Zach Shelby

Zach is co-founder and Head of Research at Sensinode Ltd. where he leads low-power wireless IP networking reseach, standardization and IPR activities for the company. Earlier he has also served as Managing Director and CTO for Sensinode. Before starting Sensinode, he led wireless networking research at the Centre for Wireless Communications and at the Technical Research Center of Finland.

He is an active participant in the IETF, with activites in the 6LoWPAN and ROLL working groups, ETSI standardization on M2M, and in several top EU research programs. Research activities include 6LoWPAN networking architectures for enterprise applications, low-power application protocols, embedded web services and Contiki. Zach is known is a pioneer in the use of IP technology in low-power networks with NanoIP, early BT Ultra-Low Power (ULP) and low-rate Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology development.

Zach is co-author of the book "6LoWPAN: The Wireless Embedded Internet". His results include a large portfolio of courses, publications, public talks, broad research cooperation, and key patents. The mission is clear - making the Wireless Embedded Internet a reality.