John Cohn is an IBM Fellow in the IBM Internet of Things Division. His current focus is on  physical infrastructure for  Smarter Cities, open data, internet of things communications  and real time data analytics. Before joining Corporate, John  has been an innovator in the area of design automation for both analog and digital custom integrated circuits. John received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at MIT, and earned a Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University.

In 2005 he was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to the design automation for high performance custom circuits. John has authored more than 30 technical papers and has contributed to four books on design automation.  He has approximately 70 patents in the field of design automation, methodology, circuits and smarter systems

John  is active in education issues at a local, state and national level. He is so passionate about promoting STEM careers  that he spent 59 days living and inventing in an abandoned steel mill as part of Discovery Channel’s technical survival show “The Colony”.  John lives with his family  in a restored 19th century schoolhouse in Jonesville Vermont and is eager to share his love of science and technology with anyone who will listen.