Saverio Romeo has more than 20 years career in emerging digital technologies and their impact on public and private organizations. He has done that as a technology consultant, as an innovation policy analyst, and covering advising roles for several start-ups. The core area of Saverio’s work is the convergence of emerging digital technologies such as the IoT, AI, immersive realities, and blockchain for digital transformation in public and private organizations.

He has run projects with different organizations such as Xsure (blockchain and identity), STL Partners (eUICC, IoT ecosystem, smart city), Augmented Reality Enterprise Alliance (convergence IoT-AR, 5G and AR), IntentHQ (IoT connectivity), WoW (wearable devices and enterprises), Technopolis Group (smart city, assisted living solutions), VAA (Industry 4.0), Club Demeter (5G in agriculture), IoT Analytics (IoT platforms, 5G, smart city, IoT security, blockchain and security) and IoTNow (LPWAN, 5G, IoT security). Currently, he is also Lead Expert at the Derry & Strabane Council on skills and emerging digital technologies. Finally, he runs academic research (Industrial Internet, entrepreneurship in quantum technology) and deliver module for undergraduates and postgraduates’ students at Birkbeck on emerging digital technologies and digital transformation.

Previously at Beecham Research, Saverio, as Chief Research Officer, run technology market research and consultancy in the areas of M2M, Internet of Things, and cybersecurity. Previously, Saverio worked as an M2M/mobile communications analyst at Frost & Sullivan, telecommunications and innovation policy analyst at Technopolis Group and European Commission and as a software developer at DS Group.