Gero Dittmann is a research scientist at IBM Research – Zurich. He is working on securely connecting physical objects to the internet of things and Hyperledger. Prior to this he designed, modeled and verified supercomputers and processor chips at IBM labs in Switzerland, Germany and the United States.

Gero holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from ETH Zurich and a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from TU Darmstadt, Germany. He regularly serves on scientific committees and has given numerous talks at conferences, universities and companies.