmaceutical-and-life-sciences/titan-secure/

In this episode, we talk with entrepreneur and founder of MachineQ, Alex Khorram.  MachineQ, a division of Comcast Corporation, is helping their customers transform by providing Low Power Network (LPN) based solutions to customers looking to embrace the power of IoT.   Hear how his team approaches the market to democratize IoT for all users, not just developers and provides industry solutions to accelerate digital transformation.

In this episode, we talk with John Biagioni, President of Dynisco, who is bringing their vision of "rheology to the masses" to fruition with trailblazing cloud solutions for the plastics industry.  Learn about the details of their industry and company, the surprises and insights of their journey crafting their IoT solutions, the immense value of the data they are collecting and their deliberate approach for continued success in this space.

In this episode, we talk with Chris Palmer, manager of advanced technology services at PCL Construction. In the past few years, PCL has taken the construction industry by storm with groundbreaking disruption in the "least transformed" industry.  Learn about their journey, the keys to their success and how they are continuing to grow their offerings and opportunities leveraging IoT.