Martin Spindler is a speaker, writer and strategy consultant on the Internet of Things and Smart Energy. He is the Founder of the Internet of People consultancy group, and member of Council, an international Internet of Things Think Tank. He used to work on strategy and market research into Renewable Energies and Smart Metering and Smart Grids in Germany until he got fascinated with the wider Internet of Things. He studied Political Sciences and Economics at the University of Heidelberg and currently lives in Berlin.