Ivar M Berntz is an agenda manager in Gartner's Advanced Manufacturing and Transportation group within Research and Advisory Services. Mr. Berntz advises CIOs and senior IT Leaders on strategies, plans, approaches, technologies and processes, their impacts and requirements. He researches on how to leverage frameworks and initiatives, e.g., Industrie 4.0, information and technology assets to generate IT/OT convergence, accelerate transformation and the sustainable attainment of digital business results. Mr. Berntz was previously part of the CEO and Digital Business Leaders group at Gartner, with a focus on manufacturing. Before joining Gartner, he was a Partner with the Brazilian member firm of Deloitte with a focus on manufacturing, consumer business and retail clients with technology consulting projects.