Our guest Manny Bernabe is the founder and CEO of bigplasma ai – which specializes in AI for Industry 4.0 applications and connected products.  Manny has had roles ranging from data scientist at an AI unicorn start-up to investment analyst at a global financial services firm.  In this episode, Manny and Bruce discuss:

• Various AI and stats techniques.
• Different AI techniques to make predictions.
• Picking the right AI models and why simple is often more important than complex.
• The importance of “data” in data science, especially for commercialization.
• The three steps to implementing AI within your smart product or process (Industrie 4.0)
• A medical device case study.
• The time and cost to deploy AI within your smart product or process.

Related links you may find useful:

• Season 2: Episodes and show notes
• Season 2 book: The Private Equity Digital Operating Partner
• Season 1: Episodes and show notes
• Season 1 book: IoT Inc
• Training: Smart digital transformation certification

Our guest Bob Sharon is the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Blue IoT. He is an entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in technology, sustainability and data centres, and is a subject matter expert in IoT and smart buildings.  In this episode, Bob and Bruce discuss:

• Tech required to reduce building (HVAC) energy consumption.
• Rational for using LoRaWAN and cellular for data transmission in infrastructure environments.
• Implications on carbon emissions and possible carbon credits.
• Differences between a building management system (BMS) and a smart energy solution.
• Use cases and types of buildings that would most benefit from smart energy management.
• Cost per square foot of implementing such a solution.
• Return on technology investment and payback period.

Related links you may find useful:

• Season 2: Episodes and show notes
• Season 2 book: The Private Equity Digital Operating Partner
• Season 1: Episodes and show notes
• Season 1 book: IoT Inc
• Training: Smart digital transformation certification