Maciej Kranz brings 30+ years of technology, business, and market transformation experience to his position as Executive Vice President and CTO, KONE Corporation. In his role, he leads the organization by driving R&D, IT, standardization, strategic partnerships, customer co-creation, and technology innovation activities for the company. 

Prior to this role, Kranz led the Strategic Innovation Group at Cisco, focused on incubating new businesses, accelerating internal innovation, and driving co-innovation with customers and partners.

Previously, Kranz was General Manager of the Connected Industries Group at Cisco, a business unit focused on the Internet of Things (IoT). 

In his New York Times Best Selling book, Building the Internet of Things, Kranz offers practical advice to business decision makers on how and why to implement IoT today. Kranz is also a faculty member of Singularity University, focusing on IoT and corporate innovations.