Jeff Winter is an Industry 4.0 thought leader with Hitachi Solutions where he leads the North American industry strategy for manufacturing.

With over 17 years of experience working for different industrial automation and technology product and solution providers, he has the ability to simplify and communicate complex concepts to a wide range of audiences, educating people from the shop floor up to the executive board room.

Winter is very active in the Industry 4.0 community; he is part of the International Board of Directors for MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) and is on the Smart Manufacturing Advisory Board for Purdue University, among others. Within the past 12 months alone he has received 13 industry awards for being a top thought leader in Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, IoT and AI.