Steve Statler is a writer, public speaker, and consultant working in the beacon ecosystem. He trains and advises retailers, venue owners, VCs, as well as makers of beacon software and hardware, and is a thought leader in the beacosystem community. Previously he was the Senior Director for Strategy and Solutions Management at Qualcomm's Retail Solutions Division, helping to incubate Gimbal, one of the leading Bluetooth beacons in the market. He is also the CEO of Cause Based Solutions, creators of Give the Change, democratizing philanthropy, enabling non-profit supporters to donate the change from charity branded debit cards, and developer of The Good Traveler program. Stephen was born in the US, grew up in England and now lives with his wife, two sons and a dog of uncertain origin in San Diego, California.
Steve Statler, the author of Beacon Technology: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Beacosystem, reveals the dynamics of a technology that is changing: shopping, sports, entertainment, flying, manufacturing and healthcare.
How disruptive new technologies are enabling the use of web and cloud services to be applied to the physical world.
What happens when the analytics that power Amazon, Google and Facebook are applied to the rest of our lives when we are not at the computer?