Andres Ruiz

The market continues to buzz about the opportunity for IoT. You see and hear about it everywhere, but you can’t go to a store and purchase IoT solutions. IoT is not a product; it is a journey that almost every company needs to start sooner rather than later. While there are many layers and op…

How do cities gather operational information? In what ways do city traffic engineers and planners gain visibility to traffic conditions and impacting weather conditions?  Exactly how do Road Maintenance Supervisors determine if they need to send their crews to repair a problem? The answer is through…

My mother is 82 years old and she occasionally suffers from incredible back pain, leaving her in the hospital. and it is sad that she spends a lot of her time at hospitals. Often when I take her to the hospital, the visits are long and stressful. I can testify that it is challenging for hospitals, d…

As a father of two small childen, I think a lot about their future.  One of the things on my mind the other day as I dropped them off at school was the need for Education to evolve to support the new learning models of this generation. Everyday, my kids surprise me by the ways they learn – which are…