IoT Sandbox Board of Directors
Tim Zarkovacki, Chair - Technologist | Engineer @ Heart | Architecting Business Solutions
Founder, CEO, Business Consultant \ Solutions Architect, InTec Consultants. Focus has been on maximizing technology to improve process. This is especially important as technologies like the Internet-Of-Things, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual & Augmented Reality have become within the reach of businesses. Board Member - Technology guidance, Akron-Area Association of IT Professionals. Previous roles included 11 years with Palitto Consulting and 7 years with Keithley Instruments.
Evan Karnoupakis, At-Large Director - Blockchain Author, Executive Consultant, and Board Member
Executive Consultant, Media Shower; Board Advisor of Avocado Technologies, Board Advisor to 1881 Capital Partners. A Wharton MBA with a successful track record of managing product lines, building programs, and leading projects teams for Fortune 500 Clients across multiple industries, including those most disrupted by blockchain technology: banking, collectibles, direct marketing, education, energy (nuclear), financial services, government, legal services, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities. Co-authored Blockchain Success Stories: Case Studies from the Leading Edge of Business (O'Reilly, 2021). Judged the finals of the Start-Up Pitch Competition at Cleveland’s 2019 Blockland Solutions Conference.
Daniel Clark, Director - Architect and Engineering Manager, Abelara
Dan brings more than 20 years of hands-on manufacturing and industrial software experience, along with deep roots in Northeast Ohio. Passionate about bridging the gap between technology and the people who use it, Dan focuses on connecting industry, talent, and practical innovation to solve real-world challenges.
Drawing on experience across manufacturing operations, MES, formulation systems, industrial automation, IoT, and applied AI, Dan is dedicated to fostering early talent pipelines and helping build a stronger regional ecosystem around connected technologies and modern manufacturing. He believes the future of innovation depends on creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds to learn, contribute, and thrive.
Staff: Mike Wise, Founder/Rainmaker - IoT | Web3 | Manufacturing | Speaker | Author | Consultant
An experienced and highly commercial B2B leader with 30 years of accumulated business acumen in sales, business development, digital marketing, Socialtech, Fintech, Insurtech, and IoT consulting. Principle focus is on Web3 use cases - blockchain, AI, IoT - especially IoT manufacturing and distribution in Ohio. Founder of the IoT Sandbox Corp., leveraging hands-on experience driving successes in the development of internet & e-commerce, along with the maturation of social technologies and now the emerging Web3 technologies – IoT, AI, & Blockchain. Previously, Mike spent 5 years building the Boston Blockchain Association into a strategic regional and national influencer for blockchain technologies with a focus on institutional financial services. Mike holds a Certification from MIT in Blockchain Technologies and is currently working on an MIT Certification in Internet of Things.