Continuing on with our series of blogs from the younger generation here in Davra, we\u2019ve decided this month to add some international flair to the proceedings with Arua Tupinambas, our BDE for Latin America.\u00a0 Arua joined us last year straight from college so so he\u2019s been immersed in the Internet of Things for essentially his entire career which gives him a unique perspective\u00a0 on the technology and how its going to affect our lives.<\/p>\n
Over to you Arua\u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n
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Changing Stuff<\/p>\n
For those who don\u2019t know me, my name is Arua Tupinambas, BDE for Davra, however working for a small company like Davra everyone\u2019s role goes way beyond the title and that is not different in my case, but before I start writing my story in the Internet of Things industry let\u2019s take a trip a little earlier back when I was a young boy growing up in the country side of Brazil.<\/p>\n
\u2026 back when there was no mobile phones, only those bricks with a big antenna but nobody I knew had one of those, big desktops were already available but I had to wait a little while to put my hands on my first Compaq PC which was pretty awesome. For some reason I was never super fascinated about technology itself, one thing I can say I was absolutely mad about was to \u201cchange stuff\u201d anything that could be shaped, attached, mixed with something else to create something new, would be. They were my moms, dad, grandpa\u2019s, granny\u2019s belongs. Every person in my family had items stolen. I guess I can say I was and still am more passionate about Things and People than about the Internet per say. 20 years later I have the chance to bring these worlds together. I\u2019m at the right place to change stuff, to help people and businesses using the Internet to connect assets. The reason why I was never overly excited about the Internet and technology was because as a child I couldn\u2019t really see how it would effectively solve problems, little did I know\u2026<\/p>\n
Allow me to jump to my view on the Internet of things and what can be changed.<\/p>\n
In school we were taught and tested specifically to answer questions but nobody teaches us how to ask the right questions (an evolution killer) I always bring two questions with me everywhere I go, what can we change? Who\/How does it help? I believe if we all asked more questions we would be in a much stronger position to start developing effective solutions. At the end of the day it all comes to society moving forward, people living better lives for longer, working less, producing more and enjoying all beautiful things outside the office. That\u2019s why companies like Davra are in the market. We play in this huge industry because we enable BIG boys like Cisco, Intel, IBM and their channels to deliver managed services. Solving real live problems.<\/p>\n
Sometimes it\u2019s spent a lot of thought on the actual development of new things and too little on who those things are helping and how. \u00a0That\u2019s what we can change!<\/p>\n
We can also change traditional industries from a deep IT background bringing this knowledge to gather relevant data from where things are really happening in companies, the operations. When we build this ecosystem of partners with knowledge in IT, OT, and those like ourselves responsible for bringing these two different worlds together to create one solution at the time based on what very specific customer\u2019s needs or just an AEP Application Enablement Platform, we can start changing the game.<\/p>\n
Going back to my role in Davra, the Internet of Things and this crazy techy world. I believe my job is to bring those questions to every customer we deal with. I spend good time with System integrators and resellers working together with them through the complex process of changing from selling hardware to solutions. We all need to understand where the industry is going and why. Companies who master that will be ahead of the curve in a good position to keep playing this Digital \u2013 IoT game. Davra\u2019s technology is here to make that happen, I\u2019m glad there are a big bunch of people in Davra that cares a lot about the technology backing me up on the solving problems mission. Big thanks to my Engineer colleagues ; )<\/p>\n
Working for Davra is like being your own boss, having the freedom and trust needed to work your way around things, to be fair, if they hired you they got to trust that you can \u201cfigure it out\u201d . I think everyone in the company feels like Davra is their own baby. We are also allowed and encouraged to meet up with our customers all over the world, for all Sales guys reading this, you know how important that is, Davra\u2019s sales gang is a well-travelled bunch of guys. So yeah, pretty awesome!\u00a0I couldn\u2019t be happier to work for a company that at the end of every quarter you can see your actions reflecting not only on your targets but in the world. I guess being young allows me to say \u201cwe can change the world\u201d more often. I understand how the view of changing the world can be overtaken by our routine but as long as we have the passion for something, our determination and focus will follow and that is your only shot.<\/p>\n
Davra is a small giant or as our CEO likes to refer as being a baby gorilla. I am one of the guys responsible for the gorilla\u2019s growth. Our successful partnerships allows us to scale as we see it already happening.\u00a0The Gorilla is growing and has big friends in the IoT jungle, actually our baby Gorilla has the biggest gorillas in the jungle as very good friends ; )<\/p>\n
Going back to real live, Davra gives me autonomy to go deep into this fantastic IoT world and just like when I was a little boy, change stuff again. This time, with much more strength, power and well positioned to do so.<\/p>\n