Reply To: Introduce Yourself

[Rick Garner]

• Who are you? Rick Garner, strategist at Razor Limited and Microsoft MVP award holder. I have a background is data management and application development but now I’m working with our clients on their digital roadmaps, data consolidation and innovation adoption.
• What is your industry and profession? Razor are a software innovation company with strong skills in data processing, warehousing, analytics and cloud application development. Our main client focus is in industrial IoT, rail, utilities and logistics, but we are adept at solving all kinds of problems our clients bring to us. We are based in Sheffield in the UK where have strong links with the University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, and we are a Microsoft Gold Partner.
• Where do you plan to use your new Digital Twin Knowledge? Personally/professionally? Professionally – I lead the IoT strategy at Razor which includes our approach on Digital Twins.
• Why have you decided to join the DTHub?  I want to get a wide view of the DT ecosystem and see how companies are using the technology as part of their Digital Transformation. I also want to meet potential partners and clients with interesting problems for our talented engineers to work on.
• Have you participated in any of our meetups, or events? Yes
• Do you have any examples of work that you have done using Digital Twins?  We have built a reference implementation alongside an industrial performance management system for a client as a proof-of-concept