Howard Heppelmann is the Co-Founder and CEO of OpsMate AI, an AI-native platform for manufacturing operations. Before founding OpsMate, he led PTC’s Manufacturing and Industrial IoT business, where the company was recognized by Microsoft as Manufacturing and IoT Partner of the Year in 2021 and 2023. With more than 25 years of experience helping manufacturers digitally transform operations, Howard founded OpsMate AI to give frontline teams real-time access to the data and information they need to make faster, better decisions and implement faster, smarter actions. Built on Microsoft Azure, OpsMate enables manufacturers to build a secure, contextual, agent-driven Factory Brain powering the hybrid workforce of the future.