#1 Ivo Rook, Sprint
The Machine Whisperer ----- To kick off the series, we speak to Ivo Rook, Senior Vice President of IoT at Sprint. To his kids, he’s known as ’The Machine Whisperer.’ To Sprint, he’s known as the man responsible for delivering technologies that ‘change the way people live, the way businesses operate, and the way society evolves.’ Behdad Banian talks to him about monetizing and scaling IoT business, and how Sprint managed to launch a new IoT network from idea to nationwide launch in just eight months.