Who’s Who in Industry 4.0? Top 50 Influencers to Follow

Whenever we talk about Industry 4.0 – we all need to talking about the same thing. Industry 4.0 is the moniker given to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And as its name implies, it is a revolution or fundamental shift in the way the entire industry operates, and the way people work – resulting in a complete change in society.

This term was most famously introduced in 2011 at Hannover Fair as part of the German High-Tech Strategy, and since then it has taken hold all across the world. However, there is no universally accepted or agreed upon definition, as it has taken on different meanings to different countries, agencies, academic groups, associations, and even companies. In fact, we can’t even all agree on what technologies are included as part of Industry 4.0. This means it is up to every company to come up with their own definition and strategy to figure out how to take advantage of all the new transformative technologies collectively to thrive in this transformative time we are living in right now.

That being said, here is a simple way to describe the concept: Industry 3.0 is about Automation – the reduction of human intervention in processes. Industry 4.0 is about cognition, or the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding. These two are separated by the ability to properly capture and harness the power of data. Digital Transformation can be thought of as the journey and strategy to get to vision of Industry 4.0.

Regardless of your definition, Industry 4.0 is a complex and multifaced concept, which makes it difficult for a lot of people to fully understand or appreciate. Not only does it involve technical complexity by spanning such a wide range of advanced technologies, but it also includes a rapidly evolving landscape and requires a unique ability to navigate the difference between ambiguity and hype.

This list highlights the Top 50 thought leaders and influencers who drove the most engagement on the topic of Industry 4.0 over a six month period across LinkedIn & Twitter. They are helping to define, elucidate, advance, and educate the industry around making Industry 4.0 a reality. These people not only have deep domain expertise, but also have a visionary outlook, collaborative mindset, and incredible communication skills to simplify complex topics.

Introduction provided by Jeff Winter, Industry Executive, Manufacturing at Microsoft

Who’s Who in Industry 4.0?

1 Jeff Winter

Jeff Winter Industry Executive, Manufacturing Microsoft Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 113,011 Average Engagement: 597.9

2 Jake Hall

Jake Hall Keynote Speaker & Content Creator The Manufacturing Millennial Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 11,001 Average Engagement: 423.1

3 Michal Ukropec

Michal Ukropec CEO twinzo Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 12,945 Average Engagement: 258.9

4 Giuliano Liguori

Giuliano Liguori CEO & Co-Founder Kenovy Personas: Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 14,648 Average Engagement: 136.9   Total Engagement: 2,466 Average Engagement: 32.4

5 Antonio Grasso

Antonio Grasso Founder & CEO Digital Business Innovation Srl Personas: Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 2,138 Average Engagement: 66.8   Total Engagement: 4,884 Average Engagement: 143.6

6 Rob Tiffany

Rob Tiffany Principal Digital Insights Personas: Content Creator, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 5,022 Average Engagement: 65.2   Total Engagement: 15,073 Average Engagement: 1.3

7 Ronald van Loon

Ronald van Loon Principal Analyst & CEO Intelligent World Personas: Analyst, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 1,990 Average Engagement: 99.5   Total Engagement: 4,295 Average Engagement: 19.4

8 Luke Smaul

Luke Smaul Principal Partner Momenta Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,601 Average Engagement: 100.1

9 Chris Luecke

Chris Luecke Regional SaaS Sales & Marketing Leader Fiix Software Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 915 Average Engagement: 101.7

10 Ira Sharp Jr

Ira Sharp Jr Director of Product Marketing, Automation Phoenix Contact USA Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 3,107 Average Engagement: 77.7

11 Cristina Savian

Cristina Savian CEO & Founder BE-WISE Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 4,846 Average Engagement: 59.1   Total Engagement: 32 Average Engagement: 1.3

12 Jane Arnold

Jane Arnold Venture Partner Momenta Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 740 Average Engagement: 92.5

13 Joachim Hensch

Joachim Hensch CEO & Mentor Joachim Hensch Consulting Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 4,031 Average Engagement: 56.8

14 Walker Reynolds

Walker Reynolds Chairman Intellic Integration Personas: Content Creator, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,685 Average Engagement: 73.3

15 Kudzai Manditereza

Kudzai Manditereza Developer Advocate HiveMQ Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 3,932 Average Engagement: 48.5   Total Engagement: 6 Average Engagement: 3

16 Jameel Istaitih

Jameel Istaitih Network Expert, Advanced Manufacturing & Production World Economic Forum Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 2,928 Average Engagement: 58.6

17 Carl B. March

Carl B. March Manufacturing Transformation Leader EY Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,377 Average Engagement: 69.4

18 Franklin Kurniawan

Franklin Kurniawan CEO & Co-Founder Opex Consulting Group Personas: Social Amplifier, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 4,846 Average Engagement: 36.4

19 Andrew Crowe

Andrew Crowe Public Speaker American Manufacturing Renaissance Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 576 Average Engagement: 64

20 Filip Popov-Plavšić

Filip Popov-Plavšić Digital Expert Wizata Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 2,855 Average Engagement: 42.6

21 Mike Nager

Mike Nager Business Development Festo Didactic - North America Personas: Author, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,677 Average Engagement: 46.6   Total Engagement: 13 Average Engagement: 0.1

22 Evelyn Ngatia

Evelyn Ngatia Founder TechaWatt Ltd Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 1,102 Average Engagement: 47.9   Total Engagement: 12 Average Engagement: 3

23 Sandeep Sreekumar

Sandeep Sreekumar COO IndustryApps Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,549 Average Engagement: 44.3

24 Stephan Biller

Stephan Biller Amrine Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering & Mitchell E. Daniels School of Business Purdue University Personas: Academic & Researcher

Total Engagement: 275 Average Engagement: 55

25 Rich Rogers

Rich Rogers CEO Xemelgo Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 3,842 Average Engagement: 21.7   Total Engagement: 2 Average Engagement: 0.4

26 Rick Bullotta

Rick Bullotta Advisor, Investor & Mentor   Personas: Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 797 Average Engagement: 49.8

27 John Dyck

John Dyck CEO CESMII Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 420 Average Engagement: 52.5

28 Simon Jacobson

Simon Jacobson Key Initiative Leader, Manufacturing Operations Gartner Personas: Analyst

Total Engagement: 303 Average Engagement: 50.5

29 Thorsten Wuest

Thorsten Wuest Associate Professor West Virginia Universty Personas: Academic & Researcher

Total Engagement: 1,095 Average Engagement: 35.3   Total Engagement: 7 Average Engagement: 1.8

30 Timo Tuukkanen

Timo Tuukkanen Director, Strategic Partnerships Bentley Systems Personas: Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 1,677 Average Engagement: 29.9   Total Engagement: 83 Average Engagement: 0.7

31 Néstor Fabián Ayala

Néstor Fabián Ayala Senior Expert Consultant, Digital Transformation UNIDO Personas: Academic & Researcher

Total Engagement: 387 Average Engagement: 43

32 Andrew Sparrow

Andrew Sparrow WW Vice President: Software & Services XD Innovation Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 1,971 Average Engagement: 26.6

33 Emilio Angles Isern

Emilio Angles Isern Industry 4.0 Development Lead Kellogg Company Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 881 Average Engagement: 36.7

34 Carolina Rudinshi

Carolina Rudinshi Co-Founder IIoT World Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 737 Average Engagement: 21.7   Total Engagement: 1,370 Average Engagement: 3.4

35 Conrad Leiva

Conrad Leiva VP, Ecosystem & Workforce Education CESMII Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 313 Average Engagement: 39.1

36 Sebastián Trolli

Sebastián Trolli Sr Industry Analyst, Industrial Technologies - Research & Consulting Frost & Sullivan Personas: Analyst

Total Engagement: 1,111 Average Engagement: 31.7

37 Ryan Treece

Ryan Treece Business Development Manager, IIoT Telit Personas: Content Creator, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,033 Average Engagement: 31.3

38 Henrik von Scheel

Henrik von Scheel Speaker, Futurist & Strategist Industry 4.0 Originator Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 173 Average Engagement: 86.5

39 Lucy Ashton

Lucy Ashton Director MX.0 Events Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 180 Average Engagement: 36

40 Lucian Fogoros

Lucian Fogoros Co-Founder IIoT World Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 179 Average Engagement: 11.9   Total Engagement: 1,900 Average Engagement: 4.6

41 Jonathan Weiss

Jonathan Weiss Global GTM Leader, Industrial Manufacturing AWS Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 670 Average Engagement: 27.9

42 Leonard Lee

Leonard Lee Executive Analyst & Founder neXt Curve Personas: Analyst, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 873 Average Engagement: 24.3   Total Engagement: 9 Average Engagement: 1.5

43 Knud Lasse Lueth

Knud Lasse Lueth CEO & Founder IoT Analytics Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 386 Average Engagement: 29.7

44 Mouni Mohamed Taher

Mouni Mohamed Taher Founder Beyond 4.0 Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 484 Average Engagement: 25.5

45 Pareekh Jain

Pareekh Jain CEO EIIRTrend Pareekh Consulting Personas: Analyst, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 688 Average Engagement: 22.9

46 Fabio De Pasquale

Fabio De Pasquale Group Manager, Global Digital Advisory - Industry X Avanade Personas: Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 382 Average Engagement: 25.5

47 Michael Lemm

Michael Lemm Owner FreedomFire Communications Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 232 Average Engagement: 10.5   Total Engagement: 703 Average Engagement: 9.6

48 Dr. Johannes Vrana

Dr. Johannes Vrana CEO Vrana GmbH Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 350 Average Engagement: 25

49 Paul Miller

Paul Miller Vice President & Principal Analyst Forrester Personas: Analyst

Total Engagement: 180 Average Engagement: 22.5

50 Dean Bartles

Dean Bartles President & CEO MTDG Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 581 Average Engagement: 17.6   Total Engagement: 7 Average Engagement: 0.6

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