As we draw to a close another wonderful year for the IoT Community in 2022, we are delighted to announce Gul Ege, Guy Merritt, Oracle and SeaWolf, as IoT Community Woman, Man, Corporate Member – and for the first year, Edge Solution – of the Year for 2023.
Now in its third edition, this internal IoT Community member award recognizes excellence within the IoT Community ecosystem.
Gul Ege – IoT Community Woman of the Year 2023
Dr. Gül Ege is the Senior Global Director for SAS IoT Research & Development (R&D), leading advanced analytical components innovation for SAS’ global customer and partner stakeholders. Dr. Ege leads a team of world-class scientists, helping SAS customers and stakeholders solve complex, real-world problems. Dr. Ege has held positions of incremental responsibility within SAS R&D for over 34 years. She has significant expertise in high-value vertical markets; having led projects in Finance, Risk, Retail, Energy and Manufacturing over the course of her career. Dr. Ege holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She received her Ph.D. from NC State University and is a registered professional engineer in the State of North Carolina. A celebrated career engineer and scientist, she has been awarded the SAS CEO Award of Excellence and the NCSU Industrial and System Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award. As an IoT and AI industry leader, Dr. Ege holds leadership positions at several industry organizations and associations, including as Chairperson of the NCSU-ASSIST Advisory Board and as an Advisory Board Member of both NCSU-CARTA and the IoT Community–where she holds the position of Chairperson on the Artificial Intelligence of Things Center of Excellence (COE). She is also a proud member the INFORMS-Edelman Committee and SIGKDD. Dr. Ege is passionate about mentoring, with a particular focus on supporting young women in STEM and empowering junior team members. She lives in Cary, North Carolina and enjoys spending time with her family, especially her two young grandchildren and devotes her free time to causes benefitting the well-being of women and children.
Guy Merritt – IoT Community Man of the Year 2023
Guy Merritt, VP of Solutions and Consulting SoftServe, is an experienced C-suite executive, Guy has 35 years engineering leadership advising and developing IoT solutions, native cloud-based systems, products and engineering & manufacturing test solutions for a wide variety of industries. He is an author of the award-winning book “Proactive Risk Management: Controlling Uncertainty in Product Development.”
Oracle – IoT Community Corporate Member of the Year 2023
We’re a cloud technology company that provides organizations around the world with computing infrastructure and software to help them innovate, unlock efficiencies and become more effective. We also created the world’s first – and only – autonomous database to help organize and secure our customers’ data. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers higher performance, security, and cost savings. It is designed so businesses can move workloads easily from on-premises systems to the cloud, and between cloud and on-premises and other clouds. Oracle Cloud applications provide business leaders with modern applications that help them innovate, attain sustainable growth, and become more resilient. The work we do is not only transforming the world of business–it’s helping defend governments, and advance scientific and medical research. From nonprofits to companies of all sizes, millions of people use our tools to streamline supply chains, make HR more human, quickly pivot to a new financial plan, and connect data and people around the world. At work, we embrace diversity, encourage personal and professional growth, and celebrate a global team of passionate people developing innovative technologies that help people and companies tackle real-world problems head-on.
IoT Community End-User Edge Solution of the Year 2023
Seawolf Water is a premier provider of water solutions to the oil & gas industry. Seawolf is a full-cycle water management company dedicated to maximizing operator up-time and providing sustainable sourcing, takeaway, and disposal solutions underpinned in midstream values. We partner with leading E&P companies and landowners to provide comprehensive, customer-focused water management solutions that increase productivity, lower costs, and reduce environmental impacts. With solutions that cover sourcing, transporting, and storing water for well operations, gathering and disposing of produced water, and treating and recycling produced water for re-use, Seawolf manages the full life-cycle of water in the E&P industry safely and responsibly so our customers can focus where it matters.
The IoT Community would like to say a BIG Thank You for all your continued support in 2023. Here is to a wonderful 2024 where we chart new terrain in our efforts to raise the bar even further.
