Day 2 Conference Welcome Remarks
Kevin Grant is the CMO and a co-founder of the Internet of Things Community – IoT Community. He is an emerging and disruptive technology industry specialist, whose passion is to elevate brands, open new markets, enhance loyalty, improve business effectiveness, and motivate high performing teams. For over 8 years, Kevin has been the driving force of the IoT Community evolution, growth and continued success. He is a highly connected and seasoned IoT, cloud and next gen b2b executive. Prior to co-founding IoT Community Kevin spearheaded several clouds computing efforts, including running and managing global cloud communities. His specialties Include: Creating business collaborations on a global scale, Cultivating Thought leadership advocating IoT (Internet of Things), aligning Corporate Strategy, Integrated Marketing, Branding & Communications, Demand Generation Initiatives, Research & Intelligence.
Mark D Demers is the Sr. Director, Global Industry Marketing at SAS. He leads a team of global industry strategists and marketers with combined direct industry experience of more than 256 years. His team works closely with SAS’ customers, industry analysts, influencers, media and partners, to position, message, market, evangelize and empower them to harness the power of AI and analytics to transform their industries. This dynamic team also works directly with SAS R&D, technical staff and sales teams to support the sales efforts of SAS solutions for Government, Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Education and Communications sectors. Demers’ decades of management experience include executive positions at several public and private companies before SAS. Mark serves as Board member for several innovative companies – InterContinental School of Economics and Applied Sciences and, Visual Farms. Mark serves as a Delegate for the United States of America to the Global Chamber of Business Leaders. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University.