Product & program leader · IoT & connected platforms

The SIM is the API to the physical world.

I run a multibillion-dollar IoT business at AT&T and lead the 50+ person product team behind it. I started in a retail store in 2001 and have spent the years since building products that connect cars, clinics, factories and storefronts.

Looking for my next leadership role where technology meets sports and entertainment.
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Mike Van Horn, black and white portrait
10-figure
IoT connectivity, platform and solution P&L I own
50+
people on my product team
14x
faster quote-to-cash
8-figure
first-year revenue from my 2023–25 launches
90 days
from idea to paid edge AI POC
Featured work

Products I've taken from idea to market

Flagship launch · MWC Barcelona, March 2025

Global SIM Advanced

I took this from concept to launch. It's a multi-carrier eSIM that lets a manufacturer ship one SKU worldwide and switch networks remotely, so a device picks up a local network profile over the air instead of needing a new SIM. We built it with Eseye's AnyNet eSIM on an advanced connectivity management platform.

It's the product I'm proudest of, and one of two that Transforma Insights cited when it named AT&T a leader in global IoT connectivity.

Press release
Product page
Podcast, Ep. 52
New business · small and mid-size customers

Connected Spaces

A self-install sensor kit for restaurants, clinics and retailers. Owners watch for leaks, cold-storage problems and energy use from a web portal and get text and email alerts in real time. In January 2026 it became AT&T's first end-to-end IoT solution on AWS Marketplace.

Read the 2025 launch
Product page
On AWS Marketplace
My SMB blog
Platforms & ecosystem

Building with partners

Network-driven edge AI with Cisco and NVIDIA
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Led the team from idea to paid POC in 90 days
Mar 2026
In-vehicle media with iM Media Labs
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Sold an innovative startup in to AT&T leadership
CES, Jan 2026
IoT Network Intelligence
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Turned customer pain points into user stories and features
CES, Jan 2026
IoT Console with Simetric
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Negotiated a strategic agreement that included equity for AT&T
Nov 2024
Video Intelligence with EdgeVis
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Moved it to the cloud so it's easier to buy and use
Product page
Product recognition

What the analysts say about the portfolio

12th straight year as a Gartner Leader

AT&T was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed IoT Connectivity Services, Worldwide, with the highest scores in 5 of 6 use cases.

Read the Gartner report
Transforma Insights leader, 2025

Named AT&T a leader in global cellular IoT connectivity, citing Global SIM Advanced and IoT Console from my portfolio.

Read the announcement
2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant showing AT&T in the Leaders quadrant
Programs at scale

Moving millions of customers off 3G

Before the 3G network shut down, every customer on it had to move to a newer device or plan. I led the program that made it happen.

Millions
of customers moved before the shutdown
9-figure
annual revenue kept
Beat target
kept millions more customers than planned, adding tens of millions in revenue
Fully funded
managed the device-upgrade budget that paid for the moves
Platform migration · in progress

Rebuilding how IoT is bought and billed

I'm leading the multi-year move of the IoT business off legacy ordering and billing systems and onto a cloud commerce platform from Ericsson. It also powers a new self-service catalog and marketplace. Three products are live so far.

14x
faster quote-to-cash on products already moved
9-figure
business case behind the work, funded in 2025
AT&T Business leadership event on stage with a Thank You screen
CEO's office · AT&T Business · 2016 to 2019

Telling the business unit's story

  • Owned the strategic narrative and built the CEO's materials for the AT&T board
  • Kept the officer team on track across the unit's top initiatives
  • Wrote executive messaging for 20+ major events
  • Ran the annual leadership event for 2,000 employees on a multimillion-dollar budget
Career path

From the store floor to the P&L

Twenty-five years across retail, marketing, customer experience, operations, the CEO's office and product. Each stop taught me something about how customers actually use what we build.

  1. 2001
    Retail sales
  2. 2009
    Product marketing
  3. 2012
    Customer experience
  4. 2013
    Mobility operations
  5. 2016
    CEO's office
  6. 2019
    Director, IoT & mobility
  7. 2023
    AVP, IoT product
Mike in his retail days, 2005
Retail days, 2005
Mike at an AT&T store on iPhone 3G launch day
iPhone 3G launch at the store
Android KitKat statue
Fixing Android issues with Google
Speaking & events

On stage and in the market

Mike with the Cisco team on stage at Cisco Live 2025
Cisco Live 2025, San Diego
AI Agent Conference 2025 speaker card featuring Mike
AI Agent Conference 2025, New York
Mike with colleagues on stage at an AT&T Business event
AT&T Business Summit
Listen
IoT Leaders Podcast, Ep. 52: How AT&T is Mastering Global IoT
Recognition

Recognized along the way

  • AT&T Business Diamond Club
    A goal I chased for more than 20 years
  • AT&T Connection Award
  • AT&T Top Talent
AT&T Business Diamond Club collage
Mike as a kid wearing a Phillies shirt
A Phillies fan from the start
About me

Off the clock

I grew up in New Jersey in a family small business, so I learned early what it takes to keep customers coming back. I've been a Philly sports fan my whole life, and I still live and die with every Phillies, Eagles and Sixers season.

These days I live in Roswell, Georgia with my wife and our two daughters. My idea of a good night is something on the barbecue, a fire going in the pit and a podcast I can't stop talking about.

Mike with a group of teammates
What's next

A leadership role where technology meets sports and entertainment

Somewhere innovation moves fast and the culture is great. If that sounds like your team, I'd like to talk.

Email me LinkedIn
vanhorn.mike@gmail.com · 678-237-3986 · Roswell, GA