2021 CONNECTIONS Speakers
Visionary Speakers
Speakers
Peter Butler, Senior Program Manager, Everise
Keith Davis, Executive Director, Product Development & Management, Cox Communications
Andrew Goldberg, VP of Strategic Planning & Analysis, Cox Communications
Scott Lever, Founder and CEO, Zobi
James Reno, Sr. Director - Commercial Business, Alarm.com
Sean Robertson, Product Marketing Manager, ADTRAN
Peter Suica, Director of National and Strategic Accounts, Johnson Controls
JT Taylor, Product Marketing Lead, Synamedia
Nicole Zheng, Founder & CMO, Minim
Moderators
Kristen Hanich, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
Jennifer Kent, Vice President, Research, Parks Associates
Jason Paris, Vice President, Business Development, Parks Associates
Elizabeth Parks, President, Parks Associates
Patrice Samuels, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates
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2020 CONNECTIONS Community Speakers
Visionary Speakers
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Samir Ahmad
Investment Director
KPN Ventures
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Marcio Avillez
SVP of Business Development
CUJO AI
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Andrew Beach
Vice President of Community Technology
Mill Creek Residential
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Rich Cacioppo
Vice President of Emerging Businesses & Product Management
Frontdoor Home
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Cornel Ciocirlan
CTO EMEA
CommScope
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Noopur Davis
EVP, Chief Product and Information Security Officer
Comcast
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Erika Diamond
VP, Utility and Market Services
EnergyHub
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Anne Ferguson
VP, Marketing
Alarm.com
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Mark Francis
Chief Digital Health Integration Officer
Electronic Caregiver
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Oisin Hanrahan
Chief Product Officer, ANGI Homeservices
Co-founder & CEO, Handy
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Rodney Harrell, PhD
Vice President, Livable Communities and Long-Term Services and Supports
AARP
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Matt Mahar
VP of Consumer Experience and Design
Vivint Smart Home
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Spencer Moore
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Rapid Response Monitoring |
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Raya Sevilla
SVP Information Technology
ADT
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Jai Thattil
Head of Marketing - Nokia Technologies
Nokia
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Speakers
Erik Ackner, President, Mercku Europe, MERCKU
Demetrios Barnes, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, SmartRent
Lee Bienstock, Global Head of Enterprise Partnerships, Google Devices and Services, Google
Mike Braham, SVP/GM, Trapollo
Brent Brooks, Director, Sales & Strategic Marketing, MMB Networks
Mark Burson, VP Marketing & Product Management, Nice North America
Peter Butler, General Manager, Everise
Émilie Carignan, Marketing Director, Aerial Technologies
Bharat Chadda, Senior Vice President of Technology, Media and Communications Vertical, Sutherland
Jeff Clemow, VP Strategic and Channel Sales, Telit
Alan Coleman, Founder and CEO, Sweepr
Rob Conant, VP Software Product Management & Ecosystem, Infineon Technologies
Jennifer Doctor, Sr. Director Product Management, Intrusion Security Products, Johnson Controls
Tom Doyle, CEO, Aspinity
Tony Frangiosa, President and CEO, InstallerNet
Stephanie Freier, Senior Manager, Consumer Insights, Inspire
Stephanie Fuhrman, Managing Director, Global Innovation, Greystar
Troy Gelsky, Smart Home Owner and Technology Enthusiast
Maneesh Goyal, Vice-Chair Corporate Development, Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic
Abhay Gupta, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bidgely
Mike Harris, President of Ring Solutions, RING
Ritch Haselden, GM and Senior VP of Sales, Essence
David Henry, Senior Vice President of Connected Home Products and Services, NETGEAR
Troy Iverson, VP of Sales, AvantGuard Monitoring Centers
Chris Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer, Brinks
Joe Johnson, VP, Product Development & Management, Windstream
Sarah Jones, VP, Commercial Product, Best Buy Health
Brett Jurgens, CEO & Co-founder, Notion
Sahas Katta, CEO, Smartcar
Jatin Khanpara, SVP, Engineering, Aprilaire
Abe Kinny, Product Management Director, Alarm.com
Mitchell Klein, Executive Director, Z-Wave Alliance
Oren Kotlicki, Founder and CEO, Intellithings Ltd.
Girish Kumar, CTO, GadgEon
Tyson Marian, Chief Commercial Officer, Plume
Dave Mayne, Vice President of Product Management, Alula
Brook McCall, Director, Tech Access Initiative, United Spinal Association
Chris Merck, VP Engineering, Olibra
Sharon Mirsky, Co-founder & COO, Firedome
Felicite Moorman, CEO, STRATIS
James Muraca, VP of Product, Zen Ecosystems
Antero Norkio, Vice President, Solution Management - Consumer Security Business Unit, F-Secure
Stellan Öhrn, Sales Director, BTEB IoT Connected Vehicles North America, Ericsson
Leah Page, VP Mobile Security and Strategic Projects, ADT
Kerry Palakanis, DNP, APRN, Executive Director Connect Care Operations, Intermountain Healthcare
Johan Pedersen, Manager, Product Marketing, Home & Consumer IoT, Silicon Labs
Quinto Petrucci, Vice President Product Management, Nortek Security and Control
Tobin Richardson, President and CEO, Zigbee Alliance
Samantha Rudolph, Senior Product Director, OSSIACO
Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Leader, Post Acute & Home, Philips
Mark Samuel, CEO, Ezlo Innovation
Ankur Sood, Business Development Director, Service Providers, Bitdefender
David Smith, VP of Marketing & Business Development, COPS Monitoring
Sumati Stewart, SVP of Sales and Marketing, Yonomi
Joe Teng, Program Manager, Austin Energy
Steve Teig, Founder and CEO, Perceive
Tony Testa, Director - Marketing, Wireless Connectivity Business Unit, Qorvo
Emilie Tullis, VP of Product, General Manager, Demand Management Solutions, Uplight, Inc.
Mike Wajsgras, Executive Director, Innovation and Growth, Constellation Energy
Fritz Werder, General Manager of North America, Tuya Smart
Paul Williams, GM, Product Management & Growth, GE Lighting, a Savant Company
Matt Wolf, Head of Partnerships, SimpliSafe
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2019 Speakers
Keynotes
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Jacob Atalla
VP, Sustainability
KB Home
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Anne Ferguson
Vice President of Marketing
Alarm.com
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Chris Jones
Chief Technology Officer
iRobot
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David Kaiserman
President, Lennar Ventures
Lennar
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Charlie Kindel
Senior Vice President, Products and Services
Control4
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Dennis Mathew
Vice President and General Manager, Xfinity Home
Comcast
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Jeremy Warren
CTO
Vivint Smart Home
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Speakers
Ashish Aggarwal, Co-Founder & CTO, Caavo
Marcio Avillez, SVP of Business Development, CUJO AI
Avi Barel, Director, Business Development, ULE Alliance
Christopher Baskin, CEO, American Two-Way
Frederic Bastien, Co-founder and CEO, Mnubo
Justin Berghoff, Director, Business Development & Product Management, Residential, Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Greg Berkin, Managing Director, Concours Ventures
Dan Berte, Director, IoT, Bitdefender
Yuval Boger, CMO, Wi-Charge
Brian Brackenbury, Director, Connected Products, Gentex Corporation
Alex Capecelatro, CEO, Josh.ai
Joseph Carangelo, Executive Director, Strategy and Innovation, Baker Electric Home Energy
Chris Carney, CEO & Co-Founder, Abode
Thar Casey, CEO, Amber Solutions, Inc.
Andy Chambers, Vice President of Connected Home, Assurant
Charles Cheevers, CTO, ARRIS representing Wi-Fi Alliance
Tali Chen, Chief Marketing Officer, DSP Group
Naveen Chhangani, Head of Product and Services, Arlo
Rob Conant, CEO, Cirrent
Jeff Cutler, Chief Commercial Officer, Ada Health
Gary Davis, Chief Consumer Security Evangelist, McAfee
Kent Dickson, CEO and Co-Founder, Yonomi
Dan DiClerico, Home Expert & Smart Home Strategist, HomeAdvisor
Jennifer Doctor, Sr. Director Product Management, Tyco Security Solutions, Building Technologies & Solutions, Johnson Controls
Drew Doleski, Senior Product Manager - IoT, Connected Home, Verisk Analytics
Kristi Ebong, SVP of Strategy and GM, Orbita, Inc.
Aaron Emigh, CEO and Founder, Brilliant
Stephen Eyre, Area Vice President, Cloud & Smart Home and Business Solutions, Calix
Mel Fox, Product Owner, Nexia Home, Residential HVAC & Supply, Ingersoll Rand
Tony Frangiosa, CEO, InstallerNet, Inc.
David Friedman, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, & Chief Strategy Officer, Ayla
Axel Fuchs, Partner, Motus Ventures
Jan-Philipp Gehrmann, Director, Head of Automotive Sales & Marketing Silicon Valley, NXP
Chris Gibbons, MD, Founder and CEO, The Greystone Group, Inc.
Cristene Gonzalez-Wertz, Electronics + Environment, Energy & Utilities Research Director, IBM Institute for Business Value
Todd Grantham, Chief Marketing Officer, Plume Design Inc.
Gabe Halimi, CEO, Flo Technologies
Scott Harkins, Vice President, General Manager, Connected Home, Resideo
Yuval Harry, Head of Partnerships, Hippo Insurance
Arsham Hatambeiki, Senior Vice President, Product & Technology, Universal Electronics Inc.
Chuck Hector, Chief Revenue Officer, Papa
Sheila Hicks, Vice President/General Manager, Cox Homelife, Cox Communications
Andy Hodge, CEO, Founder, Owl Cameras Inc.
Pete Horton, Vice President, Market Development, Electrical Wiring Systems Division, Legrand
Jim Hunter, CTO, Delos
Farahana Jobanputra, Senior Director, Emerging Markets, AmTrust North America
Chris Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer, Brinks Home Security
Brett Jurgens, CEO, Notion
Sean Kane, Client Engagement Manager, Mayo Clinic
Maria Karaivanova, Venture Investor, Madrona Venture Group
George Katsiris, VP Product Evangelist, Savant
Christine King, VP, Business Strategy & Partnerships, Puls Technologies Inc.
Mitchell Klein, Executive Director, Z-Wave Alliance
Kevin Kraus, Director Technology and Partner Integration for Yale and August Locks, ASSA ABLOY
Rusty Lhamon, Senior Director of Solutions for IoT, T-Mobile
Joe Liu, CEO, Miotta
Josh Locke, Director of Sales, Essence USA
Soren Lorentsen, Director of Global Business Development, SmartHome IoT, Silicon Labs
Linus Lundberg, Google Home + Nest Business Development, Google
Karthee Madasamy, Managing Partner, Mobile Foundation Ventures
Alton Martin, SVP Growth and Co-Founder, Trusource Labs LLC, An Everise Company
Elizabeth Mathes, Director of Smart Home, The Home Depot
Dave Mayne, Vice President of Product Management, Alula
Katie McMahon, Vice President and General Manager, SoundHound Inc.
James McPhail, CEO, Zen Ecosystems
Dr. Alan Messer, CTO, Mojio
Dr. Chris Mitchell, CEO and Founder, Audio Analytic
Daniel Moneta, CMO & VP Corporate Development, Co-Founder, MMB Networks
Spencer Moore, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Rapid Response Monitoring
Felicite Moorman, CEO, STRATIS IoT
Tom Nakatani, VP IT, ADT
Vaidhi Nathan, SVP Camera, AI / Analytics, IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of Nortek Security & Control
Joey Neal, VP, Product, Hero Health
Kathleen O'Hara, Vice President | GM, Service Live
Ann Olivo-Shaw, Marketing Director, Zigbee Alliance
Chris Otto, Senior Vice President, MobileHelp
Dave Palmer, Chief Operating Office, Everise
Paul Palmer, Director, Business Development, Consumer Business Unit, F-Secure Inc.
Wannie Park, VP of Corporate Development, Inspire
Roel Peeters, CEO, Roost
Joe Roberts, EVP Marketing and Innovation, Nortek Security & Control
Adam Sand, CEO, Shopkick
David Shapiro, Co-Founder and CTO, Scout Alarm
Moti Shkolnik, Co-founder & CEO, Firedome
Sachin Shukla, Global Business Development Manager, Samsung SmartThings
Renee Soulliard, CMO, support.com
Mark Spates, Product Lead, Google
Matt St. John, Strategic Partner Development Lead - Smart Home, Google Assistant
Sharlene Sternberg, Marketing Manager, Sensoria
Matt Swatsky, Vice President-Residential Mid-Market Business, Lutron
Linden Tibbets, Chief Design Officer, IFTTT
David Wechsler, Executive Director Channels and Partnerships, Comcast
Thad White, Vice President, Product Management, Ooma, Inc.
Paul Williams, GM Product Management & Growth, GE Lighting
Matt Wolf, Head of Partnerships, SimpliSafe
Brett Worthington, SVP of Business Development, Frontdoor, Inc.
Oz Yildirim, CMO, AirTies
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2018 Speakers
Keynotes
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Dr. Melissa Gregg
Director of Research for Intel Smart Home
Intel
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Miles Kingston
General Manager, Smart Home Group
Intel
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Patti Loyack
Vice President, IP Services
Comcast Cable
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Mark Spates
Product Lead for Smart Home
Google
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Speakers
Eric Adler, CEO, Flume, Inc.
Manar Alazma, Vice President of Product Management, Nuance Communications
Marcio Avillez, SVP Networks, CUJO AI
Terry Bader, Chief Revenue Officer, Guardzilla
Colin Barceloux, CEO, Axius
Ran Baror, VP Consumer Business, eyeSight Technologies
Shawn Barry, North American VP, Strategic Sales, Alarm.com
Christopher Baskin, CEO, American Two-Way
Deepak Batheja, Chief Digital Officer & Group CIO, iQor US Inc.
Daniel Behrendt, Business Development, Honeywell Connected Home
Rich Bira, Managing Director, USA, Fibaro
Jeff Blankenburg, Alexa Evangelist, Amazon
Lewis Brown, CEO, MiOS
Alex Capecelatro, CEO, Josh.ai
Naveen Chhangani, Head of Product Management, Arlo, NETGEAR
Jon Clay, Director, Global Threat Communications, Trend Micro
Rob Conant, CEO, Cirrent
Laura Crisp, Manager of Emerging Business, Chamberlain, Chamberlain
Richard Culberson, Executive Director, Home Security & Smart Home Operations, Cox Communications
Kent Dickson, Co-Founder and CEO, Yonomi
Dan DiClerico, Smart Home Expert, HomeAdvisor
Drew Doleski, Senior Product Manager, IoT/Telematics - Connected Home, Verisk Analytics
Ed Doran, Principle Program Management, Microsoft
John Driver, CEO, Lynx Technology
Jason Dudley, Senior Planning Analyst, Salt River Project
Geoff Ferrell, Chief Technology Officer, Mandalay Homes
Lisa Fetterman, Founder and CEO, Nomiku
Larry Folsom, President and CEO, I-View Now
J.B. Fowler, Chief Product Officer, DOMOTZ
Tony Frangiosa, CEO, InstallerNet, Inc.
Dylan Gale, Principal, Comcast Ventures
Bob Gulino, Founder and VP Marketing, Nuro Technologies
Monika Gupta, EVP Sales, Marketing and Product, Cognitive Systems
Mike Hackett, Co-founder and SVP, Qolsys
Ted Haeger, VP of Training & Support, Control4
Scott Hancock, VP of Marketing, Plex
Yuval Harry, Head of Partnerships, Hippo Insurance
Arsham Hatambeiki, VP Corporate Product & Strategy, Universal Electronics Inc.
Morgan Hertel, Vice President of Technology & Innovation, Rapid Response Monitoring
Kurt Hoppe, Global Head of Innovation – Mobility & Connected Services, GM
Steve Horley, Advisor Global Innovation & Investments, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist and Technology Evangelist, Greenwave Systems
Chris Ince, Z-Wave Business Development Director, Silicon Labs
Craig Johnson, President, Residential Solutions, Emerson
Matt Johnson, VP of Business Development, EnergyHub
Chris Jones, Vice President of Technology, iRobot Corporation
Len Jordan, Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
Brett Jurgens, CEO, Notion
Adam Justice, CEO, ConnectSense
John Kennelly, General Manager, Built, b8ta
Miles Kingston, General Manager, Smart Home Group, Intel Corp.
Joseph Kolchinsky, Founder, CEO, OneVision Resources
Timo Laaksonen, President, F-Secure Americas, F-Secure
Aleem Lakhani, EVP, Specialty Risk, AmTrust North America
Rusty Lhamon, Sr. Director, IoT Solutions, T-Mobile
Max Li, President and CEO, Tri Cascade, Inc.
Joe Liu, CEO, Mivatek Smart Connect
Bill Loesch, CEO, LeakSentinel
Sanjay Manney, Sr. Director of Product Management and Marketing, Rambus
Bob Marshall, CEO, Whisker Labs
Alton Martin, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Trusource Labs
David McCall, Senior Strategic Planner - Smart Home Group, Intel Corporation; Chair - Strategy Work Group, Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), Intel /OCF
Kevin Meagher, Chief Commercial Officer, Intamac
Greg Mischou, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Woodside Capital Partners
Dr. Chris Mitchell, CEO & Founder, Audio Analytic
Daniel Moneta, CMO & EVP Corporate Development, MMB Networks
Wayne Morrison, Principal, Emerging Technologies, Reliant
Todd Mozer, CEO, Sensory
Lainie Muller, Director, Wellness, Alarm.com
Rob Munin, President and CEO, Lux Products Corp
Thomas Nakatani, VP of Monitoring Technology & Product, ADT
Dhruveshkumar Patel, CTO, VOLANSYS Technologies
Duane Paulson, VP - Strategic Partnerships, Fing
Josh Pederson, Director of Product, Ayla Networks
Roel Peeters, CEO, Roost Labs
Aditya Pendyala, Co-Founder | VP Growth, mnubo
Dale Pistilli, VP of Sales & Marketing, August Home
Frank Ploumen, Head of Premises Product Management, Calix
Jim Poder, VP, Product Management Residential Systems, Nortek
Nigel Pugh, CEO, IMONT Technologies Limited
Tobin Richardson, President & CEO, Zigbee Alliance
Shuvankar Roy, Vice President, Xfinity Home | Transformational Leader for Connected Home Strategy & Operations, Comcast
Cecilia Sevillano, Head of Smart Home Solutions, Swiss Re
Marcus Scheiber, CEO, ROC-Connect
Tom Stimac, Chief Innovation Officer, GE Lighting
Michele Turner, Sr. Director, Smart Home Ecosystem, Google Assistant/Home, Google
Russell Vail, Executive Vice President - Market Development, Alula
Anthony Versarge, Head of Product, Health and Wellness, Comcast
Dr. Kenneth Wacks, President, Home, Building & Utility Systems
Mike Wajsgras, Director of Channel Development, Constellation
Jeremy Warren, Chief Technology Officer, Vivint Smart Home
Jeffrey Weiner, VP, Product, Marketing and Sales, Mersoft
Matt Wolf, Head of Partnerships, SimpliSafe
Richard Wolpert, Co-Founder & CEO, HelloTech
Brett Worthington, VP Global Business Development & Partnerships, Samsung SmartThings
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