Speaker Bio
Bo Ribbing joined KDDI as Senior Director & Head of IoT Division, KDDI Europe Ltd. in London in 2020 to grow the IoT business in the EMEA region. When KDDI started its new initiative for global IoT connectivity called KDDI Spherience, Ribbing moved back to his native Sweden to establish a local KDDI entity, from there running the departments for portfolio and operations. KDDI is the provider of global connectivity and technology for Toyota, Mazda, Sony Honda Mobility and other OEMs. Through our business alliance with Station Digital Media, KDDI also has capabilities in improving user experience for OEMs and their customers.
Previous to this position, Ribbing was driving the creation and growth of Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator offering, which is today available from more than 30 mobile network operator partners around the world.
Ribbing has a broad international experience, particularly from Latin America and Asia Pacific. He has held several management positions at Ericsson’s head offices in Sweden, as well as abroad. Ribbing has an M.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of Linkoping in Sweden.