Dear all, 

I would like to express my strong support for Ramona’s application.

I have known Ramona for many years and can confidently say that she is an expert in IoT, with strong technical knowledge and valuable experience across both industry and academia. 

I believe she would be an excellent fit for this role, and I fully support her application!

Anna

— 
Dr Anna Maria Mandalari 
Lecturer  - Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering - University College London
Deputy Director - UCL Institute of Communications and Connected Systems
Honorary Research Fellow  - Imperial College London
Visiting Professor - Yokohama National University
Secretariat ETSI CYBER EUSR https://www.ucl.ac.uk/electronic-electrical-engineering/people/dr-anna-maria-mandalari 
https://safenetiot.github.io/

On 19 May 2026, at 14:44, Ramona Marfievici via iot-wg <iot-wg@ripe.net> wrote:

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Dear All,

 

I am writing to formally express my interest in the Co-Chair position of the IoT Working Group.

I am a Principal IoT Engineer at Digital Catapult, where I lead the IoT team, and have been an active member of the BSI's IoT/1 committee since 2021. Together, these roles have given me a strong foundation in both the technical and standards dimensions of IoT — experience I would bring directly to this position.

Over the last 20+ years, my work was focused at the intersection of embedded systems, IoT, cyber-physical systems, with a focus on IoT and OT cybersecurity in the last years. I have expertise across in R&D and IoT solutions development leading the design, build and deployment of end-to-end IoT systems in the wild and urban environments, across different industries, from energy and gas to manufacturing and defence. In addition, I’ve been a co-founder of the IoT-CPSBench academic initiative, contributing to defining methodologies for testing and benchmarking IoT solutions.

I have led the IoT Foresight and Experimentation project at Digital Catapult, benchmarking IoT devices and localisation solvers, and digital proximity solutions during Covid-19, and the Connected Ecosystem meetup event driving the conversations for the London IoT ecosystem, sharing learnings from member community, bringing together the most relevant and leading-edge expertise, know-how, domain knowledge, creating an environment for the discussions to happen and companies to showcase solutions.

In addition to my professional role, I serve on industry forums and scientific committees, and technology-focused accelerators.

Added Values as Co-Chair

I believe I bring a unique profile that combines:

- deep academic and industrial expertise in IoT across the whole stack

- operational and testing insights through tool development and collaboration with academia and industry

- strong connection within the IoT ecosystem and standardisation

- experience with public engagement, charring panels with industry and academic partners, creating awareness on IoT and OT cybersecurity vulnerabilities, solutions and best practices

 

Vision as Co-Chair

As Co-Chair, I would like to:

- strengthen the dialog between industry, academia, startups and SMEs and policy makers

- support initiatives around IoT security evaluation and benchmarking, methodologies, and best practices

- foster new contributions from diverse backgrounds and geographical areas

- ensure continuity with the WG’s past work while driving new efforts aligned with emerging regulations and industry needs.

I would be honoured to contribute my expertise and energy to help the IoT WG continue its valuable mission.

I look forward to the opportunity to support and serve the community.

 

Regards,

Ramona

Dr. Ramona Marfievici | Principal Engineer - IoT 

Digital Catapult | 101 Euston Road | London, NW1 2RA | UK
Mob: +44 7878775247

 

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