Peggy Smedley Show

Peggy Smedley offers her insights on the future of transportation systems, focusing on EVs (electric vehicles). She also sets the stage for international automakers in 2018 and outlines the infrastructure changes needed to make EVs and autonomous vehicles a viable pillar of our future.

Paul Sean Hill, author, Leadership from the Mission Control Room to the Boardroom: A Guide to Unleashing Team Performance, says we become separated as we get promoted. He explains executives need to lead the company well or it has serious ramifications.

Jose Luis Blanco, associate partner, McKinsey & Co., looks to the future, and predicts three big trends including: widespread adoption of augmented reality and virtual reality for training, safety, and to check progress; robots doing some of the work, and also exoskeletons; and a shift to more of a manufacturing-type production due to the labor shortage.

Jose Luis Blanco, associate partner, McKinsey & Co., says construction is a very complicated environment and its needs a holistic way to manage projects better. The IoT is a way to enable that, and there are many examples of that.

Peggy Smedley gives an overview of what can be expected for IoT (Internet of Things) adoption in manufacturing. She says manufacturers are looking to introduce quality check points and automation and this leaves the door wide open for IoT solutions to improve operations and product quality.

Sean Wise, author, Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job, breaks down preconceived notions about the difficulty of start-ups and getting ideas out to the masses. He explains how the days of venture capitalists are over, as new platforms allow entrepreneurs to directly relay ideas with customers and receive immediate feedback.

Michael Mo, CEO and co-founder, KULR Technology, talks about the use of carbon fiber solutions to eliminate overheating and cooling of mobile devices as well as connected vehicles. He discusses how as smarter devices and batteries continue to become more compact, they need the right energy efficiency in operation and communication.

Vinay Nathan, cofounder & CEO, Altizon Systems, explains how the industrial sector is undergoing a rapid realization of the potential of IoT. He says lowering costs and availability of solutions is enabling manufacturing to understand the foundation of the Internet and undergo profitable digital transformations.

Peggy Smedley continues the month of remote monitoring with an extensive look at how it is impacting healthcare and ensuring more value to patients and physicians when it comes to regular visits. She says this, along with virtual care, will ease the burden on the healthcare systems, allowing more people to get the help they need.

Peggy Smedley takes another look at remote monitoring, this time from offshore vessels. She highlights new trials and applications of IoT (Internet of Things) in vessels and explains how autonomous technology can be applied to remote solutions used to manage fleets at sea.

Tom Bradicich, VP and GM of servers, converged edge, & IoT systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, breaks down the various reasons why data is being pushed to the edge. He further explains how devices and machines are a convergence of multiple systems and functions that used to be separate.

Samir Chatterjee, Fletcher Jones Chair of Technology Design & Management, Clairemont Graduate University, explains that human nature to cut corners has enabled people to become more dependent on medical solutions to cure them. He offers insights into how chronic diseases are affected by the habits of the patients, and discusses how remote monitoring and data can prompt new changes in mindset for patients.

Peggy Smedley discusses recent mass shootings and other tragedies from the angle of IoT (Internet of Things). She explains how tech companies and first responders are teaming up on new training and exercises across various public locations to leverage IoT for improved situational awareness.

Piyush Patel, author, "Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating a Culture That Matters", explains how constant coaching and constant feedback is proving to be more effective than annual reviews. He introduces the G.R.O.W. model that employers can leverage when it comes to having difficult discussions with workers to keep organizations running smoothly.

Andrew Smyth, professor of civil engineering and engineering mechanics, Columbia Engineering, details how sensors can detect changes or anomalies to critical infrastructure over time. He addresses how the declining quality of current infrastructure can be attributed to ongoing financial and political disagreements, which can lead to failing projects.

Louis Parks, president and CEO, SecureRF, explains how the lack of a common operating system and a controlled environment is presenting challenges when connecting devices to the IoT. He says progress must be made to improve security,as new industries and consumers are connecting thousands of devices and unleashing data every day

Peggy Smedley starts a new month focusing on remote monitoring and explains how it offers ways of tackling age-old challenges based on realtime information. She singles out agriculture as an industry that is leveraging remote monitoring to address plant health and the crop's exposure to chemicals and pesticides.

Brett Burger, principal marketing manager, National Instruments, says as companies are able to gather data from a variety of assets, then they can truly unlock the capabilities of IoT ecosystems. He says emerging technologies have allowed utility organizations to manage grid loads for improved optimization.

Joseph Biron, CTO of IoT, PTC, details how there is a gap in providing full lifecycle management within the industrial IoT. He talks about how sensors, machine learning, and predictive maintenance have allowed companies to fill in those gaps and maintain better control over their industrial equipment.

Samir Saini, CIO, City of Atlanta, says using the IoT, big data, and analytics allows cities to forecast what will happen and to take action. He explains that while it is impossible to solve every problem within a city, offering the data to other organizations within communities allows for more improved collaboration and efficiency.

Peggy Smedley caps off the month with a look at how new transportation models for electric and autonomous vehicles will give way to new needs within the smart grid. She expects that electric vehicles will establish new global power demands in the coming years and cities must move toward robust and wireless charging infrastructure.

Brian Deutsch, CEO, Pivotal Commware, breaks down the concept of holographic beamforming and how it can create better communication portals for radio energy. He says disruptive technologies such as this will offer an array of new possibilities within the telecom industry.

Riccardo Di Blasio, CEO, Globetouch, talks about addressing needs of connectivity on a global scale and says that more devices and equipment are requiring the IoT that previously did not need it. He says creating a network of IoT connectivity across the world will better service major corporations within manufacturing and transportation.

Shay Bahramirad, vice president of new initiatives, IEEE, and director of distribution system planning, smart grid, and innovation, ComEd, explains how regulations and legislation have allowed many different parties to contribute to the growth of smart-grid modernization. She says legacy equipment must be able to reach a higher level of smarter energy to hold up against aging infrastructure as well as natural disasters.

Peggy Smedley exclaims that utility poles are due for a major connected upgrade and suggests that equipping them with sensors and predictive technology will lead to more integration with the smart grid. She predicts they will become part of the grids themselves to support communication and energy services for a variety of areas.

Gary Morton, author, Commanding Excellence: Inspiring Purpose, Passion, And Ingenuity Through Leadership That Matters, talks about inspiring work forces to achieve a new level of productivity and collaboration toward innovation. He says by stressing the importance of the individual importance and stabilizing talent in the workplace, employees get a better understanding of one another in a group dynamic.

Peggy Smedley takes a look at how smart grids are being adopted all over the world. She explains how smart grids present new potential for adoption in underdeveloped countries to sustain growing populations, while developed nations are simply accommodating for more devices and potential cyber-attacks.

Hans Thalbauer, senior vice president, IoT & digital supply chain, SAP Leonardo, discussed the importance of leveraging the IoT to improve business intelligence, asset management, and maintenance. He talks about block chain solutions that will help various industries become more proactive in automating manufacturing and smart cities.

Peggy Smedley looks at how smart meters can help businesses and individuals monitor energy use in real time. She discusses how government initiatives and distribution efficiency are increasing global smart-meter adoption, while other factors are holding some countries back.

Katherine Winter, vice president, Automated Driving Group, Intel, talks about managing data centers and the cloud for autonomous vehicles. She discusses the importance of partnerships, test trials, and re- evaluating regulatory standards within the industry before widespread consumer adoption begins.

David Shannon, business development manager, Caterpillar Marine Asset Intelligence, dives into the integration of data analytics within manufacturing and the marine industry. He talks about the importance of optimization compliance when walking the line between sufficient fuel usage and equipment maintenance.

Saifur Rahman, founding director, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute, says that in order to make buildings healthy, there must be an understanding of how to better use energy as opposed to just aiming for more efficiency. He explains that building owners must be aware of energy and carbon level changes that may occur during retrofitting that may impact inhabitants.

Peggy Smedley takes a look at the development of smart-grid awareness and standards overseas. She says that piecing different standards together will not hold up for the future and explains that different utility equipment must be able to cooperate with one another with ease.

Joshua Peschel, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, Iowa State University, discusses how human-robot interactions are emerging within municipalities and other utility systems. He explains how we will grow accustomed to using robots like the way we use appliances.

Peter Martin, vice president of innovation and marketing, Schneider Electric, says the IoT is often being overlooked by industrial organizations that are having difficulties incorporating it with automation. He points out that it is up to energy and utility providers to step up and be the ones to drive change within the industry.

James Scott, senior fellow and cofounder, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, discusses why healthcare, energy, and financial sectors remain vulnerable areas in critical infrastructure. He says reform is needed within the IoT to protect the use of metadata as a means to weaken American critical infrastructure.

Peggy Smedley explains how power operations and the ability to monitor potential outages are driving factors in smart-grid adoption. As energy use is set to increase drastically, she looks at how the IoT will enable smart grids to be more transparent by isolating incidents remotely and automatically igniting the restoration process.

Shay Bahramirad, vice president of new initiatives, IEEE, and director of distribution system planning, smart grid, and innovation, ComEd, explains why a collaboration between customers, businesses, governments, and municipalities is important for the development of smart utility solutions for major cities. She points out that interoperability and security present technical challenges to the development and management of city data.

Brenna Berman, executive director of City Digital, UI Labs, talks about solutions that are helping cities to better manage the logistics and transportation of people, goods, vehicles, and much more. When it comes to pilot solutions, she explains the importance of staring off small, with the goal of solving bigger, complex problems.

Charlie Catlett, director, Urban Center for Computation and Data, and senior computer scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, discusses work being done by scientists and researchers to bring sensor technologies to major cities. In term of research, he talks about the challenges of bringing smart city ideas to life and taking into consideration the impact these solutions will have on the community.

Peggy Smedley looks at how developing nations are leveraging sensors to manage rising flood and precipitation levels that can cause extensive damage to infrastructure. She also talks about data taken by smart meters that can assess hand washing habits to allow for better water and sanitation practices.

Robi Sen, CIO, Department 13, says drones are a threat that is escaping the public attention. He says we have seen some pretty disturbing news items, and points to some specific examples of drone threats in Tokyo and the Middle East. He explains there is no way to constrain or control drones, and bad people will fly drones regardless.

Waqaas Al-Siddiq, cofounder and CEO, Biotricity, says physicians are burdened because there are too many patients, and not enough practitioners. He continues that physicians are inundated with information. He explains mobile cardiac telemetry is created to deal with risky patients. The doctor wants more data from these patients, and an intelligent device can respond.

Waqaas Al-Siddiq, cofounder and CEO, Biotricity, says we are at a precipice where the healthcare industry has to shift to survive, and the connected aspect of it is what is going to drive innovation and response. He explains some of the hurdles in healthcare are reimbursement, and the economics around it, and the regulatory component of it.

Peggy talks about a recently published "Industrial Internet Security Framework" from the Industrial Internet Consortium, and encourage listeners to take a look at the framework. She explains that the framework is part of a bigger movement to move the Internet of Things forward, and is proud of the industry for coming together. She says it is all about building a stronger community.

Peggy Smedley takes listeners to the future—the year 2035 to be exact—and paints a picture of how autonomous vehicles will fit into our society. She discusses the catalyst of this, the newly passed Self Drive Act bill, and how federal officials will reassess standards that auto manufacturers must abide by.

Vin D'Agostino, VP strategic marketing and applications engineering, Renesas Electronics, says the emergence of smart cities will not mean a reconstruction of infrastructure, but instead mean that it must be integrated within existing structures. He offers up new examples of smart solution in parking garages and street lights.

Vin D'Agostino, VP strategic marketing and applications engineering, Renesas Electronics, explains as technology is changing so does the support structure needed to make it work. He says manufacturers are doing more business interactions within the social world to meet the demands of customers.

Peggy Smedley talks about mobile solutions that enable patients in developing nations to virtually connect with physicians when they cannot leave their home. She says mHealth can even diagnose infectious diseases and perform ultrasounds from images and data shared via wireless and Wi-Fi connectivity.

James Carlini, president, Carlini & Associates, discusses how mission-critical solutions will become important in smart buildings and connected campuses. He says infrastructure must be built out to handle new networks that accommodate for new device and data traffic.