About Us

Leif has four decades of thought leadership experience at the intersection of digital technology and industrial operations. He spent the first 15 years of his career using data and digital technology to improve industrial ops and is widely regarded as a leading analyst in the area of using digital technology in operations. Leif has worked for some of the top technology companies in the industrial world (AVEVA/Schneider Electric, GE Digital, Zebra Technologies) and he has successfully defined industrial software markets (EMI, APM, DDO). Leif founded IDH on the insights acquired through hundreds of engagements with industrial technology buyers over his career. 

Jack is a proven leader with four decades of success in industrial software sales. As SVP, Sales and Partners, Americas at Aspen Technology, Jack grew the business from $18M/yr to $350M/yr. He also served as VP, Sales at AVEVA and closed a $12M deal with a large Food & Beverage company. He has played an instrumental sales role in four AI startups as well as three early-stage businesses.

Mark is an experienced cloud product and engineering leader. He most recently served as VP of Product at OBMedia where he recruited personnel, developed processes, and enabled rapid growth across product management, engineering, QA automation, devops, and IT. During Mark’s time at OBMedia, the company experienced revenue growth of 600%. He also worked as Industry Solutions Director, Value Engineering for GE Digital and led product management at Digital Guardian during 500% revenue growth. Following his Finance MBA (MIT Sloan), Mark worked as a management consultant.

Jon spent two decades at OSIsoft/Aveva where he was responsible for creating, delivering, supporting, and growing the PI System. Jon is the Co-founder of Seeq where he held key roles in defining the company’s product and developing the business. He has advised several startups in industrial data and IoT software and is a recognized industry expert on cloud computing, ML/AI, databases, and scaling.

Alon has an extensive background in telecommunications and technology research and consulting. Throughout his career, he has authored numerous market research reports and thought leadership pieces on an array of sectors including cybersecurity, telco customer experience, data communications, fixed and nomadic wireless, internet services, the internet of things (IoT), and managed services. Alon has leveraged his expertise to help consultancies, financial firms, and global research houses.