Learning to Speak Machine, Caroline Gorski (Wuthering Bytes 2017)
Channel: AB Open
Date: 15/06/2018

In the next ten years interconnected devices will play an ever-increasingly intimate role in our lives. How will we respond to ever-present, ever-listening, ever-communicating technology – and how will the future of communications technology change the way we think about ourselves, our interactions and our ability to be heard.

— Caroline Gorski is a commercial technologist, strategist and story-teller. She is currently the Head of Internet of Things at the Digital Catapult.

The Digital Catapult works to accelerate UK competitiveness in the digital economy. As Head of Internet of Things (IoT) Caroline and her team develop and drive innovation in the IoT. She is responsible for overseeing the IoTUK programme and seeks to advance the UK’s global leadership in IoT and increase the adoption of high quality IoT technologies.

Previously, Caroline was Head of Business Development - Internet of Things for Telefonica UK and Managing Partner for Telefonica UK’s Retail and Leisure practice, delivering transformational mobility and customer engagement technologies into businesses like Argos, JLP, McDonalds and Whitbread. She has worked as a Strategy Consultant with clients in the Leisure, Financial Services, Media and FMCG sectors, helping them to develop products and strategies that embrace digital possibilities in new and existing markets. She began her career in technology consulting at Forrester Research, working with Global 2500 clients to help them to use technology to transform their businesses.

She has an MA in Modern History and English Literature from the University of Oxford, which is a peculiar qualification for a career in technology. But it does help with the story-telling.