Maciej Kranz (born 22 November 1964; Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-American executive, New York Times bestselling author,The New York Times | Best Sellers: Business - December 2016 angel investor,Tech Crunch - Shortlist Raises $1.5M to Help Businesses Manage their Freelancers faculty member of Singularity University, and an expert in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, and edge computing.Investor Place - Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Stock Is More Attractive Than You ThinkGazeta Prawna - Specjalista od wszechrzeczy Maciej Kranz. Dla Cisco zarobił już miliony dolarów He currently serves as General Manager, Enterprise at Pure Storage and is a frequent speaker on technology trends in the enterprise.Cisco - Maciej KranzBig Speak - Maciej KranzIoT Tech Expo 2017 - Maciej KranzBack End of Innovation - Maciej Kranz
Early life Maciej Kranz was born on 22 November 1964Relationship Science - Maciej Kranz in Warsaw, Poland to Jan and Malgorzata Kranz. He studied at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, during which he served as National Committee Exchange Controller for AIESEC in Poland.Rockwell Automation - Manufacturing Perspectives (page 14) Kranz later obtained his MBA at Texas Christian University.Relationship Science - Maciej Kranz
Career
Prior to joining Pure Storage, Kranz served as EVP and CTO at KONE. He previously served as Vice President and General Manager in the Corporate Strategic Innovation Group at Cisco Systems. During his 20 years in Cisco Systems, he has held several leadership roles in the fields of enterprise networking and the Internet of Things.
Kranz joined Cisco in 1999, where he led marketing for Cisco's stackable Ethernet switching business unit.Rockwell Automation - Manufacturing Perspectives (page 14) He became Vice President of Marketing for the Wireless Networking Business Unit in 2006, during which time he drove the development of Cisco Motion, a mobility vision architecture.
Kranz led the Borderless Networks effort in 2009 and in 2012 became a General Manager of the Connected Industries Group where he drove Cisco's IoT internet of things (IoT) efforts.The Telegraph - The Internet of Things: Could it really change the way we live?The Marketing Journal - An Interview with Cisco's Maciej KranzCRN - Cisco Executive Maciej Kranz on the Best Practices, and Biggest Mistakes, Companies Make in IoTNasdaq - Forget Google, This is the Best Stock for the Internet's Next Big Thing
Before his stint at Cisco Systems, Kranz served as the Vice President of Marketing for IP Highway, Inc. and worked in product management at both 3Com, where he led the expansion and development of its Ethernet network interface cards into a $1 billion product line,Cisco Blogs - Maciek Kranz and IBM.
Books Kranz's book, Building the Internet of Things is on the New York Times' and USA Today's bestseller listsUSA Today - Building the Internet of Things. usatoday.com, and was listed as one of the 10 business books every entrepreneur should read in 2017 by Fortune Magazine. The book was also selected as one of the 10 books for innovators and entrepreneurs to read by Economía y Negocios. It has been translated into 10 languages. In 2018, Kranz published Building the Internet of Things - a Project Workbook, a companion to his first book providing interactive steps in planning, implementing, and evaluating IoT projects.
Public Platforms In addition to keynoting at industry conferences, Kranz frequently conducts media interviews worldwide, and regularly writes commentary as member of the Forbes Technology Council and the IDG Contributor Network, as well as for many other publications.
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