Geoff Mulligan is the CTO for IIot Jabil and co-founder of Skylight Digital, a developer and consultant on IoT, Privacy and Security, a former White House Presidential Innovation Fellow, and US representative to the ISO Smart and Sustainable Cities project. While serving as a Presidential Innovation Fellow working on Cyber-Physical Systems / IoT he co-created and launched the SmartAmerica Challenge. Mr. Mulligan was the founding Chairman of both the LoRa Alliance, growing it to over 500 members, and the IPSO Alliance, making it the global voice for open standards for the IoT. Jabil is a $20B contract manufacturer that is turning its considerable technology and manufacturing acumen toward delivering on the possibilities and potential of the IoT.

 

Geoff created and lead the standardization of 6lowpan and helped create and deploy the Arpanet and IP technologies including the original design of IPv6. He helped form and found the Zigbee Alliance and has been instrumental in many key aspects of the embedded Internet - in fact Vint Cerf called Geoff the "Father of the Embedded Internet". As a serial entrepreneur he built start-ups working on email security, next generation Internet technologies, wireless systems and protocol design. He holds over 15 patents, wrote a book on combating SPAM and testified before Congress on electronic commerce and computer security.

Jabil provides comprehensive electronics design and manufacturing product management services to global electronics and technology companies. Offering complete product supply chain management from facilities in 28 countries, Jabil provides comprehensive, individualized-focused solutions to customers in a broad range of industries. Jabil common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, "JBL". Further information is available on Jabil's website: www.jabil.com .