IOT Sensors: From Embeddable to Pervasive (Part 1)
The first part of the IOT Sensor story… from past to present, with an eye towards the future. Download IOT Sensor Whitepaper by Ned Hayes – From Embedded to Pervasive (2020) © 2020-2022 by Ned Hayes | License for Use: Creative Commons License – […]
Diversity in Tech: Why It Matters
Every year, for the last 5 years, I’ve spent a morning with a sociology class at my local university (courtesy of Prof. Kate Ayers), talking about my experience working in technology over the years. I specifically talk about diversity in hiring and why technology companies are increasingly emphasizing hiring across a diverse pool of candidates. […]
11 Lessons from Microsoft
(Alex Hinrichs, a long-time Microsoft release manager, just announced his retirement. Here are some of the lessons he’s learned, posted on LinkedIn). I heartily agree with all of these! Engineering is all about people. Big software projects are built by giant human systems, and giant human systems run on relationships. Good relationships require trust. Trust is built via daily face-to-face […]
Biometrics Drive the Future of Payments
> Reprint: Payments Next by Ned Hayes, General Manager, SureID It’s Monday, and you need a little brain fuel in the form of caffeine intake. When you pull up to the ordering station, you name your drink. When you order, you tap the kiosk with one finger. A moment later, you pick up the […]
INTERVIEW: Ned Hayes on Biometrics and the Human Element of Identity
> Reprint: Find Biometrics April 15, 2019 FindBiometrics Director of Digital Content, Susan Stover, spoke with Ned Hayes, General Manager of Sure ID. Their discussion starts on the topic of SureID’s decades-long history in access management and identity, and its recent “re-start up”, before delving into the aspects of its biometric technology that differentiate it in the […]
Intel Context Sensing: Wins CES 2019 Innovation Award
I’m excited to note that the Dell Latitude 7400 2 won a CES Innovation Award at CES 2019, partially because of the stellar features that I helped to design and implement at Intel as leader of the Intel Context Sensing team. The Dell Latitude 7400 2 -in-1 is the world’s smallest commercial 14” 2-in-1 targeting […]
SnowShoe Launches New Year with New Executives, New Website
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan 11, 2019 — SnowShoe, the leading developer of physical presence systems for mobile event authentication, today announced the appointment of Ned Hayes as VP of Product. The company also launched a new website at Snow.sh. Portland startup expert Rick Turoczy introduced Hayes to the hiring team at SnowShoe. Turoczy is the Portland […]
The Oly Arts Success Story: $350K exit
Founder of local multi-platform publication group successfully sells off publication unit to local entrepreneur Coverage included: The Olympian: Founder Sells to Local Marketing Leader Sound Sound Business: Oly Arts Bought by Local Publisher OLY ARTS, the three-year-old multiplatform publication focused on arts and cultural events in Thurston County and surrounding regions, announced today that the […]
TED Talk: Balancing Life in Writing and Tech
I recently had the opportunity to talk at some length with an engaged set of students. (I talk regularly to school groups, and if you’d like to book me to talk to your school group, you can contact my booking agent here.) We discussed both my high tech career as well as my writing, and […]
Enhancing Intel’s Next Generation Drone Platform with the Intel® Context Sensing SDK
The Intel® Context Sensing SDK surfaces the power of the Intel Integrated Sensor Solution and advanced sensor capabilities to power mobile, laptop, IOT and wearable apps. What if the Intel Context Sensing SDK could be used to understand a drone’s environment and even control a drone? That’s the vision we set out to discover in this […]