Don DeLoach

Co-founder and Managing Partner | Rocket Wagon Venture Studios

Don DeLoach is an entrepreneur, author, board member, and a leading industry evangelist for the Internet of Things. He is Co-founder and Managing Partner of Rocket Wagon Venture Studios, creating innovative startups for the cyber-physical world. He co-founded the Midwest IoT Council, where he served as co-chair from 2015 – 2020. Don is a serial entrepreneur, serving as CEO for three companies, Youcentric, Aleri, and Infobright, spanning the last 20 years. He serves or has served as an outside director or advisor for multiple companies. He also serves on the executive committee of the Array of Things (US DOE smart cities project), the Illinois Autonomous Vehicle Association, and as a director on the Juvenile Protective Association. He is the principal driver of the "First Receiver" IoT architectural thesis addressed in his book "The Future of IoT", which he co-authored with Gartner analyst Emil Berthelsen and Hitachi/Pentaho executive Wael Elrifai, which was published in June of 2017. He is an Industrial Engineering graduate of Ga. Tech.