Olivier Hersent
Board Member
Actility
CEO
Olivier is a recognized telecom and technology expert. He founded NetCentrex, a leading provider of VoIP infrastructure for service providers, then became CTO of Comverse after the acquisition of NetCentrex in 2006. Olivier is a recognized thought leader in Telecoms and Energy markets. He is the author of several books on networking technology, VoIP, M2M, Internet of Things(IoT) and the Smart Grid. Olivier graduated from Ecole Polytechnique. Olivier founded Actiliy, IoT solution provider, in 2010. Via its ThingPark Wireless platform, Actility uses the LoRaWAN technology to enable LPWA IoT networks for applications such as Smart Cities.
CEO & CTO
ACTILITY SA
Speaker Bio
Olivier is the Founder and CEO of Actility S.A., Chairman of Abeeway SAS, and one of the co-authors of the original LoRaWAN specification. In addition, Olivier has written several books on the Internet of Things and Voice over IP.
Prior to Actility, Olivier was CTO of Comverse and founder and CEO of NetCentrex, a leading player of carrier grade Voice over IP. Olivier was awarded the Blondel medal for his work on VoIP and is a Knight of the French Legion of Honor.
Speaker Location:
Paris, France
Available to speak:
Worldwide
Speaker expertise
- Buildings
- Cities
- Geolocation
- IoT general
- Logistics
- LoRaWAN use cases / application examples
- LPWA business
- LPWA technology
- ROI for IoT
- Smart buildings
- Smart cities
- Utilities