Edge Computing World brings together a leadership team with experience from the venture, accelerator, analyst, media and events spaces ideally placed to provide a platform to accelerate the Edge market
Our Team
Gavin Whitechurch
Gavin Whitechurch, Founder, Head of Events and Lead Analyst for Edge Computing, Edge Computing World Publisher, Topio Networks
Gavin Whitechurch is a technology analyst, media executive & entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, California. He is the COO and Co-Founder of Topio Networks and serves as Topio’s Principal Edge Analyst .
Prior to Topio he was EVP at informa plc (the world’s largest B2B information & events company) where he led the development of many highly successful new product areas, including pioneering the tech sector’s presence and development in the US market. As a technology analyst, his areas of expertise include Edge Computing, Internet of Things, Cloud, Microservices, Open Source, RISC-V, and 5G & broadband telco networks, technology and business models.
Kyle Ellicott
Kyle Ellicott: Founder, Head of Content for Distributed Computing and Applications and Chief Labs Officer, Edge Computing World Publisher, Topio Networks
Kyle is also the Co-Founder and Chief Labs Officer of ReadWrite Labs, as well as an accomplished global business executive and entrepreneur with over 15+ years of experience at the cornerstone of digital transformation between industry and technology. He’s advised over 175 companies globally throughout such industries as the Internet of Things (IoT), Transportation/Mobility, Blockchain/FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Media, Digital Health, Smart Cities and has successfully raised over $130 million in venture capital funding
Greg Cosso
Greg Cosso: Founder, Head of Partnership Edge Computing World Publisher Topio Networks
Greg was formerly Vice President, Partnerships at Rutberg, a research-centric boutique investment bank and event organization, where he represented innovation and evangelized the market from start-ups to enterprises exclusively focused on the IoT, digital media and wireless industries. Prior to Rutberg, he was Director Of Sales at Gigaom where he focused on selling and managing emerging technology research, digital media and event partnerships to technology vendors and strategic buyers. He earlier served as Director Of Sales for Dow Jones where he worked with investors of private companies, investment banks, corporate development, law, accounting and consulting firms. He was later promoted to the Wall Street Journal where he sold multi-media advertising to enterprise customers which included digital and print media as well as partnerships of executive conferences including the CEO Council.
Philippe Cases
Philippe Cases, Founder, CEO Edge Computing World publisher, Topio Networks
Philippe is CEO of Topio, as well as Spoke Software where he focuses on building a Market Intelligence Platform dedicated to tracking innovation. Prior to Spoke, he spent over 16 years as a Venture Capitalist in Europe and then in the United States focusing on Information Technology. One of his core investment focuses was the intersection of the web, analytics and CRM, with successful investments over time such as BVRP, Egide, Rightpoint (acq. by Epiphany), Adknowledge (acq. by CMGI), Inquira (acq. By Oracle), Jaspersoft (acq. By Tibco) and more recently Spoke Software. As a seed investor, Philippe invested in Akili Interactive, Silk Interactive (acq. By Palantir), Think Through Learning (acq. By Imagine Learning) and VentureBeat where he was a board member from 2008 until 2016.