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50 of the Top IoT Authorities on Twitter
IoT Visionaries
1. Kevin Ashton
Kevin Ashton may not speak constantly of the Internet of Things but he came up with the term way back in 1999. He continues to offer a vision of where the IoT is headed, while also commenting on how the implementation of the technology differs from his initial predictions regarding the technology.
2. Chris Anderson
The British-American author and entrepreneur is now the CEO of drone maker 3D robotics. Anderson was the former editor-in-chief at Wired magazine and had worked at the Economist before that.
3. Rowan Trollope
Cisco’s senior vice president leads the company’s IoT division as well as its collaboration group, its analytics and automation division, and its Devnet developer platform division.
4. Brenna Berman
@citychicagocioChicago’s Chief Innovation Officer is overseeing one of the most aggressive smart cities initiatives in North America—the Array of Things. The project will collect real-time data on everything from the environment to traffic levels. City officials see the project as being a “fitness tracker” for the city.
5. Timothy Chou
The lecturer at Stanford University has published one of the best books on the IoT, titled “Precision: Principles, Practices and Solutions for the Internet of Things.”
6. Scott Amyx
The CEO at Amyx+, an award-winning IoT strategy and innovation lab, Amyx was the winner of Cloud & DevOps World Innovation Award.
7. Tamara McCleary
McCleary, the founder and CEO of Thulium Inc., is an expert on technology trends. She is an IBM futurist who counts Verizon Enterprise, IBM, the U.S. Department of Defense, among others as clients.
8. Don Deloach
The CEO of Infobright, regularly comments on how the Internet of Things is leading to disruptive change in niches ranging from healthcare to city administration.
9. Stefan Ferber
The VP Bosch Software Innovations, Ferber is an expert on the Industrial Internet.
10. Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
The designer of an IoT product known as the Goodnight lamp, Deschamps-Sonsino runs one of the largest IoT-related meetups in the world—in London. She also leads a firm known as Design Swarm that focuses on the IoT. The firm has worked with BBC R&D, Nokia, British Gas, EDF R&D, and British Telecom.
11. Michael Sim
The social media marketing manager at Aeris has emerged as one of the most influential people writing about IoT on Twitter. He was featured in Onalytica’s list of ‘Top 100 Influencers and Brands for M2M and IoT.
12. Mike Gualtieri
Gualtieri is a Forrester VP and Principal Analyst who covers everything from analytics and AI to IoT.
13. Ronald van Loon
Van Loon, the director of the European firm Adversitement, has emerged as an expert on a range of subjects including Big Data and the Internet of Things. He has been featured in the The Economist and The Guardian.
14. Matt Hatton
Hatton is the founder and CEO of Machina Research, an analyst firm that focuses full time on the Internet of Things, M2M, and big data strategy.
15. Martyn Etherington
The chief marketing officer at Cisco Jasper, Etherington offers up reflections on how the IoT is transforming businesses.
16. Rob van Kranenburg
Van Kranenburg is the founder of the European-based IoT Council and serves on the SmartCiteisWorld advisory board.
17. Bill McCabe
Based in Denver, McCabe helps tech companies and consultants find IT and IoT employees. His Twitter account has more than 19,000 followers.
18. Robert van der Veur
Der Veur is a manager, business intelligence and analytics at Sogeti Nederland who frequently writes about IoT-related topics on social media.
19. Ajit Jaokar
The Director at AI for Smart Cities Lab, Jaokar is currently working on applying data science algorithms for IoT use cases.
20. Alicia Asín
The CEO of Libelium, Asín has helped develop a modular smart cities platform.
21. Bill Ruh
The CEO of GE Digital and Chief Digital Officer at GE, Ruh has personally led many of the company’s industrial Internet initiatives.
22. Jeff Immelt
GE’s chairman and CEO firmly believes that software and the Internet of Things can usher in the next industrial revolution.
IoT Vendors and Other Organizations
23. IBM IoT
IBM wants to unleash its Watson cognitive computing platform for IoT applications. IBM’s IoT specific Twitter handle has more than 53,000 followers.
24. Cisco IoT
Few companies have been linked with the Internet of Things as much as Cisco. Cisco IoT hosts a successful weekly Twitter chat dedicated to all things IoT under the #IoTChat hashtag.
25. Intel IoT
Intel’s IoT-specific account includes business- and technology-related news.
26. Microsoft IoT
According to a survey of our readers, Microsoft was virtually tied with Google as the leading company in the Internet of Things space.
27. Samsung IoT
With its Artik platform, Samsung hopes to help make IoT development faster and easier.
28. Bosch
One of the foremast companies leading the charge on the Industrial Internet (or Industrie 4.0, if you prefer), Bosch organizes an Internet of Things conference in Chicago.
29. Oracle IoT
The cloud pioneer is focusing on unlocking business value from IoT sensor data.
30. IEEE IoT
The world’s largest technical professional organization also operates a smart-cities-related Twitter account at @IEEESmartCities.
31. Telefónica IoT
Telefónica IoT provides industry news and updates. The account has more than 42,000 followers.
32. Particle
The San Francisco-based startup has created hugely popular IoT platforms.
33. SIGFOX
The French M2M company is quickly expanding its technology around the world.
34. Libelium
The company has created an IoT platform for smart cities applications.
35. ThingWorx
The marker of an enterprise IoT platform, the company operates an oft-updated Twitter account dedicated to a range of IoT topics.
Media
36. Stacey Higginbotham
Editor Higginbotham heads up a weekly IoT podcast and newsletter. Higganbothm has experiencing covering high tech and financial subjects related to technolgy. She has worked for GigaOm and Fortune.
37. IoT Newsroom
This IoT news account has more than 178,000 followers.
38. Net of Everything
Another popular Twitter account dedicated to news on the Internet of Things.
39. IoT Insider
This IoT account covers a range of IoT-related topics, including the Industrial Internet, and smart cities. It has more than 100,000 followers.
40. BuildingIoT
This popular Twitter account is tied to a book about using Arduino to connect objects.
Analysts and Related Organizations
41. Gartner
Gartner has offered some famous predictions about the Internet of Things but also reflects on the main challenges of IoT implementations while providing advice on how to overcome them. Earlier this year, a Gartner survey predicted that the number of businesses adopting the IoT would double in 2016.
42. McKinsey
The management consulting firm may not focus full-time on the Internet of Things, but have provided influential insights on the subject of how IoT technology can create economic value.
43. Accenture
Accenture’s tech arm focuses on digital disruption, including the IoT.
44. The IoT
Focusing on IoT news, @TheIoT also reflects on trends and challenges affecting the Internet of Things implementations.
45. Chetan Sharma
This management consulting firm may not be as well known McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, et al., but the firm often serves up enlightening insights related to the Internet of Things. Did you know that more cars were connected to cell service than phones in the first quarter of the year? You do now, thanks to Sharma’s research.
46. Machina Research
Machina Research has penned influential studies related to the IoT and smart cities.
47. IDC
The international market intelligence firm covers the IT, telecommunications, and technology industries.
48. PTC
The computer software company has moved aggressively into the IoT space with the acquisition of ThingWorx.
49. IoT NOw
Daily IoT news feed.
50. MIT Sloan Management Review
MIT Sloan Management Review includes information on how technology—including the IoT—will affect management.
