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RJ Mahadev

Head, Cisco Retail IoT Solutions

IoT Business Unit

RJ Mahadev leads Cisco’s Retail IoT Solutions business with responsibilities that include defining Cisco’s Retail IoT strategy, developing required partnerships & incubating new software-centric solutions in collaboration with leading customers and vendors. Much of RJ’s focus is on aligning retail use cases with IoT solutions and developing leading practices for architecting, designing & integrating these platforms.

RJ has spent much of his professional life starting up new business in entrepreneurial & intrepreneurial settings. Roles prior to Cisco include stints as Co-Founder and Managing Director of EuroBroadband where he led the development and operations of a WiMax-based business in Greece and Vice President for Global Product Management at Level 3 Networks where he was responsible for deploying and managing the world’s largest SoftSwitch platform.

RJ holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Marketing & Finance from the University of Denver and is a recognized speaker who has presented at numerous industry and strategy conferences.

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January 31, 2019

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

Introducing the Cisco Validated Design for Remote and Mobile Assets

I’m excited to introduce a new Cisco Validated Design™ (CVD) for our Remote and Mobile Assets solution. Our CVDs drastically lower operating costs and drives new revenue streams from thousands of dispersed assets, such as fleet vehicles and connected equipment. The solution packages our leadi…

June 7, 2018

RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY

The Future of Retail IoT and Automation

The Changing Face of Retail Although this has been an especially tough year for retail (3,800 stores closures to date, 12,000+ predicted), the importance of retail to the economic fabric continues to grow.  The total retail trade in the US exceeds 25% of the GDP while retail continues to be the larg…

October 5, 2016

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ENERGY - OIL & GAS AND UTILITIES

Unleash the Power of the IoT with Design Thinking

This is the second part of a 2 part blog series and you can find the first part here. After presenting at Smart Industry 2016, I continue to examine how design thinking can drive IoT success. Applying internet technologies to the world of things offers an ocean of possibilities, but the path to a ta…

September 20, 2016

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MANUFACTURING

Can design thinking help monetize the IoT?

As I get ready for my presentation on The Factory of the Future, Today: Lessons Learned from Deploying IoT at the Design & Manufacturing Conference, I think the main value I get out of these conferences is networking with peers and staying relevant in a fast-evolving job market. Companies are al…

September 14, 2015

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MANUFACTURING

Using the Internet of Things (IoT) to Digitize Your Factory

We’ve been hearing a lot about the Internet of Things or IoT. How it’s going to accelerate efficiencies. Grow profits. Disrupt industries. So it’s time to consider if IoT is real & if you should do something about it right now. As is often the case, revisiting history can help us better understa…