Biography:

As Senior Vice President of Product Development for Xfinity Home and Internet of Things (IoT) for Comcast Cable, Sridhar Solur leads the strategic development of products for the Xfinity Home business, from concept to creation. This includes devices and services in the IoT, home automation, and home security categories.

With more than 20 years of experience in corporate venturing, strategy, and product development, Solur is an intrapreneur, technologist, and business leader specializing in IoT and mobile. He joined Comcast from Hewlett Packard (HP), where he was the founder and general manager of the company’s wearables and IoT business, as well as the founder and World Wide director of HP’s cloud and mobile printing business, known as HP ePrint.

Over the years, Solur established several patents on media delivery, location based services, and cloud connected objects. In addition, he is on the advisory board of several startups and a mentor to 500 Startups, Alchemist Enterprise accelerator, and RIVER- Virtual Reality Incubator.

Solur holds a Master of Business Administration from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India.

Wednesday 13^th 9.30 – 9.45