Peggy Smedley Show

Even though many of us can’t be with our families, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders, there is still a lot to be thankful for. Peggy shares insight from executives about how to be …

Peggy and David Ihrie, Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), talk about first responders and technology. They converse about the biggest technical change in the past few decades—having access to in…

Peggy and Jim Frazer, vice president, infrastructure and smart cities, ARC Advisory, speak about the foundational issue in the smart city world and Smart City 3.0.

They also discuss:

• The need to emb…

Peggy gives an example of a big prediction that didn’t pan out in the IoT (Internet of Things) space. She says we need to hold the analysts’ feet to the fire because when they are wrong, companies ca…

Peggy and Yanick Pouffary, chief technologist for IoT and edge services, HPE Pointnext Services, talk about the challenges facing today’s companies, discussing this new world that is putting employee…

Peggy and Bryan Selzer, CEO and founder, LEFTA Systems, talk about how data used to be collected in law enforcement and how it is improving this system. He says whether you have software or paper, yo…

Peggy looks to the future and into our factories. She shares what Industry 4.0 is, the biggest trends in manufacturing today, and what is spurring the next great revolution in this industry in the fu…

Peggy and Neal Meldrum, global business strategy manager in the manufacturing and resources group, Microsoft, talk about the need for a strong supply chain in manufacturing. They discuss how manufact…

Peggy and Olof Liberg, 5G standardization program manager at the department of standards and technologies, Ericsson Sweden, talk about what triggered him and his coauthors to write first and second e…

Peggy gives her thoughts on the impact COVID-19 has—and will continue to have—on the supply chain and manufacturing. She gives an example of how some funding is going to be used to spur U.S. manufact…

The distracted driving numbers continue to rise. Peggy and Phil Renaud, executive director, The Risk Institute and Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, senior research associate, Dept. Of Psychology, Ohio State…

Peggy and David Strayer, University of Utah, discuss how people come into driving with a false premise that they are good multitaskers. They discuss why we are conditioned to answer our phone when it…

Peggy and Simon Leech, senior advisor, security and risk management, HPE Pointnext Services, talk about cloud growth rates and reaching a plateau, the cloud experience, and security concerns and othe…

Peggy and Lisa Robinson, senior program manager, Employer Traffic Safety Programs, National Safety Council, talk about the hard numbers related to distracted driving—and how there was some decline in…

Peggy and Daniel Ernst, distinguished technologist, high-performance computing & AI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, talk about the future of computing—exascale. He says one of the core pieces of exascal…

Peggy and Amy Marks, head of industrialized construction strategy and evangelism, Autodesk, talk about industrialized construction and prefab. Marks says while most of the prefab has been behind the …

Peggy talks about what is on the horizon for smart infrastructure. She explains the history of our highway system and how outdated our infrastructure systems are and the condition they are in.

She al…

“Whatever you wish to do in life, education is key.” Peggy and R. Sreenivasan, chief customer officer, Career Launcher, talk about education today and elearning. He shares his story and what led him …

Peggy and Ken Mendelson, senior managing director, Guidepost Solutions, talk about the security risks with the IoT (Internet of Things).

They also discuss:

• Two main types of security risks and examp…

Peggy shares research that is being done at University Transportation Centers, with the objective of advancing exploration and education programs.

She also discusses:

• How one UTC is addressing key d…