Robin Crawford, Chief Business Development Officer, Origin AI

George Yianni, CTO and Founder, Philips Hue at Signify

John is the Chief Executive Officer of Ayla Networks. He was previously responsible for Ayla’s sales organization and ecosystem partner relationships. Before that, he was Head of Sales at Mosaic, the leading provider of clean energy fintech solutions. He also held global sales leadership positions at ChargePoint (CHPT), the leader in electric vehicle charging solutions, as well as Pace PLC, where he was responsible for the Software and Services Sales organization acquired by ARRIS in 2016. John graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Economics, and later from the Kelly Graduate School of Business at Indiana University, where he earned his MBA with a concentration in Finance. John began his career at the private banking firm Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and then at Covad Communications, where he led the Customer Operations and Product teams for over six years. He lives in San Jose, California.

Dennis has over 20 years of leadership experience in Technology, Network and IoT related industries. Most recently he serves at Realpage as their SVP/GM Smart Building where he is responsible for the transformation and growth for the Smart Building business unit inclusive of the Whitesky, Stratis and Chirp brands. As GM he Holds full P&L responsibility across all facets of the business. Immediately prior to Realpage, Dennis served as President & General Manager as well as SVP Operations for Wyyerd Fiber. In this role, Dennis had purview over the P&L, Operations, development and 60% annualized revenue growth of Wyyerd’s business as an Internet Service Provider for single and multi-family residences in the Southwestern United states. Previously, Dennis served as Senior Vice President, Mountain Region for Zayo where he had responsibility for $320M in annualized revenue and associated operations across 11 states and Western Canada. He has also held leadership positions at two successful startups (Tendril/Uplight & Arrayent) in the IoT and Connected Devices space. Over the years he and has held numerous senior leadership positions at BtoB and BtoC companies such as McCaw Cellular, Nextlink Interactive, XO Communications, Level 3 Communications as well as a earlier stint at Zayo Group where he served as President, Zayo Managed Services. Dennis has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University as well as MBA and MA in “Development Economics” from Stanford University.

Hugh Owen, SVP of Marketing, Alarm.com

Co-founder and the innovative “heart and soul” at Ivani, Matt specializes in creating quick turnaround solutions to real problems using systems engineering. Both an engineer and entrepreneur at heart, he has an ever-growing list of granted and pending patents. He holds his ASEP certification, Associate TRIZ certification, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, and MBA. In rare sightings in the wild, he can be found playing soccer, bouldering at the climbing gym, or out on a hike. Expected topics of conversation include smart home tech, 3D printing, video games, and formula one.

Jon leads the Alliance Certification and Testing team across three continents with 25+ years of experience in testing, certification and homologation programs. Before joining the Alliance, Jon was involved with Zigbee technologies for 11 years and was very active helping to shape specifications and policies within the Alliance as a member company representative. During this time, he held roles as Technical Editor, Secretary, Vice-Chairperson and Chairperson within several Alliance technical Work Groups and Committees. He has been appointed as a Continua Certified Expert and held a position on the Alliance Expert Panel.

Olivier Bernard is a seasoned technology leader with over 25 years of experience in marketing, strategy, and engineering, specializing in the IoT and M2M industries since 2005. He currently is a Principal IoT Specialist with AWS, where he drives the global go-to-market strategy for consumer products and the Smart Home. Before joining AWS, he was the Director of High-Performance IoT at Arm, where he led business development and corporate initiatives across the IoT value chain, collaborating with OEMs, ODMs, and Silicon Partners. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President at Maestro Wireless, where he founded the company’s American subsidiary before its successful acquisition by Lantronix. Olivier holds a diploma of Engineer from ESIEE (France), an MSEE from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.