Technology Leader Eric Knipp Appointed Chairman of NEXX5 Advisory

For Immediate Release

Eric Knipp, appointed Chairman of the NEXX5 Advisory Board

NEXX5 is delighted to announce that a distinguished engineering professional has agreed to fill the role of Chairman of the Advisory Board, with immediate effect. The invitation to Mr Knipp reflects NEXX5’s ambitions to be a major international developer and provider of a broad range of integrated smart city solutions utilizing the latest network technologies. Eric Knipp’s career-long expertise in identifying the right technologies and innovative solutions for effective systems architecture and network solutions will be Invaluable both to NEXX5’s geographic scale-up plans and to its product offering roadmap. His experience in anticipating customer needs and matching them to robust technology will provide needed guidance to NEXX 5 Executives.

Eric Knipp, Chairman of the NEXX5 Advisory Board:
“There are a broad and complex range of services being re-invented to meet the possibilities created by technologies making Smart Cities an immediate possibility. One of the things I really appreciate about NEXX5 is the way they have precisely positioned their offering to meet some of the most pressing market needs.”

Michael Spindelegger, NEXX5 Co-Founder and Chairman:
“As NEXX5 accelerates hard with roll-out plans and the extension of our service offering, it’s essential that the management team have an expert sounding board of technical expertise and business experience to help guide their development and operational choices. Eric’s leadership of that team will be greatly appreciated.”

Wolf Hisserich, CEO NEXX5:
“I’m already flattered by Eric’s level of engagement and his perspective on the positioning we’ve developed to tackle emerging market needs. We hope this is just the first step towards an even deeper level of collaboration together.”

Eric Knipp continues in his roles at Cisco where he has built an 18-year long career. He is currently Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Americas region. He is passionate about innovation in the networking industry and partners with Cisco’s Engineering and Customer Experience (CX) organizations to bring new solutions to the market. He is also responsible for leading Cisco’s Americas region Architectural Specialist and Innovation Engineering teams.

Eric has served as a contributing author to publications focused on network design, security, and unified communications and is a regular speaker at industry events. Prior to joining Cisco, Eric held several industry roles with companies such as AT&T and Nortel, where he focused on providing advanced architectural guidance to senior IT leadership in the areas of network architecture, global telephony design, and security.

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About NEXX5:
https://nexx5.com/
Nexx5 is at the service of better, smarter living in cities designed to serve us all. Nexx5 offers the promise of ‘infrastructure with intellect’, a signal of the company’s broad-ranging ambition to enable a range of services including 5G densification, but also including edge computing capabilities and multiple other component parts of the high speed and secure data streams that will make our cities smarter. These technology solutions are designed to enable us to live the way we want in urban environments - with effortless connectivity, enhanced utilities, easy mobility and in sustainable, secure environments.

About IKAR Industries:
https://www.ikarindustries.com/
IKAR Industries LLP is a London based industrial investment group with a growing operational reach and presence in London, Berlin, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Istanbul and Zurich. IKAR Industries operates across multiple industrial sectors including Energy; Real Estate/Hospitality; Sports & Entertainment; Technology; and Security/Business Intelligence. IKAR Technology Group LLP represents IKAR’s interests in the technology sector.

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