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How to Effectively Handle the Digital Transformation Journey | Sean Parham, Corporate VP of Product Management, ABB Ability

IoT For All Podcast · 19 Jun 2019 · 55m

What this episode covers

Sean Parham, Corporate VP of Product Management at ABB Ability, discusses the strategic shifts required for industrial digital transformation, emphasizing that success depends on solving customer problems rather than just deploying technology. He illustrates this with a case study of Ho Chi Minh City’s water infrastructure, where ABB helped reduce water loss from 30% to 10% through sensors, cloud analytics, and automated control systems. Parham also advises organizations to avoid analysis paralysis by starting with low-risk, high-value pilot projects that can scale into broader solutions.

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Microsoft, AT&T, British Telecom, Salesforce, Oracle
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ABB Ability

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