About Me
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Radio host, author, editorial director, and president of Specialty Publishing Media, I provide a panorama of the disruption and digital rejuvenation that is required to achieve sustainability and circularity. My role is to help guide transformative shifts in designing and building the right solutions from conception, and that means leveraging the IoT and digital transformation for the innovation of products and ecosystems.
I deliver content building, storytelling, and support, to help thousands of customers aggregate, process, and make key decisions about data so they can navigate the IoT and digital transformation journey. Therefore, it’s my passion to do whatever I can to adhere to my motto, “with great technology, comes great responsibility.”
I have been fortunate to have clocked in more than 25 years of experience to be considered a futurist/specialist in IoT, AI, construction, sustainability, infrastructure, and digital transformation.
Coupled with a highly qualified and supportive team, I have a long history of covering manufacturing and construction, infrastructure, and an even stronger passion to empower a younger workforce and women to join STEM, IoT, and digital innovation.
Completing my latest book, “Sustainable in a Circular World,” affords me the greatest opportunity to help move the world from grey to green by shining light on future generations and inspiring innovation. I have had the honor of collaborating on eight books and authoring my first book “Mending Manufacturing” in 2014. As an award-winning journalist, one of the most laudable is the 2019 ASCE Excellence in Journalism Award.
Much of my success is a result of The Peggy Smedley Show surpassing more than 700 episodes, and it continues to be ranked the No. 1 broadcast, airing every Tuesday at 12 pm central.
Some of the more recent accolades:
- The 5 Best Internet of Things Podcasts You Should Listen To
- 14 IoT influencers to Follow in 2021
- 20 IoT Twitter Influencers to Follow in 2020
- Top Influencers for 2020
I have also been recognized by the following organizations, as an industry expert.
- 14 IoT Twitter Influencers to Follow in 2021, January 2021, insight.tech
- (#7 out of) 100 Top IIoT Influencers, May 2020, Onalytica
- 5G: Top 100 Influencers, May 2020, Onalytica
- 100 Women B2B Thought Leaders You Should Follow in 2020, March 2020, Thinkers360
- Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on HealthTech, March 2020, Thinkers360.com
- The 5 Best Internet of Things Podcasts You Should Listen To, January 2020, Solutions Review
- Top Influencers for 2019, December 2019, Appy Pie
- 20 Thought Leaders to Follow in IoT, September. 2019, SKYHOOK
- Top 9 Enterprise IoT Podcasts, Davra.com
- Top IoT Influencers to Follow in 2019, June 2019, MarkTechPost
- 20 IoT Influencers on Twitter, December. 2019, insight.tech
- 5G: Top 100 Influencers, May 2019, Onalytica
- Excellence in Journalism Award 2019, March 2019, ASCE
- Biggest Influencers in IT-Consulting, March 2019, QEMPLOY
- Best IoT Podcasts of 2019, March 2019, IoT For All
- Top Influencers for 2018, January 2019, Appy Pie
- 13 IoT Influencers on Twitter, May 2018, insight.tech
- Top Construction Technology YouTube Channels to Follow, December 2018
- Top IoT Influencer to Follow, November 2018, R-Style Lab
- (#1 out of) Top 100 IoT Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2018, October 2018, Feedspot
- Featured as Industry Expert, October 2018, Topcon’s Documentary Series
- Top Picks: IoT Podcast, August 2018, Momenta
- Top IoT Influencers to Follow, July 2018, IoT for All
- 18 Marketing Experts Using Data Responsibility to Enhance the Customer Experience, July 2018, IoT For All
- 21 Women Making an Impact in Industrial IoT, March 2018, Temboo
- 6 Best IoT Podcasts, January 2018, Sure Universal
I serve on the Boards of Advisors as a Member for both RevTwo and New Urbana and has previously served on IFTNEXT (Institute of Food Technology) Think Tank and IoT Council in Chicago.
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