Karl Smith is Consulting Director at Paradigm Interactions, working on digital transformation and strategy using customer experience as a catalyst for change. Smith is a founder of The Human Centered Design Society in the UK which organizes a yearly conference and a founder of the Ubiquity Open Standard Project, establishing a common standard for the design of IoT Eco-systems. He is a sought-after public speaker on Human Centered Design, Smart Technologies, Innovation, Smart Living, and Internet of Things.