Designed for decision-makers either starting their connectivity journey or scaling an existing solution, this business-driven discussion bridges the gap between strategy and technology. By hearing the real-world experiences from leaders at Swegon and PLAATO, you’ll walk away with the practical insights needed to avoid common pitfalls and scale your connected products with confidence.
Every connectivity journey is unique, yet many of the challenges remain the same. To help you navigate this complex landscape, we present two different companies and IoT Complete customers—Swegon and PLAATO—who have gained valuable insights through their own successful connectivity journeys. We will discuss their experiences to help you think about the right questions early on and get your solution to market faster.
This webinar is designed specifically for decision-makers working with connected products, whether you are in the early phases of development or scaling an existing solution.
On the Agenda
Defining the Value: A look at the business case—from efficiency gains to new business models like predictive maintenance.
The Core Decisions: Navigating the “Build vs. Buy” dilemma, ensuring data security, and knowing when to leverage external expertise.
Getting Started & Scaling: How to structure a pilot project, avoid common early-stage mistakes, and the lessons our speakers wish they had known earlier.
Open Q&A: An opportunity to ask our panelists about your specific connectivity challenges.
John Wibrand is a forward-thinking leader in IoT, digitalization, and AI, with a particular focus on sustainable business models for real estate and PropTech. As the HVAC Digital Director at Swegon Group, John drives the development and operation of digital services for connected HVAC products. His mission is to ensure these systems are not only safe and user-friendly but also empower users to unlock the full potential of the data they generate.
With over five years at Swegon Group, John is a strong advocate for lean and agile principles, emphasizing the importance of the go-to Gemba approach—testing solutions in real-world environments as early as possible. He believes in putting real users at the center of the innovation process, allowing them to determine what works and what doesn’t, ensuring that solutions deliver genuine value.
John’s expertise lies in redefining value propositions as businesses transition from physical products to software solutions, helping organizations navigate this shift effectively while maintaining a focus on sustainability and operational efficiency. Based in Jönköping, Sweden, John combines technical expertise with a passion for driving meaningful change in the built environment.
Magnus Valmot is the CEO of PLAATO Technologies, a Norwegian Industrial AI and IoT company helping beverage manufacturers unlock actionable manufacturing insights.
An engineer by training, he brings leadership experience from the armed forces alongside a background in management consulting and multiple global technology scale-ups. Throughout his career, a consistent theme has been how data enables faster and better decision-making – and through PLAATO, in combination with Telenor IoT, he is now delivering a new level of insight into beverage manufacturing operations.
With 20 years of experience in connected projects Rikard Florin, Sales Specialist Telenor IoT Complete, will lead this webinar to give you valuable insights in how to scale your IoT project, but also how to avoid unnecessary mistakes.
