Geof Heydon

Principal Consultant,
IoT Alliance Australia

As a consultant with Creator Tech, Geof Heydon co-founded the IoT Alliance Australia — IoTAA in 2015 and today is their principal consultant and Chair of the Platforms and Interoperability Workstream.  Geof is currently working in smart city initiatives and developing digital strategy, data sharing policy and risk analysis for local governments.

He also chairs the Australian Computer Society’s (ACS’s) Data Sharing Technical Committee and sits on the ACS Technical Board, and he chairs the Standards Australia JTC1 IoT working group mirror committee. He has extensive practical executive management, innovation and consulting experience in telecommunications, science and the emerging digital economy, smart cities and the Internet of Things. Also, experience driving and transitioning science and ideas through innovation into the market.