Paul Cobben

Speaker Bio

Paul is Portfolio Lead for 5G Campus at KPN. His specialty is cross industries (trans sector) innovation with focus on Health, Manufacturing and Logistics sector. He has extensive knowledge of Smart Industry / Industry 4.0. Paul has a broad expertise in the ICT domain and is very familiar with important technology drivers behind Industry 4.0 like Private 5G, Indoor Localization, On-premise Edge computing and local AI applications. He is a strong believer in creating an interrogable infrastructure that allows employees to just ask questions in natural language to complex environments, systems and infrastructure, without a need for additional ICT skills.

Paul is responsible for KPN’s 5G Campus portfolio, consisting of 4G/5G private networks for voice and data applications, precise indoor localization, on-premise edge services and local AI applications.

He holds a MBA from Nijmegen University with a focus on organizational diagnostics, -design and –change. Also he holds a professional Master Degree from TU Delft regarding IT Management.

Paul is actively involved in the Industry 4.0 community and is a regular speaker at KPN events and external events.