The IoT Innovator Award
Find out more about each of our finalists and cast your vote.
We have chosen a shortlist of 9 IoT professionals who have helped the development of IoT in their industry. Find out more about the finalists and cast your vote below.

Alicia Asin Perez
CEO at Libelium
Alicia Asín is CEO and co-founder of Libelium, a Spanish IT company that designs and manufactures a wireless sensor hardware platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). Alicia is a Computer Engineer focused on how the IoT can change our world, specialy on Smart Cities, Environment and Precission Agriculture. Libelium's technology has reached more than 120 countries worldwide, developing projects to improve efficiency in agricultural crops, to monitor environmental control systems to prevent climate change, or even through an ehealth control equipment to universalize access to health services.

Charles Joel
Global IoT & Data Analytics Director | Industrials Group at Gardner Denver
Charles works for Gardner Denver Inc, a global manufacturer of mission critical flow control technology, and is responsible for its global IoT and Industry 4.0 related Analytics strategies Over the last 20 years Charles has developed and executed IoT business strategy which includes the development of IoT product and services in multiple vertical market places. Past success stories include connected cars, smart factories and intelligent pubs!

Deborah Sherry
Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
GE Digital Europe, Russia & CIS



Jan Metzner
Specialist Solutions Architect for IoT at EMEA at Amazon Web Services
Jan Metzner is a Specialist Solutions Architect for IoT in EMEA at Amazon Web Services. In his work, Jan helps customers to architect, develop, and operate scalable and highly innovative solutions on the AWS IoT platform. Jan likes to push the limits of technology and has a passion for creating innovative IoT applications. In his customer-focused role at AWS, Jan helps IoT leaders across industries contribute to the growth of IoT daily.


Stephen Mellor
Chief Technical Officer at Industrial Internet Consortium
Stephen Mellor is the Chief Technical Officer for the Industrial Internet Consortium, where he directs the standards requirements and technology & security priorities for the Industrial Internet. In that role, he coordinates the activities of the several engineering, architecture, security and testbed working groups and teams.

