Building Industrial Digital Twins

Shyam Varan Nath is a Specialist Leader, with focus on Telco, Media and High Tech (TMT) industry at Deloitte. Prior to this, he worked for Oracle, General Electric, IBM, Halliburton and Daleen (a Telecom revenue services provider). He is the primary author of three books, Building Industrial Digital Twins, Industrial Digital Transformation, and Architecting the Industrial Internet. His expertise involves IIoT, Digital Twins, cloud computing, databases, AI/ML, and Telecom billing. He has worked on driving digital transformation at several large companies. He is a Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) club and very active on Twitter (shyamvaran). He is the founder of the analytics user group called AnDOUC (formerly BIWA). He has an undergraduate degree from IIT Kanpur, India, as well as an MSc (in computer science) and an MBA from FAU, Boca Raton, Florida. Shyam is part of the Program Committee of IoTSWC and a regular speaker at large technology events.

Pieter van Schalkwyk, CEO at XMPro, is an experienced engineer and technologist who helps organizations use real-time, event-based digital twins to improve situational awareness, process efficiency, and decision making without disrupting operations. He is recognized as a thought leader in industrial digital transformation and has written and spoken extensively on topics including digital twins, IIoT, AI/ML, and industrial blockchain applications. Pieter holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in information technology. He chairs the Natural Resources Working Group in the Digital Twin Consortium (DTC). Prior to this, Pieter was the chair of the Digital Twin Interoperability Task Group within the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). In February 2019, Pieter received the IIC Technical Innovation Award. He describes himself as an entrepreneur at heart, technology enthusiast, team builder, and aspiring Ironman triathlete.