WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2017 USA

July 25-26, 2017
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco

The WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2017 USA is THE must attend event for all decision makers in the industry. On July 25-26 in San Francisco WT | Wearable Technologies will guide you through the current status of the wearable market presenting a thrilling conference program, an extensive conference exhibition and networking opportunities with the who’s who from the entire WT ecosystem. For the 6th consecutive year, the event will help you set your focus and give guidance for your business and strategy. No more exaggerated hype! Now it’s time to talk real business.

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Speakers 2017

  • Alain Porret, CSEM

    Alain Porret, CSEM

    Biography

    Alain Porret is currently VP, Integrated and Wireless Systems, at CSEM, where he leads a group focusing on ultra-low-power solutions for wearables, IoT applications, and industrial sensors. Previously, he spent 13 years in the US where he co-founded several start-ups related to digital broadcast technologies and participated to the ascent of the “silicon tuner”. He earned his Ph.D. from EPFL (Switzerland) by contributing to the then-young topic of ultra-low-power CMOS transceivers.

  • Mary Liz McCurdy, Google Play Apps

    Mary Liz McCurdy, Google Play Apps

    Biography

    Mary Liz McCurdy, Global Head of Health & Fitness, Google Play Apps BD Mary Liz is passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives through accessible technology. As the lead for Health & Fitness for Android and Google Play, she challenges developers to build high impact apps to improve everyone’s health, everywhere. Mary Liz has been at Google for 6 years and also serves on the board of The Stanford Daily, where she previously ran business business operations. Mary Liz is dedicated to wellness as former Stanford Track & Field student-athlete, current high school cross country & track coach, certified yoga and meditation teacher. Get in touch at: marylizmccurdy.com or on twitter: @marylizmcc

  • Mike McBride, Huawei

    Mike McBride, Huawei

    Biography

    As Senior Director of Innovation, within Huawei's IP innovation group, Mike leads SDN, NFV, Cloud, 5G, AR/VR architecture, standardization, strategy and collaboration with customers, partners and product lines. Mike leads an opensource team which contributes to various opensource communities, primarily within the Linux Foundation, in the development of use cases, PoCs and technology strategy. Mike has served as an IETF Working Group chair and ONF leader for many years.

  • Nitin Pai, TATA ELXSI

    Nitin Pai, TATA ELXSI

    Biography

    Nitin Pai is the Sr. Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Tata Elxsi.
    Tata Elxsi is a global design and technology services company that works with customers across the world, helping them design and deliver great experiences through their products and services.
    Nitin started his career as a designer for one of the world’s leading motorcycle companies before joining Tata Elxsi.
    In 1999, he initiated Tata Elxsi’s design business and was responsible for growing it into Asia’s leading industrial design and product design studio.
    Nitin has over twenty-five years of industry experience in R&D, new product development, consulting and marketing for the automotive, consumer electronics and telecom industries.

    He holds a B.E (Honors) degree in mechanical engineering from BITS, Pilani and a degree in Executive General Management from IIM, Bangalore.

  • Aki Pulkkinen, Firstbeat Technologies

    Aki Pulkkinen, Firstbeat Technologies

    Biography

    Aki Pulkkinen, M.Sc., leads Firstbeat’s consumer technologies business. He has extensive experience in consumer products, physiological design and sports and fitness contents. He studied Exercise Physiology at the University of Jyväskylä and he is one of the founding members of Firstbeat.

  • Marcel Spieler, Arvato SCM Solutions

    Marcel Spieler, Arvato SCM Solutions

    Biography

    Marcel is heading up the Global Business Development Hightech & Entertainment at Arvato SCM Solutions.
    Arvato offers globally integrated supply chain and omni-channel solutions. The broad range of services covers the entire forward and reverse logistic supply chain for B2B and B2C.
    Marcel is very passionate about setting up customized solutions for Arvato’s business partners. Always having in mind the key challenge for 3PLs in today's world – global consistency in all service levels.
    Arvato SCM Solutions is with over 60 locations in 21 countries in the US, Europe and Asia one of the top ranked international supply chain & e-commerce outsourcing partners.

  • Dr. Martin Kluke, DELO

    Dr. Martin Kluke, DELO

    Biography

    Martin Kluke works as a product manager at DELO Industrial Adhesives since 2008. He has over ten years experience in the chemical industry with different positions in research and development, engineering and product management. At DELO he is responsible for the broad portfolio of light curing acrylate based adhesives. Beside this responsibility he is exploring the field of wearable electronics for DELO since 2 years.

  • Philipp Miehlich, VARTA Microbattery

    Philipp Miehlich, VARTA Microbattery

    Biography

    Philipp Miehlich started his career as an accomplished Radio- and TV-Technician for seven years before studying Economics & Electronics. In 1986 he joined former Philips Signetics Corporation. In 1991 he joined VARTA Batterie AG (now VARTA Microbattery GmbH) and has held various Key Product and Sales Management positions. Since 2009 he is General Manager Marketing and Sales OEM.

  • Christian Stammel, Wearable Technologies

    Christian Stammel, Wearable Technologies

    Biography

    As founder and CEO Christian Stammel has more than 20 years’ experience in marketing and sales as well as an excellent international network. Using this expertise he supported numerous international companies of all sizes regarding business development, technology marketing, and increase of sales activities with his innovation and marketing company Navispace AG. The natural next step to Navispace’s huge success “Wearable Technology” was the incorporation of the Wearable Technologies AG in 2011. Since then, WT served as a business accelerator for more than 3000 renowned companies and will remain the key hub for marketing new technologies in this field in the years to come.

  • Raphael Lang, BABYBE

    Raphael Lang, BABYBE

    Biography

    Raphael Lang is CTO and Co-founder of BABYBE creating the worlds first haptical emotional prothesis for premature infants.
    Raphael Lang is born 1983 in Germany and is Mechatronics Ingenieer aswell a Master Degree in Integral Innovation. Awarded with several innovation awards likeChile's innovation Healthcare Award and Intel MIW Finalist and Winner 2015/16 IoT Awards Biggest Social Impact.

  • Brenna Raschel French, Quantified AG

    Brenna Raschel French, Quantified AG

    Biography

    Brenna French has experience as a UX/UI Designer in-house, within a marketing agency, and for her own freelance company. Her focus has always been on giving users the best experiences possible through in-person feedback and design research. She has worked with several brands including Hallmark Business Connections, Nordic Ware, and The Iowa Clinic. Today, she's driven to push better user experiences to the entire livestock industry alongside her team at Quantified Ag.

  • Jeff Katz, Geeny

    Jeff Katz, Geeny

    Biography

    Jeff is an excellent communicator with extensive experience in professional software and hardware development across a wide range of environments and languages in an even more diverse set of problem spaces including physical access control, financial services, e-commerce, home entertainment and automotive. He is currently focusing on the Internet of Things.

    As a technologist, architect, full-stack software, hardware, and RF engineer, Jeff enjoys getting his hands dirty throughout the entire process and derives satisfaction from building and leading amazing teams and from working with great people to solve real and interesting.

    Jeff is currently responsible for technology and the development team, as well as strategy and platform evangelism at Geeny.

  • Elizabeth Quist , Takeda Pharmaceutical

    Elizabeth Quist , Takeda Pharmaceutical

    Biography

    Elizabeth Quist is the Director of Specialty Market Access for Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A, Inc. She is currently based in the Chicago area and her approach to developing the value proposition of products is to connect the communication dots between the various stakeholders that influence the decision making process. Two years ago, she introduced the idea of leveraging wearable technology to help improve the ongoing dialogue between patients and their physicians where diseases are mostly symptomatic and lack quantitative measurements. This led to the build of iBData which is currently in pilot phase with two Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centers and preparing for National launch. Her experience and background is primarily in Healthcare Marketing across many therapeutic areas including Cardiovascular, Diabetes, General GI and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

  • Jonathan Israel, Takeda Pharmaceutical

    Jonathan Israel, Takeda Pharmaceutical

    Biography

    Since joining Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc. (TPUSA) in 2009, Jonathan Israel has championed customer centricity across multiple brands within the company’s portfolio. Jonathan began his career at Takeda in the Business Insights and Strategy (BIS) group in TPUSA, where he led US market research and launch planning for key product launches and joint ventures. In his current role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Marketing, Jonathan manages commercial pull-through strategies for access and reimbursement for a key product in Takeda’s Specialty Business Unit. Jonathan graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in Germanic Languages and Literatures. He received his Master of Business Administration from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.

  • Thorsten Brandt, Safilo

    Thorsten Brandt, Safilo

    Biography

    Thorsten Brandt was born in Germany. He spent most of his adult life in different countries around the world, working for P&G
    During his 15 years at Procter & Gamble in marketing, consumer insights, global brand strategy development and local adaptations of global campaigns he was able to work across different brands within P&G and various countries and regions.

    Currently at Safilo, he is the General Manager for Smith as well as Head of Front End Consumer Innovation, which is the group out of which the Safilo X, brain-sensing eyewear project was born.

  • Thomas Felis, thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas

    Thomas Felis, thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas

    Biography

    Thomas Felis is the VP for Innovation and the Head of thyssenkrupp Elevator’s Research Innovation Centers at Ga Tech in Atlanta as well as Porto Alegre, Brazil. Thomas leadership vision is to create the best possible infrastructure to enable his team to conduct ground breaking research creating new solutions for the Business Area Elevator of thyssenkrupp serving its customers. Main focus areas being IIoT, including but not limited to machine learning and cyber physical systems.

  • Eric Dy, Bloomlife

    Eric Dy, Bloomlife

    Biography

    Eric is co-founder and CEO of Bloomlife, a women’s health company designing the future of prenatal care with technology to improve the health of moms and babies. Eric brings a unique perspective on the needs, opportunities, and challenges in emerging healthcare technologies and delivery models informed by multi-disciplinary technical expertise and insight gained through business development in consumer and medical markets.

  • Frederik Hermann, Huami

    Frederik Hermann, Huami

    Biography

    Frederik Hermann is the Head of Marketing & Sales at Huami. Launched in 2014, Huami is the largest manufacturer of wearables in the world. The company’s mission is to seamlessly connect biomechanical signals and daily activities with smart data services to promote healthy living and to make our lives easier. Huami’s line of activity trackers and smartwatches, including the Amazfit Pace, Arc, Moonbeam and Equator, track activity without sacrificing style. Huami is also the exclusive provider of wearable technology for Xiaomi and since establishing this partnership, the company sold over 33 Million devices. Huami is privately-held and headquartered in Beijing and Mountain View, CA. Mr. Hermann joined Huami coming from Jawbone and Lumo Bodytech, he graduated from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Information Engineering and Management and immigrated to the United States in 2006 with telecommunications provider Jajah.

  • Zarni Tun, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

    Zarni Tun, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

    Biography

    Zarni Tun is an applications engineer for Infrared-LED emitters, lasers and optical sensors at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc, supporting customers throughout North America (Canada, United States of America and Mexico). He has 15 years of combined engineering experience for companies such as Texas instruments, Motorola Solutions, Unisys, and Teradyne. In his spare time, Zarni volunteers his time for social and education causes in organizations such as United Way Silicon Valley.

  • Linh Le, BonBouton

    Linh Le, BonBouton

    Biography

    Linh Le is a chemical engineer by training, he has published multiple papers, international conference proceedings and currently holds six US patent. He later found Bonbouton to bring cutting-edge sensing technology into one of the most human essentials, a.k.a clothes. Prior to that, he got his MS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and BS in Chemistry from Vietnam National University. As a vivid distance runner, he recently acquired ultra-marathoner title, and planned to run all the World Marathon Majors

  • Elvis Goren, Komodo Technologies

    Elvis Goren, Komodo Technologies

    Biography

    Elvis Goren a co-founder at KOMODO Technologies, and inventor of the AIO Smart Sleeve. Being a lifelong athlete and fitness enthusiast, Elvis has great passion for wearable technology and smart garments that look to improve an athlete’s performance and recovery. He wanted to create the best wearable, one that will improve the user experience by providing more information than what today’s fitness trackers show, and to show the most accurate information so they can become the best version of themselves.

  • Danz Chase, VylyV Lab

    Danz Chase, VylyV Lab

    Biography

    Danz Chase major in social psychology. Before joining VylyV Lab, Danz has been doing product design for both software and hardware startups.

  • Joseph Wei, Lab360

    Joseph Wei, Lab360

    Biography

    Joseph Wei is a co-founder and Managing Director of Lab360 (www.Lab360.com), an incubator that provides investment, mentorship, and business acceleration for early stage startups focusing on wearable, IoT and other smart devices. Lab360 is supported by Qihoo 360 (NYSE:QIHU), one of the leading Internet companies in China. Joseph is an experienced entrepreneur, technologist and startup mentor. Prior to Lab360, he founded SJW Consulting Inc., (www.sjwconsulting.com) a technology and business strategy consulting firm advising C-level executives at global 1000 technology on technology trends and business strategy. Previously, he held executive positions at Inventec, Silicon Graphics (SGI), NEC and DEC (acquired by Compaq/HP) where he launched innovative products grossing a total of over $1 billion in revenue. He is recognized for his expertise in wearables, IoT, Cloud computing, and is a frequent speaker and author on these topics. He is the Chair of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section, and, the Consumer Electronics Society, where IEEE is the world's largest technical professional association with over 440,000 members. He is an advisor to several startups, as well as a mentor to Alchemist Accelerator, AngelHack HACKcelerator and RoyseLaw AgTech Incubator.

  • Maureen Conners, Fashion Incubator SF

    Maureen Conners, Fashion Incubator SF

    Biography

    Maureen is a Board Director at Fashion Incubator SF and former Board Director at Deckers (NYSE: DECK), makers of Ugg, Hoka and other Lifestyle Brands. She is a visionary leader and former Senior Exec at Gillette (P& G), Levi’s and Mattel - who helped build iconic, world class brands and increased shareholder value at these companies. She advises CEO’s and Boards on Strategy and New Technologies for increasing global revenue growth. Her consulting focus is on integrating Tech for Lifestyle Brands (Wearables, Retail Tech, AI, VR/AR, and Robotics). As an expert at the innovation of new product categories, she has been in every role from Brand Manager (launching a $100 million brand in its first year at Gillette) to Board Member (overseeing the growth of Deckers from $300 million to $1.8 Billion). She helps companies develop partnerships and products with global Consumer, Retail and Technology companies. Clients have included: Ralph Lauren, Adidas (Rockport), Essilor, Johnson and Johnson, Hewlett Packard, Southcorp Wines, Western Union Money Zap and many Startups. In 2017, she has spoken about Wearables and Fashion Tech, VR/AR and Major New Technologies at The Deloitte Board Director Symposium, The National Association of Corporate Directors, NewCo SF, The Stanford Center on Longevity and other Industry Conferences.

  • Bryson Voirin, Max Planck Institute

    Bryson Voirin, Max Planck Institute

    Biography

    Bryson Voirin is a scientific problem solver. He is a research fellow at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, a visiting scientist at the Smithsonian in Panama, and a wildlife neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. Bryson also works as a freelance television presenter and project management consultant for various projects. Bryson works on a broad range of topics, ranging from the mysteries of the brain, how to effectively communicate complex research to the public via popular media, and why we sleep, to the logistical coordination of conducting business in developing nations. Bryson Voirin is based in Munich and San Francisco.

  • Jonas Girardet, ProGlove

    Jonas Girardet, ProGlove

    Biography

    Jonas mantra is: “get it done”. His mind is forward facing and he loves getting down to the details.
    ProGloves COO studied industrial engineering at the TU Munich and gained work experience at BMW, Bosch and ZF.
    In addition, he was able to be part of various StartUps and lead international teams through his work at IDEO.
    He built up and managed an international team of designers and engineers to develop a mobility solutions app and led the hardware development of a mass market smart sensor product. He leveraged this expertise as a founder for the development of ProGlove where he had the vision of the MVP and developed it to make it suitable for the market. After that, he established a supplier network to manufacture a wearable for industry application - it took less than 10 months from the idea to market launch.

  • Nicola Copped~~u00e8, HFT Smart Sensors

    Nicola Copped~~u00e8, HFT Smart Sensors

    Biography

    Nicola Coppedè graduated in Physics at the University of Pisa in 2001 and he obtained the PhD degree in Physics at the University of Trento in 2006 with title: “A novel approach to Nano-Hybrid Materials based on the Codeposition of Supersonic Molecular and Cluster Beams”. He has been selected in Calmed Spin off University Magna Graecia Catanzaro in 2007 in the surface properties of biomedical sensing devices. He was winner of a permanent position as researcher in IMEM CNR Parma in 2012. His research activity focuses on organic biosensors, in particular on textile substrates, for biomedical and physiological applications. He developed innovative device on textile dedicated to the monitoring of human physiological fluids. He is expert of the material functionalization with organic, metal oxide and nanohybrid materials. He is also expert in the preparation and characterization of the devices on different functional substrates (textile, porous polymer, carbon fiber). He published more than 65 paper in international journals, he is author of 6 patents and attended more than 35 congress contributions.

  • Michael Kirwan, PCHAlliance

    Michael Kirwan, PCHAlliance

    Biography

    Michael J. Kirwan is the Vice President of Continua, a division of the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) – a membership-driven non-profit organization focused on developing an eco-system of open plug-and-play interoperable personal connected health devices.

    Through working with Standards bodies and industry experts, Continua publishes global certification guidelines built upon international criteria from IEEE, HL7, IHE, ITU, WSI, Bluetooth, USB, NFC and ZigBee.

    Michael has over 35 years of experience in driving wired and wireless special interest groups and alliances and believes that, together, we are all on a journey as unique individuals who know that by coming together with a shared purpose, we can make it possible for everyone everywhere to be healthy and, for those who do fall sick, to receive the care and treatment they need in a way that fits into their day to day lives -- and that we can do this digitally.

    Michael advanced as Continua’s Technical Operations Manager, starting in 2009, to its Director and now VP of Continua. Michael has extensive experience within both non-profit and for-profit technology organizations. His prior role within the Bluetooth SIG as its BQA (Bluetooth Qualification Administrator) and a leading role in the development of the Bluetooth low energy technology, has helped shape his vision for personal connected health – so that it can work for everyone.

    Michael holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina, a BS in Industrial Technology from Northwest Missouri State University and is PMP certified (Program Management Professional). Michael also works directly with each of the Working Groups at the PCHAlliance and is also a Co-Chair of the IEEE 11073 PHD WG.

  • Steve Aitken, SKIIN

    Steve Aitken, SKIIN

    Biography

    Steve is a consumer electronics product innovator and entrepreneur who has spent his career bringing many successful products to market, including smartphones, headphones, wearables, and now smart clothing as a Product Manager at SKIIN. His background is in electronics design with an M.Eng. and B.ASc in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from Hult International Business School. Steve's passion for technology and love of user centered design keeps him motivated to create products that delight users at every touchpoint.

  • Karen Smith, Cyrcadia Health

    Karen Smith, Cyrcadia Health

    Biography

    Ms. Smith recently joined Cyrcadia Health to take on the role for the upcoming product release to drive the Regulatory and Quality Management system through the operations process on a worldwide basis. She brings to Cyrcadia 27 years of experience in the medical device industry with additional 13 years in electronic industry.
    Ms. Smith previously served in the roles of CEO and VP of Regulatory, Quality, EHS and Business Compliance for the $850 million Ultrasound Division of Siemens Medical Solutions USA. She is an exceptional executive leader with the ability to create high performance teams.
    Ms. Smith brings strong business management experience that will enable her to drive the operations and regulatory processes for the product release with Cyrcadia Health in multiple market and applications. She has worked with Jabil Circuits, Cyrcadia’s design manufacturer, and is experienced with managing global contract manufacturing, including the implementation of multiple manufacturing transfers and distribution fulfillment in many countries.
    She has developed and led global regulatory and quality teams across multiple sites. During her time as head of regulatory the team was responsible for reducing time for country registrations by 30% and for China a reduction of time by 50%.

  • Aaron Rowley, Vue

    Aaron Rowley, Vue

    Biography

    Aaron is the CEO of Vigo Technologies., having joined the company in mid-2016 to help pivot the company and launch a new product. Prior to Vigo, Aaron founded an additive manufacturing company, Electroloom, whose primary goal was to advance the field of addictive textile manufacturing. Prior to Electroloom, Aaron worked for various implantable medical device companies, and saw a class 3 implantable artificial heart valve through to commercialization within the EU. Aaron holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

  • Aaron Johnson, Accumold

    Aaron Johnson, Accumold

    Biography

    Aaron Johnson is the Vice President of Marketing & Customer Strategy and a part of the technical sales team at Accumold. He has developed and presented numerous technical presentations on micro mold technology and has been published in many industry trade publications. He is recognized as a leader on the subject on micro molding and has been with Accumold since 2005.

  • Alex Russell, Gait Up

    Alex Russell, Gait Up

    Biography

    Alex leads Gait Up’s business development activities, building B2B partnerships and contributing to strategic business decisions. Prior to joining Gait Up, Alex cofounded a California based medtech business. In his free time, Alex enjoys hiking, running and skiing (snow and water). He is driven to make a positive impact on society through business.

  • Dr. Gary Sagiv, HealthWatch

    Dr. Gary Sagiv, HealthWatch

    Biography

    Dr. Gary J. Sagiv has a nearly twenty-year track record of building and leading successful business programs for global diagnostic and biotechnology start-up companies. With a diverse and rich background in worldwide activities in the Medical Devices segment, Gary adds a broad base of commercialization expertise from responsibilities in marketing research, business development, marketing & sales and general management. In his senior management positions, he has initiated programs of international growth for the company, encompassing both pre and commercial sales; built and lead commercial teams globally and has conducted business in over 70 countries. Gary holds a BA (Cum Laude) in International Law and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MA degree in International Law and Economics from University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA.

  • Thomas Sicilian, Henkel

    Thomas Sicilian, Henkel

    Biography

    Tom Sicilian graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Chemical Engineering. Tom started in Henkel’s general industry adhesive division before moving to Henkel’s automotive and metal pretreatment division. As a Senior Technical Service Engineer, Tom supported Henkel’s metal pretreatment, cold forming, and metal working technologies. Since 2 years ago, Tom has transferred to Henkel’s electronic materials group to support printed electronics and assembly liquids.

  • Don Metzger, HZO

    Don Metzger, HZO

    Biography

    Don Metzger joined HZO in February 2016 and has risen to the role of Chief Revenue Officer. Don brings to HZO over 20 years of experience in building technology companies for mobile touch technology, graphic systems, semiconductor design and healthcare ventures for growth markets. Experience includes cross-cultural dynamics and international business practices in Europe, Asia, India, and North America.

  • Ryan Howard, iBeat

    Ryan Howard, iBeat

    Biography

    Ryan is a social entrepreneur with a focus on delivering better health and saving lives through technology. He is the founder and former CEO and chairman of Practice Fusion and grew it into the largest EHR (Electronic Health Record) platform for doctors and patients in the U.S. He has spoken on health technology and innovation at Microsoft, Stanford, UC Berkeley, HIMSS, VentureBeat’s HealthBeat event and more.

  • Gary Borel, Jules Borel

    Gary Borel, Jules Borel

    Biography

    Gary Borel is president of Jules Borel & Co., founded by his grandfather in 1920. Manager of the tools department, Gary advises and supplies sophisticated equipment to major watch brands and independent watchmakers.

  • Kyle Woolworth, Jules Borel

    Kyle Woolworth, Jules Borel

    Biography

    Kyle Woolworth has 10 years of experience in purchasing and selling high-end watch equipment. He assists premier companies such as Cartier, Mont Blanc, Hublot, Garmin, FitBit and Intel.

  • Valer Pop, LifeSense Group

    Valer Pop, LifeSense Group

    Biography

    Valer began his career at the campus completing his PhD at Philips. Over the past 10 years Valer was part of the Imec team, an internationally famous R&D institute based at High Tech Campus Eindhoven. During the past 5 years he has focused on new technology sales and business development. An entrepreneur at heart he is now fulfilling a lifelong dream.

  • Austin Short, Lohmann Tapes

    Austin Short, Lohmann Tapes

    Biography

    Austin Short is the Business Development Manager for Lohmann Gmbh & Co. KG. Lohmann specializes in providing adhesive solutions to Design Engineers in the wearables and medical industries. Prior to joining Lohmann, Austin held similar roles with Cardinal Health, Avery Dennison and Baxter Healthcare.

  • David Shea, PolyOne

    David Shea, PolyOne

    Biography

    David Shea is a Sales Manager for PolyOne Distribution and is focused on developing business within the healthcare industry. David leads a team responsible for helping customers streamline the material selection process. He joined PolyOne in 2012 as a Healthcare Application Development Engineer, supporting medical device companies in material selection and product design. Prior to joining PolyOne, he provided application support and adhesives training to customers with Henkel Loctite. David earned his B.A. from the University of Connecticut.

  • Shin Jeong Park, StretchSense

    Shin Jeong Park, StretchSense

    Biography

    Shin Jeong is the Head of Marketing at StretchSense, a global supplier of soft and stretchy sensors. She is a technology optimist who believes that wearables can improve lives, push human performance and create jobs. StretchSense aims to democratize wearables by making advanced sensor technology accessible to everyone. As a startup entrepreneur herself, Shin knows the importance of validating a prototype in real life.

  • Ryan Kraudel, Valencell

    Ryan Kraudel, Valencell

    Biography

    As VP of Marketing, Ryan leads global marketing for Valencell and is responsible for all areas of marketing strategy and execution. Prior to Valencell, Ryan led marketing and enterprise engagement at 6fusion, rapidly growing market awareness and adoption of an innovative approach to standardizing the economic measurement of IT infrastructure. At GXS, Ryan led product marketing and product management for GXS Managed Services, helping grow the business from $40M to $150M in 7 years. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

  • Kim Rowe, RoweBots

    Kim Rowe, RoweBots

    Biography

    Kim Rowe has started several embedded systems and Internet companies including RoweBots Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in embedded systems development and management. With an MBA and MEng, Kim has published and presented over 50 papers and articles on both technical and management aspects of embedded and connected systems.

  • Jared Dwarika, Health Care Originals

    Jared Dwarika, Health Care Originals

    Biography

    Jared is the visionary that has led commercialization of HCO’s patented technology, seeing the vast potential for a wearable that monitors respiratory performance at clinically accurate levels. He is committed to ensuring that HCO’s technology creates lasting, meaningful impact in the lives of those who have respiratory illnesses and their caregivers.

  • Andy Crump, Alium Batteries

    Andy Crump, Alium Batteries

    Biography

    Worked 28 years in the electronics industry. Started engineering career in the power supply industry, since has moved to the sales side of business with a few different start-up ventures. Recently has been involved in the Manufacturer’s rep and distribution business, representing several major LCD and Touchscreen suppliers from around the world. Currently part owner manages west coast sales at Alium Batteries, a leading provider of batteries for the wearable market, with a worldwide manufacturer’s representative network.

  • Wilson Quispe, EJOY

    Wilson Quispe, EJOY

    Biography

    Born in Perù, he has been living in Milan, Italy, since 1991. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He is pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science and he is working as a software manager for a hi-tech company. The company develops and sells solutions for the Internet of Things Market.

  • Desmond Hall, InBody

    Desmond Hall, InBody

    Biography

    Desmond Hall is the lead sales and marketing coordinator at InBody, a global leader in body composition testing. Hall helps direct a team that focuses on home health products like the InBody BAND 2 and the InBody PUSH. His responsibilities include product planning, social media outreach, and user experience. Hall holds a Bachelor's degree from California State University, Los Angeles.

  • Eelco Bergman, ASE Group

    Eelco Bergman, ASE Group

    Biography

    Eelco Bergman currently serves as Senior Director of Sales & Business Development at ASE Group, where he is focused specifically on the enablement and growth of SiP opportunities with system OEM customers. Eelco has spent over thirty years in the semiconductor industry, gaining extensive experience in a broad variety of sales, marketing, and business development roles.

  • Yen-Mu Huang, XYZLife

    Yen-Mu Huang, XYZLife

    Biography

    My name is Yen-Mu Huang, I was born and raised in Taipei. I majored in Management Information System and got academic and master degree.
    I have worked as the software developer for twenty years, have great enthusiasm for software design and project management, and absorb a variety of knowledge of those at any time. I obtained certificate for Project Management Professional (PMP) and certificate of completion for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) when I was a software supervisor in LITE-ON technology corporation. I also had experience of building RD center when I was RD manager in main China.
    Now, I work as a software manager in Kinpo Electronic Inc. My job responsibilities are to design health care system and collect technical information. I am also skillful in software development for windows software, mobile app and cloud system.
    In the near future, I will develop my interest and capability regarding system integration.

Contributors

Agenda WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2017 USA

Tuesday, 25th July 2017
10:00 Introduction & Welcome Keynote by Christian Stammel, WT | Wearable Technologies
10:20 Fashion & Consumer Brands & Wearables moderated by Maureen Conners, Board Director at Fashion Incubator San Francisco
  Your Everyday Smart Glasses Aaron Rowley, CEO, Vue
  How Did We Get Here and What’s Next Frederik Hermann, Head of Marketing & Sales, Huami
  Smith Lowdown Focus Smart Glasses Thorsten Brandt, Chief Marketing Officer&Global Brand Leader Smith, Safilo
11:20 Keynote
  50 Years of Electronics – From the First Wearable to a Hyperconnected World Alain Serge Porret, Vice President Integrated and Wireless Systems, CSEM
12:30 Lunch Break & Elevator Pitches at the Demo Stage
02:00 Business Beyond Products and Technologies moderated by Chris Godfrey, TÜV SÜD
  Getting your Fitness App Fit with Google Play Mary Liz McCurdy, Global Head of Health & Fitness, Google Play Apps
  Building Partnerships Between Brand Owners and Suppliers for the Future of Point of Sale Marcel Spieler, Vice President, Global Business Development Hightech & Entertainment, Arvato SCM Solutions
  Beyond the Drawer: Increasing Retention and Lifetime Value With an Open Approach Jeff Katz, CTO, Telefónica NEXT / Geeny
03:05 The Latest Enabling Technologies for Tomorrow's Wearables moderated by Joseph Wei, Lab 360
  Graphene-Enabled Smart Fabric - from Medical to Consumer Applications Malcolm Nason, BonBouton
  Highest Energy Density in Rechargeable Micro Power Philipp Miehlich, General Manager Business Unit OEM, VARTA Microbattery
  Smart Adhesives: Unknown Properties to Enable your Device Technology Dr. Martin Kluke, Product Manager, DELO
04:10 Coffee Break Sponsored by Alium Batteries
04:40 Wearables for Industrial & Professionals moderated by Christian Stammel, CEO WT | Wearable Technologies
  Connect the Human Worker to the Industrial IoT Jonas Girardet, COO, Proglove
  HoloLens for Chairlifts Thomas Felis, VP Innovation, thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas
  Future of Optical Technology in Wearables and AR/VR/MR Zarni Tun, Application Manager, NAFTA, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
  Design Thinking for Industrial & Professional Wearables Nitin Pai, SVP and Head of Marketing & Strategy, Tata Elxsi
06:05 Closing Remarks by Christian Stammel, WT | Wearable Technologies
06:15 Get-Together and Networking Party at WT exhibition sponsored by PCH Lime Lab
Wednesday, 26th July 2017
10:00 Introduction by Christian Stammel, WT | Wearable Technologies
  Introduction: Making Wearables Safe and Customers Happy Chris Godfrey , TÜV SÜD
  Keynote: Huawei Wearables: WT-certified and Connected Mike McBride, Sr. Director of Innovation & Technology Strategy, Huawei
10:35 Wearables for a Healthier Future moderated by Clint McClellan, Founder&CEO Indie Health
  Early Detection Technology for Breast Cancer Karen Smith, Operational SVP, Cyrcadia Health
  BABYBE, Wearing a Mom Emotional Prosthetics for Healthcare Raphael Lang, CTO & Co-Founder, BABYBE
  Wearables for Disease Management: Improving Communication between Doctors and Patients Jonathan Israel Senior Product Manager IBD Marketing and Elizabeth Quist, Director Specialty Market Access, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
  PCHAlliance and the Continua Design Guidelines Michael Kirwan, Vice President, Continua, a division of PCHA (Personal Connected Health Alliance)
  Designing the Future of Prenatal Care through Crowdsourced Consumer Generated Data Eric Dy, Co-Founder & CEO, Bloomlife
12:20 Lunch Break & Elevator Pitches at the Demo Stage
02:00 The Latest in Sports & Fitness Wearables moderated by Joseph Wei, Lab 360
  Personalization and Actionability: Making Wearables into Must Have Products Aki Pulkkinen, Director, Consumer Technologies, Firstbeat Technologies
  Step in to the New Age of Wearables with the Smart Compression Sleeve Elvis Goren, Co-Founder, Komodo Technologies
  An Intelligent Textile Bio-sensor to Disrupt the Wearable Industry Nicola Coppede Chief Scientist & Massimiliano Moruzzi, President, HFT Smart Sensors
03:05 Coffee break Sponsored by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
03:35 Everything Wearable : New Market Areas moderated by Joseph Wei, Lab 360
  VylyV Shorts: Play Game to Boost Manhood Danz Chase, Product Director, VylyV Lab
  Functionalizing Clothing for Infinite Possibilities Steve Aitken, Product Manager, SKIIN
  Design for Cattle Wearables - How UX Design Affects your Dinner Plate Brenna Raschel French, UX/UI Designer, Quantified AG
  ICARUS (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space) Dr. Bryson Voirin, ICARUS Scientist, Max Planck Institute and California Academy of Science
05:00 Closing Remarks by Christian Stammel, WT | Wearable Technologies