10 IoT consultants
Europe is home base for every IoT consultant in this group, from the Netherlands and Germany to Greece, Finland, Sweden and Romania, and several pair consulting with a narrow technical specialty: vehicle-to-everything, smart home standards, IT and OT network convergence in factories, Bluetooth and embedded firmware, or Industry 4.0. That spread suits a company scoping a first connected product, choosing a connectivity standard or planning an industrial rollout.
Professionals to explore
Ben Ward
LinkedInExperience: Director and Principal Consultant · Love Hz
Ben Ward has been Director and Principal Consultant at Love Hz since 2013 and a Network Architect (IT OT Convergence) at JLR since 2022, serving as Design Authority on Jaguar Land Rover's Industrial Operations Network across six production sites. Ward helps manufacturers converge IT and OT networks for private 5G, industrial IoT and factory automation, and was CEO of Flood Network (2015 to 2023).
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Chandra Vanipenta
LinkedInExperience: Founder · CaVision Consulting Oy
Embedded systems, IoT, Bluetooth/BLE and edge AI are the consulting areas of CaVision Consulting Oy, which Chandra Vanipenta founded in 2024 to help companies build connected, AI-ready products, citing 20+ years of hands-on experience and support for clients on complex firmware challenges. Vanipenta was Principal Engineer at Casambi Technologies (2020 to 2024) and Senior Software Designer at Etteplan (2018 to 2020).
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David Wiegmann
LinkedInExperience: Chief Vehicle-to-Everything Consultant Founder · V2X Wiegmann Consulting
Connected vehicles are the specialty of David Wiegmann, Chief Vehicle-to-Everything Consultant and Founder of V2X Wiegmann Consulting since 2012. Wiegmann describes R&D engineering and consulting for smart cities, telecommunications and the internet of the future, integrating 5G, mobile and IoT technology, the clearest fit here for vehicle and smart city connectivity questions.
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Dominikus Hierl
LinkedInExperience: Founder · IoT-Wise
Selling into or partnering in the IoT and embedded wireless ecosystem is the fit for Dominikus Hierl, who founded IoT-Wise in 2016, an executive advisory supporting technology companies on commercial strategy, business development and partnerships across the IoT, connectivity and embedded wireless ecosystem. Hierl was VP Sales EMEA (2016 to 2020) and SVP Sales EMEA (2020 to 2025) at Quectel, and SVP Sales EMEA Telit Cinterion (2025) and SVP Sales EMEA APAC (2025 to 2026) at Telit Cinterion.
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Dr. Gerd Wolfram
LinkedInExperience: CEO and Owner · IoT Innovation & Consult
Over 25 years in international IT and innovation in retail is the background Dr. Gerd Wolfram reports, as CEO and Owner of IoT Innovation & Consult since 2016 and a Partner at Digital Connection since 2017. Wolfram was Senior Vice President Systems and Solutions at SMARTRAC TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GmbH in 2016 and Head of Innovation and Partner Management at METRO AG (2014 to 2015), and has chaired standardization committees.
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Henk Veldhuis
LinkedInExperience: IoT Standardization & Smart Home Consultant · Kalytech Consulting
Smart home connectivity standards are the best subject for Henk Veldhuis, an IoT Standardization & Smart Home Consultant at Kalytech Consulting since 2025 and Founder & Managing Director of IoT InSight BV since 2020, who also holds an EVP Smart Home & IoT title at Huawei Consumer Business Group. Veldhuis describes work on short range wireless IoT standards and Thread business development in Europe.
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Ionut Avram
LinkedInExperience: Digital Transformation Consultant and Founder · Axisense
Ionut Avram has been Digital Transformation Consultant and Founder of Axisense since 2020, describing the work as an IIoT and Industry 4.0 consultant, and has been an MES Consultant at Cognizant Life Sciences Manufacturing since 2021. Avram suits questions on linking shop-floor IoT data with MES in a plant.
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Michael Palikaras
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Lead Consultant IoT & Digital Transformation · MP Consulting Ltd
Telematics product questions suit Michael Palikaras, who founded MP Consulting Ltd in 2013 as Lead Consultant IoT & Digital Transformation, advising on product strategy, solution design and execution readiness for technology initiatives and early-stage ventures. Palikaras was also IoT Product Manager & Business Development at WIND Hellas (2021 to 2023), Product Specialist at Fleet Complete and Product Manager at G4S Telematix.
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Robert Heerekop
LinkedInExperience: Internet Of Things Consultant · IOTC360
Robert Heerekop has been an Internet Of Things Consultant at IOTC360 since 2016 and describes the work as IoT podcaster, author, proof-of-concept creator and business case builder. Heerekop was a Consultant at KOP&GO (2008 to 2016) and held business development and product marketing roles at Siemens Nederland and Siemens, including industrial communication, a fit for IoT business case questions.
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Ulf Lövgren
LinkedInExperience: Solution Architect IoT (Consultant) · Tele2 IoT
Since 2009, Ulf Lövgren has been Founder & Senior Telecommunications Consultant at Leaf Consulting AB, and was a consultant at Tele2 IoT as Solution Architect IoT (2024 to 2025) and Technical Product Manager (2022 to 2023). Lövgren also held product manager and product owner consulting roles at Tele2 and describes work with IoT suppliers and service providers, a fit for questions on telecom IoT products and connectivity.
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Choose the right perspective
For a first connected product's business case or proof of concept, Robert Heerekop and Michael Palikaras describe that work; Chandra Vanipenta fits firmware and Bluetooth design. Factory and industrial projects suit Ben Ward and Ionut Avram, smart home standards Henk Veldhuis, connected vehicles David Wiegmann, retail IoT Dr. Gerd Wolfram, and partnerships or sales into the IoT connectivity and embedded wireless market Dominikus Hierl or Ulf Lövgren.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you build the business case for a first connected product before committing to hardware and connectivity costs?
- 02How should we choose between cellular, Bluetooth, Thread and other connectivity options for our device?
- 03What should a pilot of an industrial IoT system prove before it is rolled out across all of our sites?
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