IoT Community and HPE Announce the winners of the Inaugural IoT Slammys Internet of Things Awards

Seven winning companies emerge as industry leaders in first-of-its-kind IoT Awards and industry recognition program 

Houston Texas, December Dec 14th, 2023 -- Yesterday, at the IoT Grand Slam Live 2023 Conference, The IoT Community and its many members announced the winners of the inaugural IoT Slammys Awards, recognizing leadership in the field of Internet of Things.  The IoT Grand Slam is the worlds longest running premiere IoT event that brings together business leaders, IT professionals and innovators in a unique forum designed to showcase innovative Internet of Things technologies and companies.  HPE hosted the event at its global headquarters in Houston Texas as a Diamond Sponsor for the IoT Grand Slam. The IoT Community conducted a 3 month discovery and nomination process that led to having  15 companies make it as finalists. Five companies were selected as the CoE Award winners of the IoT Slammys Awards and a Peoples Choice Award was held to allow the IoT Community at large to also have their say.   Artificial Intelligence IoT Solution of the Year Judge's Choice Award - Microsoft People’s Choice Award - Intellias Security, Privacy & Trust IoT Solution of the Year Judge's Choice Award - Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)  People’sChoice Award - Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Mobility & Connectivity IoT Solution of the Year Judge's Choice Award - Vodafone Italy People’s Choice Award - Vodafone Italy Healthcare IoT Solution of the Year Judge's Choice Award - EPIC IO People’s Choice Award - Blyott Precision Agriculture IoT Solution of the Year Judge's Choice Award - Clemson CU-CAT People’s Choice Award - Clemson CU-CAT

"HPE is dedicated to the support and encouragement of new technologies, particularly in the field of IoT," said Daniel Sherrill, Director NA Strategic Accounts, HPE. "The IoT Slammys Awards provide participants with an opportunity to demonstrate their capabilities and earn recognition from their peers in the marketplace. We are honored to help facilitate that process.".

We are proud to crown the winners and congratulate all the finalists of the inaugural IoT Slammys Awards, for their wonderful achievements across the Internet of Things over the past year. Said Kevin Grant, CMO, IoT Community. We thank our terrific judges for their efforts over the past 6 months in cultivating, shortlisting, voting and determining our CoE award winners. We also thank all practitioners from the IoT Community at large who voted in the People’s choice award.   Award submissions were judged by a panel of twenty five members representing the IoT Community Centers of Excellence, that comprises experts in the field of IoT and are recognized as leaders in technology: Alina Piddubna, AgriTech Portfolio Manager, Data & AI/ML Practice Delivery Lead, IT Program Manager in Intellias Audrey Reznik, Sr. Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Bob Proctor, Co-founder and CEO at Link Labs Catherine (CJ) Robison, BSN, RN, Health Innovation Scientist at Oracle Health Cory Latschkowski, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, OpenShift, Red Hat Diana Rothfuss, Global Marketing Lead for Fraud and Financial Crimes, SAS Dr. Divya Gupta, Senior Solutions Architect, Global IoT Division at SAS - Chair of MCIoTCoE Dr. Scott Gerard, Founder and Chief Data Scientist, KnowledgeReactor Dr Mark Wolff, Advisory Industry Consultant Chief Health Analytics Strategist Global IoT Division SAS Institute Dr. Michelle Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Associate Medical Director, N.C. Children's Allergy and Asthma Center Allergy and Immunology George Young, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technologist, for CBT Gul Ege, Senior Director IoT R&D, SAS Heather Hudnall, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at NTT DATA John Gottula, Director of Crop Science, Agriculture, SAS Karen S. Finger, Global Lead, Connected Health Strategy and Innovation Healthcare, Insurance & Life Sciences Verizon Global Enterprise Solutions Karen Perry, Chief Solution Architect, Health and Life Sciences Global Sales Team, Intel Corporation Kellie Swink, BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Program Coordinator Tele-Cardiac ICU Command Center Children's National Hospital Keith R. Holdaway, SAS Institute IoT Global O&G Michael Cavaretta, Analytics Executive, Ford Motor Company Oscar De Leon, Principle FSA- Pre-sales OCTO, CDW, Pooja Dewan, Independent Expert Romina Elias, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC Healthcare CNIO, Dell Technologies Sebastian Villegas, COO, Asimetrix Ted DellaVecchia, CEO, Symbotix Todd Spraggins, Strategy Director, Communications Global Business Unit, Oracle The 15 finalist presentations and awards ceremony were streamed to virtual delegates, who participated with questions and feedback on-line and in real-time as part of the hybrid-format (virtual and physical) IoT Grand Slam Live 2023 conference. Virtual access to the rest of the event is available via Linkedin Live. About IoT Slammys IoT Slammys - by the IoT Community, is an industry award recognition program, commencing December 13-14 at the IoT Grand Slam Live 2023. The IoT Slammys is the first of its kind awards and recognition program by leaders from the IoT Industry for the IoT Industry. The aim of the IoT Slammys is to cultivate and promote leading IoT Oranizations who are helping to demonstrate leadership and industry influence. This will be demonstrated across impact, technology, business value, standardization of IoT applications. About IoT Grand Slam Live 2023 IoT Slam Live 2023 is the Internet of Things Community’s twenty-fifth international IoT Slam conference, covering a horizontal industry perspective, across the entire spectrum of IoT. IoT Grand Slam Live 2023 takes place December 13 - 14, 2023, in Houston Texas, and broadcast live Online. For more information, visit https://iotslam.com IoT Slam Live delivers the best in class IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology – (SLAM)™ – IoT Slam®. About IoT Community® – (Internet of Things Community®) The IoT Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 46,000+ members. The function is to focus on adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to contribute to applying technology or overcoming the variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical and operational issues. For more information about the IoT Community, visit www.iotcommunity.net. Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam. IoT Slam® and the IoT emblem is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark – All Rights Reserved: IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology™.