The Mr. Beacon Ambient IoT Podcast

Proximity and location technologies are key to the Internet of Things (IoT) and are causing our digital and physical worlds to converge. Mr. Beacon is a series of interviews with the leaders of companies that are at the center of this revolution. Steve Statler wrote "Beacon Technologies", a survival guide for people that want to design solutions that use Bluetooth beacons to create experiences that combine location awareness with the power of cloud computing.

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Kontakt.io CEO Interview

Szymon Niemczura is CEO and Co-Founder of Kontakt.io. He talks about the strategy and applications that have enabled his company to sell the largest number of beacons in 2015 (by ABI's reckoning). We explore how they intend to make money while maintaining their partner relationships, their future offerings, what inspired the founding of their company and what developers need to be aware of before choosing their beacon provider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 13, 2016•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 9

San Diego International Airport's Beacon Infrastructure

Rick Belliotti is Director of Information & Technology Services, as well as Business Development for the busiest single runway airport in the USA. He describes the rationale and process of developing a beacon infrastructure, how the airport business works and important things that people need to know, if they want their technology to succeed in one of the busiest types of venue. He also gives us a sneak peak of their new airport app, designed to work at multiple airports. It has some unique ...

Jul 08, 2016•49 min•Ep. 8

Rover CEO Interview

John Coombs explains what's required to build an Orchestration layer for a beacon solution and why you need one. He shines a light on his company's customers and why some of them came to Rover as a "second surgeon”, asking Rover to fix the problems from their first attempt at beacon deployment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 05, 2016•46 min•Ep. 7

Nextome CEO Interview

Vincenzo Dentamaro reveals details of their deployments at Fiat's factories, the Rome subway and museums in Italy and the US. They talk about their approach to pricing and their future plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 03, 2016•32 min•Ep. 6

Google's Physical Web Project lead Interview

Scott Jenson on Google’s announcement to move Physical Web directly into Android, how it's being used, Bluetooth activation and concerns about Google controlling the Physical Web proxy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 02, 2016•43 min•Ep. 5

Gimbal CEO Interview

Jeff Russakow discusses the deployments Gimbal are powering, reveals numbers of developers on Gimbal's network, and a surprising vertical that is exploding ... and it's not retail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 02, 2016•46 min•Ep. 4

Proxama CEO Interview

Interview with Proxama CEO of Proximity Marketing Jon Worley. He discusses the lessons learnt and results Proxama have seen from their pioneering work building one of the first beacon networks, deploying beacons in buses, taxis, airports, and town centers in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 2016•50 min•Ep. 3

Estimote's CEO Jakub Krzych

Estimote’s Jakub Krzych is CEO & Co-Founder of the most visible of the Bluetooth Beacon makers. He discusses the use cases that are driving the market forward, their newest products enabling direct control of appliances, the latest announcements from Google and offers free Physical Web T-Shirts to our listeners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 2

Intro to the Series & Pointr Labs COO Interview

We talk to one of the leaders in indoor location technology using Bluetooth Beacons, Pointr Labs' COO Chris Charles about what people are using indoor aps for, why venues are investing into indoor mapping, the level of accuracy achievable, what deployment involves, the relevance of what Google is doing with its new standards, examples of customers and the future of the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 14, 2016•47 min•Ep. 1

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