Joe Waina

Joe Waina is an Industry 4.0 evangelist focused on powering successful strategies for digitally connected manufacturing enterprises. He advises manufacturing organizations on technology trends, strategic manufacturing architecture, open technology stack options, and best practices and provides thought leadership to develop above-the-network value frameworks which support the convergence of data and application visibility across IT and OT infrastructures. As a Senior Innovation Principal at Verizon on the advanced manufacturing vertical team, he works with some of the world’s most advanced products helping leading manufacturers understand how the power of private wireless spectrum improves operational efficiencies, drives cost reductions, creates visibility of all data from Top Floor to Shop Floor through the implementation of advanced technologies in the area of big data, data analytics, business intelligence IoT, I-IoT, AI, and ML.