Mega-trends such as the “Internet of Things” and “Machine to Machine” have been getting attention in the industrial community because each has the potential to disrupt and radically change the way companies do business. Endpoints are getting smarter and smaller, and networks are getting more robust. As a connected enterprise, how will you capture this data with the PI Infrastructure and make it decision ready? This session will discuss the challenges, opportunities and value scenarios facing our PI System enterprise users.
Speaker
Enrique Herrera
Enrique Herrera recently joined OSIsoft, and is based at our headquarters in San Leandro. As a market principal covering new markets, he is focused on shaping the strategy for connected devices.
He brings over 23 years of engineering experience from the automotive OEM perspective (Ford Motor Company and Jaguar Cars) and as a Tier 1 supplier (Visteon Corporation). He has cross-functional experiences from Powertrain Design, Manufacturing Operations and Information Technology. More recently, Herrera served as a Senior Business Strategy Architect on the Microsoft Enterprise Consulting Services team. Herrera led a global community of enterprise architects on various initiatives such as connected vehicles, enterprise manufacturing intelligence and automotive retail solutions.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Advanced Automotive Engineering from Loughborough University in the UK.
Speaker
Andy Castonguay
Andy Castonguay has worked as an analyst, advisor and consultant to the mobile industry for 15 years. With local experience in Latin America and North America, Castonguay has worked extensively with service providers, device manufacturers, technology vendors, and financial institutions in both mature and growth markets. Currently, Castonguay is a Principal Analyst at Machina Research focused on the rapidly evolving M2M ecosystems in the Americas with particular focus on mobile health solutions and the M2M devices space. Prior to joining Machina Research, Castonguay was a Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media with focus on mobile devices, application platforms and M2M solutions. During his tenure at the Yankee Group, he was Director of mobile devices research, Director of the North American consumer practice and Program Manager for the Latin American mobile services group. During his seven year stint in Brazil, Castonguay also worked as a senior consultant at Telefinance, a financial services group, focused on mergers & acquisitions activity, strategic consulting, infrastructure & device financing deals and due diligence projects in the telecommunications industry. Prior to that, Castonguay headed Pyramid Research’s Brazil telecoms practice. Before his work in telecoms, Castonguay worked as researcher at the Health Care Advisory Board in the US focused on the US healthcare industry systems. A frequent speaker and panel moderator at industry conferences and events, he is fluent in English and Portuguese.