Chapter Contributors

The authors would like to thank the following people for their content contributions and industry expertise in the following chapters:

Security (Chapter 7):

Robert Albach, Senior Product Manager, Cisco Industrial Security Portfolio

Rik Irons-McLean, Energy Solutions Architecture Lead, Cisco

Data Analytics (Chapter 8):

Brian Sak, CCIE No. 14441, Technical Solutions Architect, Big Data Analytics, Cisco

Kapil Bakshi, Distinguished Systems Engineer, Big Data and Cloud Computing, US Public Sector

Manufacturing (Chapter 9):

Brandon Lackey, Technology Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, DronePilots Network

Ted Grevers, Engineering Manager, Cisco IoT Vertical Solutions

Oil and Gas (Chapter 10):

Willy Fotso Guifo, Senior Manager IoT Services, Global Business Lead for the Oil and Gas Vertical, Cisco

Dimitrios Tasidis, Solutions Architect, IoT Services Technical Lead for the Oil and Gas Vertical, Cisco

Smart and Connected Cities (Chapter 12):

Munish Khetrapal, Director of Business Development, Smart + Connected Cities group, Cisco

Prachi Goel, Program Analyst, Smart + Connected Cities Solutions Management, Cisco

Mining (Chapter 14):

Lyle Tanner, Customer Solutions Architect, Cisco

Public Safety (Chapter 15):

Kevin Holcomb, Technical Marketing Engineer, IoT Vertical Solutions, Cisco

Kevin McFadden, Vertical Solutions Architect, Cisco