TERRI FOUDRAY
Founder and CEO
Having honed her technical expertise over 25 years in the world of business and high tech, from strategy and development to solution consulting, marketing and entrepreneurship, to partner relationships, Terri knows an opportunity when she sees it. She formed ConvIOT® because the future is all about real-time data and its power to increase efficiencies and drive revenue. IoT architecture and implementation are complex and require a level of expertise few companies can offer. She and her team of seasoned experts help their clients utilize critical data insights to grow their business and stay ahead of the competition. Terri is a member CompTIA’s IoT Advisory Council, which addresses industry trends and issues affecting the rapidly evolving IoT market.
LEADERSHIP
PERRY LEA
Founder
Perry Lea is a Founder and visionary for ConvIOT® Inc. and a 28-year veteran of the technology industry. He served as Distinguished Technologist and Chief Architect of the Imaging and Printing Group of Hewlett Packard. There he architected and technically steered the design of over 60 product lines in a $20B industry. He also worked with HP Labs and various industries in a processor technology, security and memristor design. He then served as Distinguished Member of Technical Staff and Director of Strategy at Micron where he developed the world’s first nonVon Neumann computing technology to directly address the inefficiencies of computer vision, machine learning, and big data analytics. Later he worked as Director of Technology for Cradlepoint building a successful IoT business and technology line. Perry serves as the architectural director for Microsoft leading emerging computing architectures for everything from Xbox video gaming to hyperscale datacenters. Perry has authored over 60 patents and has recently published “Edge Computing and Internet of Things for Architects” through Packet Publishing. He holds engineering degrees in computer science, computer engineering and a postgrad degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University.