As Research Director of the Internet of Things practice for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Christian Renaud covers the ongoing virtualization and digitization of the physical world around us. For 25 years prior to joining 451 Research, Christian built nationwide networks at large and small enterprises, worked with Fortune 50 companies in the systems integrator channel, built products at Cisco Systems and ran the company's New Markets and Technologies team. He has been the CEO of multiple startups, worked in venture and angel capital, and has served as an advisor to G20 and European Commission projects. Christian is a frequent speaker on emerging technology, entrepreneurship and future trends. He can be found on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xianrenaud