Paul Didier

Paul Didier, Solutions Architect, Cisco. He is a results-oriented, technology leader with expertise in developing and managing solutions, efficiently operating the underlying infrastructure, and successfully leading teams and organizations. He has extensive experience working on projects in many international corporations in nearly every major industry across the globe and is experienced in leading large teams of experts. Paul is an effective communicator with the track record of driving industry-wide transformations through technical innovation and cross-organizational collaboration. Over the last 5 years, Paul has been central to Cisco’s initiatives around the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). He lead a team of Solution Architects for Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Transportation, Utilities and Public Sector. He drives the technical collaboration with a range of key “Operational” technology partners, such as Rockwell Automation, National Instruments, Schneider Electric, Bosch and others. He is driving the market adoption of key IIoT technologies such as Time-Sensitive Networks and Cyber-Security. And he represent Cisco in a range of IoT consortiums and standards. IIoT products and solutions drive over $500M revenues for Cisco. He has nearly 30 years of technology development and application experience with the leading Consulting & Outsourcing (Accenture), Software Development (SAP) and Networking/Cyber-Security/Collaboration (Cisco) companies.