Session Abstract:
Join us as we resume our “Industry Movers and Shakers” series. In this session, women thought leaders will explore real-world use cases transforming Industrial businesses. Join us to learn how Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and Computer Vision (CV) play a pivotal role in this transformation. Panelists include industry experts from SAS, SoftServe, Schneider Electric, and Cisco.
Speakers:
Katy Salamati, PhD, MBA, is a Jenkins MBA graduate focused on Finance, Entrepreneurship & Technology commercialization. PhD in Transportation Engineering. I work with government and commercial transportation, logistics, and supply chain agencies applying advanced analytics & AI to help solve their challenges. My audience is secretaries, directors, CIOs, and CEOs of such agencies, public and private, as well as state elected officials (senators and representatives) and policymakers. I work on transportation and infrastructure technology initiatives including connected and autonomous vehicles, smart cities, freight, seaports and airports, tollways, transit, rail, safety, finance, and revenue.
Emily Dilday is the Principal Business Solutions Manager for SAS’ IoT Division, driving the successful engagement of partner-driven solutions powered by SAS technology. Emily orchestrates a cross-functional team of R&D, customer advisory, support & enablement, analytics, and marketing experts to facilitate channel partner success. She also leads the development and strategy for the Microsoft Azure/SAS IoT partnership. Prior to joining SAS, Emily spent over 20 years at Cisco, leading teams in Information Technology, Enterprise Information Security, IoT/Network Security and Customer Experience. She holds a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from Meredith College, an M.B.A. from Pfeiffer University and has completed professional certification in project management from Stanford University. She is a licensed Project Management Professional, certified by the Project Management Institute. As a Tech and IoT industry leader, Emily is passionate about supporting women in STEM and helping students enter STEM careers through mentorship and advocacy. She is a member of the IoT Community Women in Technology Center of Excellence and volunteers as a group mentor for AI4ALL. In her free time, Emily enjoys spending time with her family, travelling and boating.
Erika Franco is a technical leader with over 15 years of experience in networking and 6 years in industrial automation. She currently works as a Technical Leader at Cisco in the IoT Solutions group. She is responsible for designing end-to-end architectures for manufacturing and leading the validation efforts to ensure secure and reliable implementations. Erika is a contributor to the Cisco and Rockwell Automation Converged Plant-wide Ethernet (CPwE) design guides. She works closely with automation and control partners such as Rockwell Automation and Schneider Electric and serves as a representative of Cisco in the ODVA Conformance interest group. Erika is certified as a Profinet network engineer, areas of expertise include cyber security for industrial solutions, software defined networking (SDN), and Cisco TrustSec.
Roksolana Vynar, is an accomplished project manager with experience in IoT, focusing particularly on Worker Safety Solutions, which aim to save lives, optimize operational efficiency, and create safer work environments Prior to her focus on IoT, Roksolana has successfully managed projects across diverse domains, honing her skills in leadership, collaboration, and delivering impactful results
Maya Yarbrough is an innovative leader with extensive experience in electronics circuit design and test. As the head of the Power Products Hardware Electronics group for North America at Schneider Electric, she drives the team in developing electronic circuitry that facilitates digital control of breakers, transfer switches, and other power devices essential for advancing the smart grid strategy. Her work underscores the pivotal role of electronics in enabling the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize modern infrastructure.
