12 Mar Replacing Goldilocks with a Food Safety Overlay Network
Top Line and Fixed Costs Alpha
Our guest, Jurgo Praden, is CEO of Thinnect, and has two decades of experience as an IoT researcher, a CTO and now as a CEO. His previous company, Defendec, produced a wireless border patrol product that’s currently protecting over 30 countries.
In this episode Jurgo and Bruce discuss:
- The meaning of, and the growing importance of, mist computing – a term coined by Jurgo.
- The tech of mist computing – part of the distributed compute surface that includes the fog (gateways and other devices in the OT network) and the cloud.
- The commercial importance, of ease of installation and scalability, and the tech behind it.
- Thinnect’s Temp-Sense overlay sensing network service for food safety, the price and value created, and revenue model deployed.
- Restaurant and supermarket case studies to tie tech and value creation together.
Mentioned in this Episode and Other Useful Links
- Thinnect’s website
- Temp-Sense service
- Season 1: Related content
- Season 1 book: IoT Inc
- Season 2: Episodes and show notes
- Season 2 book: The Private Equity Digital Operating Partner
- Training: Digital transformation certification
