Carmen Redondo, director of global marketing at KYOCERA AVX, has become the 2026 chair of the IoT M2M Council (IMC), the world’s largest professional organisation dedicated to the IoT sector worldwide.

The decision took place at the group’s annual meeting at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Redondo has been active in the IMC leadership as the group’s vice chair for the past year.

“Today, it is rare to find products that are not connected,” said Redondo. “The IMC’s task now, as an industry accelerator, is to make sure that IoT connectivity is understood. Just some of the hot-button issues in front of us include standardisation with emerging eSIM and iSIM protocols, the convergence that comes with combining cellular, low-power and satellite technologies, and, of course, the overarching issue of IoT cyber security.”

In her current role at KYOCERA AVX (www.kyocera-avx.com), Redondo leads the global implementation of programmes and projects, oversees product development, and is accountable for revenue growth and go-to-market initiatives. She has more than 15 years of experience applying antenna technology in applications as far afield as automotive and medical devices, including previous positions as a general manager and design engineer at Ethertronics and Flextronics.

With the IMC, Redondo has already taken a lead role in the group’s increased presence at the Embedded World exhibitions and the creation of vertical-market microsites on social media platforms.

The position of vice chair will now go to Larry Tichavsky, who is senior technical manager for IoT at Vodafone IoT (iot.vodafone.com) in the Americas.

“We anticipate the IMC making new cyber-security announcements in the coming months,” said, Redondo. “We consider the subject to be existential for the IoT industry. We’ll also continue to evaluate how we’re building awareness of the latest advancements in technology and applications. I look forward to working with Larry and the Vodafone IoT team, as well as all of our IMC board companies, to bring important messages forward.”

The IMC (www.iotm2mcouncil.org) is the largest trade group dedicated to the global IoT sector, with more than 28,000 rank-and-file adopter members around the world that qualify as buyers of IoT products and services in 30 vertical markets. Sustaining board companies include A1 Digital, Aeris, Blues, Deutsche Telekom, Digi, eSat Global, Finite State, FloLive, Giesecke+Devrient, Globalstar, Ground Control, Hologram, iBasis, IoT Launch, Keyfactor, KORE, KYOCERA AVX, MultiTech, Pairpoint, Pelion, Quectel, Somos, Tata Communications, Telit Cinterion, Thales and Vodafone IoT.