In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Lucas Hanson, Senior Product Manager at Cisco DNA Spaces at Cisco, and Troy Davis, VP Sales North America at EnOcean, join us to talk about the partnership that led to DNA Spaces and some of the challenges and benefits of using IoT-enabled location analysis for space utilization. Lucas and Troy discuss some of the obstacles to collecting data and hardware challenges that come with these types of deployments, as well as the public perception of IoT versus its reality as a technology.
Lucas Hanson is a Senior Product Manager for Cisco DNA Spaces. Lucas and his team are responsible for Indoor IoT Services, Cisco DNA Spaces Partner Ecosystem, Cisco platform integrations, and Open Roaming. His primary focus is working with partners to deliver scalable, high-ROI business outcomes. Lucas has spent over three years at Cisco. In addition to his current role, he has also held positions in business strategy and as a product manager for edge compute products. Before joining Cisco, Lucas spent two years as a Clinical Technology Manager at Kaiser Permanente and six years in the U.S. Army. He has an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BS in Philosophy from the United States Military Academy.
Troy Davis is VP of Sales for EnOcean North America, working together with a variety of customer types and wireless IoT projects since 2008. He is tasked with expanding the footprint of EnOcean in the America’s and around the globe by working together with innovative partners. His many years of experience as a commercial contractor helps guide the conversations around deployments within the built environment and working through difficult problems unique to installations within structures.
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About EnOcean GmbH: EnOcean GmbH is the pioneer of energy harvesting. Headquartered in Oberhaching, near Munich, the company delivers valuable data for the Internet of Things (IoT) with its resource-saving technology. For 20 years, EnOcean produces maintenance-free wireless switches and sensors, which gain their energy from the surrounding – from movement, light or temperature. The combination of miniaturized energy converters, ultra-low-power electronics and robust radio technology based on open standards (EnOcean, Zigbee and Bluetooth®) forms the foundation for digitized buildings, services, and production processes in the IoT. The self-powered solutions are used in building automation, smart homes, LED lighting control, and industrial applications and thus help to optimize the CO2-footprint of buildings. As an innovation driver, EnOcean is a strong partner for more than 350 leading product manufacturers and has already succeeded more than a million buildings worldwide with energy harvesting solutions.
About Cisco DNA Spaces: The Cisco DNA Spaces platform which is an indoor location and IoT Services cloud. We have different types of IoT Devices, many different 3rd party partner applications, a next-gen API framework, and a use-case first product strategy.
Key Questions and Topics from this Episode:(00:59) Intro to Lucas Hanson and Troy Davis
(02:52) Intro to the DNA Spaces side of Cisco
(04:30) Intro to EnOcean
(06:27) What are EnOcean and Cisco bringing to market together?
(09:58) EnOcean and Cisco Use Cases
(18:09) What challenges do you encounter in capturing data?
(27:41) What challenges are there on the hardware side - specifically relating to the use of batteries?
(34:20) Other challenges customers face when implementing or building IoT solutions
(35:49) How does the public perception of IoT differ from reality?
(39:36) Why is now the right time to adopt IoT?