Peggy Smedley

President at Specialty Publishing Media

Columbia, United States

Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director of Connected World and Constructech, host, The Peggy Smedley Show and President of Specialty Publishing Media.

More than 20 years ago Peggy launched one of the most formative media companies in helping businesses to understand how disruptive and innovative technology will help them navigate the flood of digital transformation so they can remain viable and competitive.

As a speaker, influencer, and storyteller, Peggy was imperative in ushering in what has now become the IoT (Internet of Things) era and taking a leading role in guiding companies to grasp how digital transformation will inspire their businesses. Today she focuses most of her energy on what the future looks like by discussing sustainability, resiliency, and circularity.

She has enjoyed a career as an award-winning journalist with a long history of covering the IoT, manufacturing, and construction technology; and in 2008 she even launched her very first podcast.

With more than 750 episodes, The Peggy Smedley Show is ranked as the No. 1 IoT, AI, and sustainability and digital transformation podcast airing every Tuesday at 12 pm central.

As an author and tech expert, she has collaborated on eight published books including her own, “Sustainable in a Circular World (2021) and Mending Manufacturing (2004),.”

Each month, she educates the IoT community via Connected World (https://connectedworld.com) and Constructech (https://constructech.com) magazines. Her company has been able to take risks and invest in many areas, making it an innovative tech leader.

Building on that success, in 2021, Peggy is introducing a new YouTube Channel for which digs into how to help us all live more sustainably and addresses ways of adopting a new vision and voice for the new skilled worker in construction and communities, all with the help of technology.

Peggy has also been recognized by the following organizations, as an industry expert:

• The 5 Best Internet of Things Podcasts You Should Listen To
• 14 IoT influencers to Follow in 2021
• 20 IoT Twitter Influencers to Follow in 2020
• Top Influencers for 2020

• #1, 15 5G Experts to Follow on Social Media, Nov. 2021, AT&T
• 14 IoT Twitter Influencers to Follow in 2021, Jan. 2021, insight.tech
• (#7 out of) 100 Top IIoT Influencers, May 2020, Onalytica
• 5G: Top 100 Influencers, May 2020, Onalytica
• 100 Women B2B Thought Leaders You Should Follow in 2020, Mar 2020, Thinkers360
• Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on HealthTech, March 2020, Thinkers360.com
• The 5 Best Internet of Things Podcasts You Should Listen To, Jan 2020, Solutions Review
• Top Influencers for 2019, Dec 2019, Appy Pie,
just to name a few.

Peggy also serves as an Advisory Board member for InSkill.ai and New Urbana.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Columbia, S.C.
Speaking Topics: Sustainability, IOT, AI, Digital Transformation, Infrastructure, Climate Change,