Ville Mickelsson

Webit Speaker, Chief Executive Officer of Cyberlightning

A veteran innovator of the Internet of Things, Ville Mickelsson is now leading his second start-up in this emerging IT business segment. As the CEO of Cyberlightning Ltd., Ville champions a platform that combines the 3D Internet, real world visualization and big data analytics to drive breakthrough applications for managing the Industrial IoT.  Prior to Cyberlightning, Ville was CEO of Sensinode Ltd., an IoT software leader acquired by ARM in 2013, and served on the board of the IPSO (Internet Protocol for Smart Objects) Alliance. 

Ville’s background beyond the IoT includes web-based advertising and mobile commerce, with previous advisor, director and manager positions with TeliaSonera, Starcut and Technopolis Ventures. He currently serves as board chairman for Augumenta Ltd., a pioneering developer of gesture and virtual surface navigation for augmented reality applications.

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