The Data Diva E115 - Bill Pugh and Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Bill Pugh, Smart Connections Consulting LLC, Strategy & Technology advisory in digital transformation in IoT, Smart City, Smart Grid, and digital twin technology. We discuss the Internet of Things (IoT), Data Privacy issues, and how digital transformation can help businesses. Pugh stresses the importance of understanding how technology works and how it can be used to benefit businesses. He also talks about his experience with digital transformation and how it has helped him in his work. The conversation discusses the importance of cybersecurity and how it is often misunderstood. We discuss how everyone has a role in cybersecurity, and is a community effort. We also discuss the importance of continued learning in the field. Bill Pugh describes how he got into the Smart City space after working in the wireless and Smart Grid industries. He explains how he saw a gap in the market for city solutions being inundated by device manufacturers. We discuss his straightforward approach to explanations about Cybersecurity and IoT, his approach to solving business problems, his start in engineering, cybersecurity, and IoT, explaining a digital twin in IoT, IoT, and Smart Cities, fusion in Smart Cities, and civil technologies, the disconnect between IoT and IT, the lack of focus on the risk of data retention, privacy and IoT, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future. Support the show