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Martin Naughton

IoT specialist, software architect and Technical Lead & Host

Martin Naughton is a Belfast-based IoT specialist, software architect and the Technical Lead & Host of the current IoTBelfast series. He has more than 25 years of experience building and advising on connected systems, cloud platforms, AI, automation and digital transformation across energy, logistics, manufacturing, aerospace and utilities.

25+years in software & systems
IoTBelfastTechnical Lead & Host
BelfastNorthern Ireland
Martin Naughton speaking at an IoTBelfast event in Belfast.
In short

Who is Martin Naughton?

Martin Naughton is a Belfast-based IoT specialist and software architect with more than 25 years of experience across connected systems, cloud platforms, AI, automation and digital transformation. He is the founder and managing director of Galvia Digital and the Technical Lead & Host of the current IoTBelfast series.

His work has crossed energy, logistics, manufacturing, aerospace, finance and utilities, with named experience including Intel, Bombardier and Deloitte. He has also led mentoring through Northern Ireland's Digital Surge programme, where businesses explored practical uses of AI, IoT and blockchain.

IoT, software architecture and real deployment

Martin Naughton is a Belfast-based solution architect, IoT specialist and founder and managing director of Galvia Digital. He has more than 25 years of engineering experience across connected systems, cloud platforms, AI, automation and software delivery, including work in energy, logistics, manufacturing, aerospace, finance and utilities.

His wider career includes work with organisations including Intel, Bombardier and Deloitte. In Northern Ireland he has also led and mentored through the Digital Surge programme, which helped local businesses explore AI, IoT and blockchain, and he has been involved in technical communities including the Northern Ireland Developer Conference.

Within IoTBelfast, Martin is the Technical Lead & Host for the current series. He helps shape event themes, brings speakers and host organisations into the programme, facilitates the room and keeps the discussion grounded in what connected technology looks like when it meets real systems.

Areas Martin works across

  • Internet of Things
  • IoT platforms
  • industrial IoT
  • connected systems
  • software architecture
  • cloud platforms
  • AI and automation
  • proof of concept development
  • digital transformation
  • technical strategy

Why Martin is part of IoTBelfast

IoTBelfast sits close to the work Martin has spent much of his career around: connected products, industrial systems, cloud software, data, automation and the awkward decisions that appear when new technology has to work outside a demo. In the current series he helps set themes, find speakers and hosts, facilitate the room and connect the discussion back to practical engineering.

Northern Ireland technology community

  • Technical Lead & Host, IoTBelfast
  • Founder & Managing Director, Galvia Digital
  • Digital Surge lead mentor
  • Northern Ireland Developer Conference committee contributor
Martin at Galvia DigitalLinkedIn
Local technology community

Helping turn emerging technology into something local businesses can actually use

Martin's work in Northern Ireland has included mentoring businesses through Digital Surge as well as helping keep IoTBelfast focused on practical, first-hand engineering rather than technology for technology's sake.

The common thread is straightforward: connected systems, AI, cloud and automation are most useful when people can relate them to a real operational problem, ask awkward questions and leave with a clearer next step.

Martin Naughton pictured at the Digital Surge programme with Invest Northern Ireland representatives.
Digital Surge connected Northern Ireland businesses with practical guidance around emerging technologies including IoT, AI and blockchain.
An IoTBelfast meetup room with attendees listening to a technical presentation.
IoTBelfast gives the same practical technology conversation a permanent room in Belfast.
Quick answers

Martin Naughton and IoT in Northern Ireland

Clear answers for people trying to understand Martin's technical background and role in the community.

What does Martin Naughton specialise in?

IoT and connected systems, software architecture, cloud platforms, AI and automation, proof-of-concept development, technical strategy and digital transformation.

What is Martin's role in IoTBelfast?

He is the Technical Lead & Host of the current series, helping shape event themes, speakers, host relationships and the technical conversation in the room.

What industries has Martin worked across?

His public professional profile covers energy, logistics, manufacturing, aerospace, finance and utilities, including named experience with Intel, Bombardier and Deloitte.

Martin in the current IoTBelfast archive

Talks and event records where Martin appears as a speaker are linked here so the profile connects back to first-party evidence.

IoT Belfast speaker announcement graphic for the IoT and Platforms meetup at Xirgo Technologies.34Recap available
2026Xirgo Technologies

IoT & Platforms

A practical look at embedded product platforms, Zephyr RTOS and the choices teams face when a connected-device prototype has to become a product that can be deployed and maintained.

  • Embedded systems
  • Zephyr RTOS
  • IoT platforms
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Panel discussion during IoT Belfast 33 at Catalyst in Belfast.33Recap available
2026Catalyst

IoT Innovation, AI Governance & the Policies That Power It

A special panel with ACT and Catalyst on how regulation, data governance, cybersecurity and public policy are already shaping the design and deployment of IoT and AI systems.

  • AI governance
  • Policy
  • Cybersecurity
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