Colby Sawyer

Colby Sawyer is the founding engineer behind PITON, an innovative IoT platform company dedicated to transforming how organizations interact with time series data. With deep expertise in IoT, cybersecurity, and AI systems engineering, Colby has architected and deployed secure, distributed infrastructures that enable real-time insights in challenging environments. At the Center for IoT Engineering and Innovation at East Carolina University, his groundbreaking work integrates robust cybersecurity measures with intuitive data visualizations, making complex data accessible—even for users like farmers in constrained North Carolina settings. Passionate about democratizing technology, Colby’s work ensures that non-technical users can ask simple questions and receive actionable responses via mobile/web dashboards and SMS, bridging the gap between advanced analytics and everyday application.