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Mandatory compliance for “constant monitoring” of IoT deployments in Europe will soon be in effect starting mid-2026 and are sure to be harmonized in the Asia and North America. This means that IoT consumer-device sellers in Europe will be forced to provide documentation that original firmware is safe and that subsequent updates are as well. This session will examine how these requirements might be achieved.
Moderator: Ellen Boehm, SVP, IoT & AI Identity Innovation, Keyfactor
Panelists:
- Alistair Elliott, Head of Connectivity Portfolio, G+D
- Sridhar Gondesi, Director of Engineering, MultiTech Systems
- Héctor Laiz Ibáñez, Country Director, Spain , LSEC
- Marc Plante, Director, Business Development, Somos
When
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -5:00)
Presenters
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Ellen Boehm
SVP, IoT & AI Identity Innovation, Keyfactor
Ellen leads the go to market strategy for Keyfactor's IoT business focusing around digital identity security solutions for the IoT device manufacturer market. Ellen is passionate about IoT and helping customers establish strong security implementations for the lifecycle of their overall IoT systems. Ellen has 17+ years experience leading new product development with a focus on IoT and connected products in Lighting controls, Smart Cities, Connected buildings and Smart Home technology. Ellen has held leadership roles in Product & Engineering at General Electric and Sky Technologies over her career
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Alistair Elliott
Head of Connectivity Portfolio, G+D
An accomplished telecoms professional with almost 30 years of experience in the industry, Alistair has worked with a wide range of telecoms businesses from multi-national network operators to innovative disruptors. With deep technical and commercial knowledge, Alistair is responsible for G+D’s connectivity portfolio, where G+D operate a globally distributed dedicated IoT network, providing regional and local connectivity services.
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Sridhar Gondesi
Director of Engineering, MultiTech Systems
Sridhar Gondesi is Director of Engineering at MultiTech Systems, where he leads the development of secure IoT gateway, router, and modem platforms across Linux and RTOS environments. His responsibilities span end-to-end architecture, firmware lifecycle management, OTA updates, cloud connectivity, and security foundations for large-scale IoT deployments.
With nearly three decades of experience across IoT, embedded systems, mobile, and cloud platforms, Sridhar brings a practitioner’s perspective on meeting emerging regulatory requirements. His work focuses on operationalizing SBOMs, secure boot, vulnerability management, and continuous firmware monitoring to ensure long-term device trust while maintaining reliability and deployment velocity.
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Héctor Laiz Ibáñez
Country Director, Spain , LSEC
Héctor Laiz Ibáñez is the Country Director for Spain at LSEC - Leaders in Security, focused on aligning the Spanish industrial ecosystem with European cybersecurity frameworks. Previously, he served as the elected Deputy Chair of the European NCC Network and managed the EU project portfolio at the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE).

He combines his industry role with academia as a PhD researcher on the economics of cybersecurity and strategic decision-making, and lecturer at the University of León, where he teaches Accounting Information Systems and Cost Accounting. His work bridges the gap between technical compliance and business strategy
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Marc Plante
Director, Business Development, Somos
Marc Plante is a Director of Business Development at Somos. He has 30 years of experience in new product and business development in the Internet industry, including innovations in consumer dialup connectivity, ecommerce, mobile commerce, consumer video purchase and consumption and on-property connectivity for the hospitality industry. Marc is currently the business development lead for SomosID, an IoT device identity and vulnerability monitoring registry. Marc lives in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with his wife and two children.
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