Top IoT Influencers to Follow

Succeeding in the Internet of Things industry takes an understanding of all it’s moving parts. It also takes lessons and advice from those who have done it before.

Meet the power players who know IoT, from writers and product innovators to CEOs and professors. Follow them to keep up with the latest trends, industry insights, events, and more in this rapidly changing and advancing industry.

Top IoT Influencers

Tamara McCleary

@TamaraMcCleary Tamara McCleary is an international branding expert, technology futurist, marketing and digital strategy consultant, and CEO at Thulium. Her speciality is in MarTech, but she's also a leading thought leader in AI, Robotics & IoT, Big Data and Machine to Machine (M2M).

Antonio Grasso

@antgrasso Antonio Grasso has led digital innovation projects for public and private sector companies since 2001. He's the founder and CEO of an Italian start-up company: Digital Business Innovation Srl, which specializes in research and development of digital innovation projects for small and medium businesses.

Carley Knobloch

@CarleyKnobloch Carley Knobloch is a digital lifestyle expert, helping viewers of her popular HGTV special find smart home tech that helps them save time and money. Her coverage of the intersection between home and tech is frequently featured on the Today Show and CNN, and in Real Simple magazine.

Chris Anderson

@chr1sa Chris Anderson is the CEO of 3DR, founder and chairman of the Linux Foundation's Dronecode Project, and founder of the DIY Drones and DIY Robocars communities, including the ArduPilot autopilot project. From 2001 - 2012, he was the Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine.

Daniel Elizalde

@delizalde Daniel Elizalde is the founder of TechProductManagement, where he trains Product Managers around the world to become highly successful at managing IoT products. He is the author of the leading blog on IoT Product Management, and the creator of the IoT Decision Framework.

Mike Gualtieri

@mgualtieri Mike Gualtieri is the Vice President at Forrester, specializing in integrating software that enables digital transformation. His key technology coverage areas are AI, machine learning, deep learning, AI chips and systems, digital decisions, streaming analytics and prescriptive analytics.

Oliver Christie

@OliverChristie Oliver Christie is an Artificial Intelligence Consultant, helping organizations understand how AI can impact key aspects of the business such as acquiring and retaining customers, customizing products and services, and achieving profitability.

Peggy Smedley

@ConnectedWMag Peggy Smedley is an internationally known speaker and highly respected personality in the media world educating businesses and consumers on the latest technological advances shaping everyday lives. An outspoken advocate and supporter of connected devices and M2M technology, Peggy is the quick-witted host of The Peggy Smedley Show, the editorial director of Connected World Magazine.

Ronald Van Loon

@Ronald_vanLoon As the director at Adversitement, Ronald Van Look works with with data-driven companies to generate business value so that they may meet and exceed their goals.

Stacey Higginbotham

@gigastacey Stacey Higginbotham is a freelance writer who has spent the last 15 years covering technology and finance for publications such as Fortune, Gigaom, The Deal, The Bond Buyer and BusinessWeek. Stacey covers the Internet of things, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence on her podcast, the Internet of Things Podcast.

More to follow

Aaron Tilley, @aatilley Reporter at The INformation

Ajit Jaokar, @AjitJaokar Artificial Intelligence Harvard Kennedy AI initiative

Alasdair Allan, @aallan Reporter at MAKE Magazine

Alexandra Deschamps, @iotwatch Design, Smart Home Sonsino, Founder, Designswarm

Andrea Borcea, @AndreeaBorcea Host of Farstuff Internet of Things Podcast

Andrew Thomas, @andrewthomas Smart Home Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer of SkyBell, IoT and Smart Home entrepreneur

Andy Stanford-Clark, @andysc Master Inventor and IoT Evangelist at IBM

Blake Miller, @ImBmills CEO HomeBaseAI

Boris Adryan, @BorisAdryan Bid Data, Digital Transformation Founder of thingslearn

Charlie Kindel, @ckindel Smart Home, Voice Tech GM, Alexa Smart Home, Amazon

Chris Davies, @c_davies Internet of Things, Writer at SlashGear

Daniel Herscovici, @DanHerscovici Digital Transformation, Innovation GM & SVP, Xfinity Home, Comcast

Dave Isbitski, @thedavedev Smart Home, Voice Tech Amazon Alexa Evangelist

Dave Zatz, @davezatz Technologist and Tech Writer

David Blaza, @dblaza Managing Director at Penton/Informa Energy

David Stephenson, @data4all Big Data, IoT Author and IoT Thought Leader

Greg Kahn, @GKmediaBUZZ President & CEO, IoT Consortium

Irma Rastegayeva, @IrmaRaste Health Tech and Biotech Co-Founder at eViRA Health

Jenny Fielding , @jefielding IoT, Innovation Managing Director at Tech Stars

Johan Den Haan, @JohanDenHaan IoT Software Development Chief Technology Officer at Mendix

Julie Jacobson, @juliejacobson Home Automation Founding Editor at CE Pro

Kevin Ashton, @Kevin_Ashton Coined the term IoT

Kevin Tofel, @KevinCTofel Co-Host of the Internet of Things Podcast

Maciej Kranz, @maciejkranz Digital Transformation, Product Innovation Author of ‘Building the Internet of Things,’ Product Innovation at Cisco

Martyn Etherington, @Etherington_CMO CMO at Teradata

Matt Eyring Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Vivint

Matt Hatton, @MattyHatton Researching IoT at Gartner

Megan Wollerton, @meganwollerton Editor and Writer at CNET

Michael Wolf, @michaelwolf Smart Homes Founder of the Smart Kitchen Summit

Rob Martens, @schlagefuturist Internet of Things, Futurism Allegion Futurist and President of Allegion Ventures

Rob Van Kranenburg, @robvank Founder of IoT Council

Sarah Cooper, @SMC_on_IoT GM IoT Solutions, Amazon Web Services

Scott Amyx, @AmyxIoT Managing Partner at Amyx, IBM IoT Futurist

Sridhar Solur, @SridharSolur Product & Development for Xfinity Home, Founder of HP 's CloudPrinting business

Stefan Ferber,@Stefferber CEO at Bosch Software Innovation

Timothy Chou, @timothychou Lecturer at Stanford, launched first cloud computing class, Alchemist Accelerator

Tom Emrich, @tomemrich Investor in AI, VR, and MR at Super Ventures

Tom Raftery, @TomRaftery Futurist and IoT Evangelist at SAP, Founder at CloudCIX

Tracy Hopkins, @LadyIoT Connectivity Ambassador for Lora Alliance, at CEO Everynet

Yash Mehta, @iotworm IoT, Machine Learning, AI and Big Data Influencer and Expert