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Mats Samuelsson is the CTO of Triotos, an IoT onboarding solution to the AWS IoT cloud providing complete integrated IoT solutions in weeks instead of years for <$100k instead of $ millions. He has spent the last 10 years in the IoT industry in various positions as CTO for IoT startup, Director of connectivity product management, partner programs, as a consultant and creator of IoT training programs. Before this he has a long career in telecom, internet and mobile applications including being co-founder of a Silicon Valley startup in the mobile application portal space.

Top Renewable Energy Voice || Top Writing Voice on LinkedIn; Writer on renewable energy, sustainability, and electric vehicles with extensive experience and a deep understanding of the three industries. Available for freelance roles.

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Databases, Software Development, C#, and Project Management.

Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Mechanical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University and an MSc in Environmental Management (Energy) from Glasgow Caledonian University.

An Electrical Engineer at Very, Alexandra’s experience ranges from prototyping circuits using individual ICs on a breadboard to designing toy robots and testing entire LV systems of electric vehicles. She holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Technology, Arts, and Media Certificate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Hélène Papper is the Director of the IFAD Global Communications and Advocacy Division, which is responsible for IFAD’s global internal and external engagement and positioning, communications and advocacy strategies and operations. The Communication Division is comprised of two groups: field communication and content development (graphic design, writing and publication, and field communication), and strategic communication (media, broadcast and outreach; web and social media; campaigns; internal communication and public disclosure).

Before joining IFAD, Papper was the Director of the United Nations Information Center for Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela based in Bogotá. She is a conflict and post-conflict strategist and leader with extensive experience in the field of diplomacy, advocacy and communications.

She previously worked in peacekeeping missions for the United Nations in Mali, Sudan, South Sudan and Haiti, where she developed radio stations to support electoral and peace implementation processes, ensuring protected spaces for women and youth to have a recognized voice in the changing landscapes of their countries. She also supported the African Development Bank in their transition from Tunisia to Côte d'Ivoire headquarters. Papper has led strong advocacy programmes in the fields of gender, climate, environment, social inclusion, education aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda.

Papper holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Literature and Civilization from the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, France and two Bachelor’s degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science from Syracuse University in New York.

Kasturi is a Commercial and Strategy leader in all things moving green. She comes with 14+ years of experience in Mobility, from an engineer in the lab fixing emissions to building India’s first smart and electric 3 Wheeler. She leads Shell’s M&A deals in Renewables, Hydrogen, E-mobility.

Mother to a one year old, she calls herself - “Mom with a dream”. A strong believer in equity, Kasturi actively mentors startups in emerging markets from Bangalore (India) to Bogota (Columbia).

Jae is a leading figure in the sustainable transformational business. For over 25yrs, his focus has been on navigating global macro trends, exploring innovation in technologies, designing and implementing new processes and challenging the assumptions that sit behind strategies and tactics in business. He is deeply motivated by curiosity and coaching executives through changing thinking & decision-making.

He is articulate, collaborative, commercial, and credible, able to navigate a range of strategy, development, and growth pressures to shape organizational priorities. Adept at forming alliance partnerships and managing multi-stakeholder engagements at the highest levels within industry, government, and finance. With a strong understanding and ability in risk analysis and mitigation.

I have worked on an amazing and fun array of topics over the years. Deep expertise in data science, AI, ML and big graphs applied to multiple domains: IoT, Eldercare, Watson Health and Watson Financial Services (NLP). Consultant to national and international clients. All had deep technical elements and most involved business elements working with senior executives. Recognized dynamic speaker with clients at conferences and classes.

I am a member of IBM's Academy of Technology (800 of IBM's top technical talent) and an IBM Master Inventor with 47 issued patents.

I have recently earned a PhD in computer science, with research focused on the AI of multi-agent systems and a formal logic of "commitments". This kind of research has tremendous potential in our increasingly interconnected world.

I am an author of multiple published books and refereed academic papers.

I am also a prolific programmer. Current favorite technologies are Java, Python, Jupyter, Spark, TensorFlow, Groovy, Gremlin, Gradle and TDA (topological data analysis).

I blog about these topics at knowledgereactor.ai/blog.