Ari Keränen

Since joining Ericsson in 2007, Ari has worked on internet technologies from multimedia signaling and peer-to-peer systems to the Internet of Things (IoT). His IoT work has centered on connecting Things to the internet in scalable, secure, and interoperable ways. Today he focuses on making data from Things useful for applications ranging from digital twins to AI agents.

Ari has been active in IETF standardization since 2009. He is the co-author of more than 20 IETF RFCs (Request for Comments) and co-chairs the IRTF Thing-to-Thing Research Group (T2TRG) and the IETF IoT Directorate.

He received his M.Sc. in communications engineering from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, in 2008.