Speaker

Charlie Key

I'm CEO and Co-founder at Losant. I help solve hard business problems using the combination of design and technology. Focused on helping enterprises create a meaningful impact with the Internet of Things. Our company, Losant, provides an enterprise IoT platform that is both powerful and easy to use.

I’ve spent my entire professional career working in the software and technology world. During this time I’ve started 3 companies, two have been acquired, built dozens of software products and enterprise web applications, and led a business unit at a public company. I believe that in order for companies to stay relevant in today’s world they have to push product innovation faster and harder than ever before – this means taking risks.

I prefer to spend my time working on:

● Thinking about how products need to evolve to stay ahead.
● Creating products for developers and engineers.
● Understanding industry trends, especially in high tech and IoT.
● Making technology and product decisions have a business impact.
● Understanding users and customers through the use of metrics and analytics.

I’ve taken pride in my ability to stay on the forefront of the technology and programming industry.

I’m truly passionate about entrepreneurship, startups, and building businesses. I spend a portion of my time advising and investing in startups.

Specialties: Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Industry 4.0, Smart Offices, Intelligent Factories, Smart Home, Application Development, System Architecture, Infrastructure Orchestration, Cloud Infrastructure, Private Cloud Infrastructure, PaaS (Platform as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service), Business Operations, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Data Analysis, Growth Hacking, BI (Business Intelligence)