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TOM BAKER

TOM BAKER

TITLE : CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER & CO-FOUNDER
COMPANY : OUTPUT INDUSTRIES INDUSTRY : SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
As Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer of Output Industries , Tom manages industrial IoT implementation , planning and analysis across largescale manufacturing . Passionate about product engineering , digital solutions and the wider manufacturing industry , Tom has helped Apollo Tyres pursue comprehensive cloud integration and innovation .
platform for structured data within the IT domain , Snowflake integrates ERP data from systems like SAP and Oracle , sales data from platforms like Salesforce .
“ More recently , manufacturers are integrating OT data from shop floor systems , industrial sensors , photographs , videos and repair documents ,” Tim notes .
As more manufacturers embrace Industry 4.0 and integrate their IT and OT functionalities , having the capacity to holistically and strategically implement digital transformation solutions across operations is critical . This sentiment applies strongly to the challenges surrounding cloud computing , which according to Tim is changing the manufacturing landscape in two key ways .
“ Firstly , the Cloud provides the scalability needed to bring together massive data volumes and train AI models ,” he explains .
“ Secondly , cloud data platforms such as Snowflake make it much easier to build these AI solutions by making
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