Teresa McGaughey, Vice President of Global Field & Partner Marketing at Calix, is a telecom leader with nearly 30 years of experience. She has led industry leading engineering and marketing teams that pioneered Ethernet based access systems and drove go to market excellence across subscriber experience, partner ecosystems, and service differentiation. Teresa holds a router on a chip patent and chairs the Fiber Broadband Association’s In Home Experience Committee. Her impact has been recognized with CRN’s Women of the Channel (2025), Chairman’s Quarterly Awards, President’s Club, and International Sales Win of the Year.

Jake Purcell has over a decade of technology sales distribution, operations and strategy experience in telecommunications. Currently, at Comcast, he is tasked with driving IoT innovation at scale, transforming today’s resources into a connected digital infrastructure to make businesses, municipalities, and communities safer, smarter, and more sustainable. Previously, he focused on new business strategies and growth initiatives for Smart Home Security & Automation product solutions. Prior to Comcast, Jake held the role of regional general manager of sales and operations at Clearwire, a telecommunications company eventually acquired by Sprint Co (not t-mobile). Jake received a Bachelor of Science in Business & Physics from Southern Oregon University, and is a graduate from the Temple University Executive MBA program.

Christophe Arnaud joined Telecom Design as CEO in 2023. He leads all SaaS platform development, product design, engineering, global manufacturing and worldwide distribution of the company's Smart Home solutions in security and AgeTech. Telecom Design’s mission is to enable people worldwide to be healthier and safer in their own homes with innovative IoT solutions. Prior to joining Telecom Design, Christophe Arnaud was CEO of Blue Systems, the listed Bolloré Group Smart Mobility Division where he launched the first of its kind MDS-based Smart Mobility Platform in Los Angeles and operated mobility solutions in London, Paris, New York City amongst others. He also had a successful career in airport technology. Christophe is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris engineering school and SKEMA Business School. He speaks three languages fluently and understands the intricacies of running a business across several continents. Christophe enjoys mountaineering activities and has climbed several peaks over 5,000 meters. He practices paragliding, freeride skiing and running.

Elizabeth is the CMO at TechSee, creating simpler, smarter, customer experiences with visual AI. She is a leading voice for applied AI across the enterprise and specializes in humanizing technology in a digital- and AI-first age. Previously, she held leadership roles spanning marketing, communications, community, and CX departments at video game, social media, and cloud platform technology companies in both the B2C and B2B spaces. Over the course of her career, she has focused on identifying new and effective ways to create meaningful dialogue between a brand and its customers, and on developing products and programs that are built on relationships, outcomes, and impact.

Cathy You, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Division, Aqara

Albert Chiu is a Principal Product Manager in the Utility Partnership and Innovation Department at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). In his 25+ years working in Load Management and Integrated Demand Side Management, he has developed technologies, system, policies and programs for utility customers. He is the lead of the DR Emerging Technology and IDSM Programs at PG&E, and also serves on the board of the OpenADR Alliance.

Andy McFarlane is leading Morse Micro’s global marketing, fuelling brand growth, opening up new partnerships, and expanding Morse Micro’s open source capabilities, to drive strategic success. Based in Sydney, Morse Micro is shaping the future of IoT connectivity, one innovative step at a time.

Joshua Di Frances is currently the Vice President, and Head of Business Incubation & Venture Building for LG NOVA & LG Electronics where he works to build and launch new technology ventures across the areas of AI, cleantech and healthcare technology. Prior to LG, Josh has spent his career working across healthcare technology strategy and investing and civic tech within the federal government. Josh formerly led the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows Program and Co-Founded the U.S. Digital Corps within the federal government. He also held roles at CVS Health, MassGeneral Brigham and a biotech gene editing startup. Josh has an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Boston University, and has also pursued graduate coursework at Harvard University, Berkeley Law, and the National Venture Capital Association.

Larry Rask is Arity's Chief Revenue Officer. Larry is responsible for all new business activities and meeting Arity revenue and growth goals, and the development of Arity's sales processes and methodologies. Larry brings almost 30 years of international product marketing, sales, and operations experience and has a track record of exceptional results in both early stage and mature businesses – with a focus on enterprise software and predictive analytics. He joins Arity after more than six years as Vice President of Sales for Information Builders where he led the enterprise sales and operations efforts for the US-western region. There he implemented new sales channels and initiatives that created a new sales ecosystem that enabled the US-western regional team's move from last place in production to number one for two consecutive years. Larry earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of Santa Clara where he was also a Division I basketball player. He lives with his family in Orange County, CA.

Robin Crawford, Chief Business Development Officer, Origin AI

Hugh Owen is Senior Vice President of Marketing at Alarm.com (Nasdaq: ALRM), the leading platform for intelligently connected properties. He leads global marketing strategy spanning residential, multi-family, small business, and enterprise commercial markets. His team shapes Alarm.com’s brand and drives demand for its expansive suite of IoT solutions, which include security, video analytics, access control, energy management, and emerging capabilities that advance safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Prior to Alarm.com, Hugh served in multiple senior leadership roles at MicroStrategy, including Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, where he guided global go-to-market efforts for the company’s enterprise analytics platform and its groundbreaking Bitcoin initiatives. Earlier in his career, he held roles at HSBC and Kimberly-Clark in the United Kingdom. Hugh earned a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Business from the University of Bath, England.

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.

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 technology executive with over 25 years of experience spanning marketing, strategy, and engineering, with a deep focus on IoT and M2M innovation since 2005. He currently serves as Principal IoT Specialist at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he leads the global go-to-market strategy for consumer IoT and Smart Home solutions. In this role, he helps global device makers, service providers, and partners leverage the power of AWS to build, scale, and differentiate connected experiences. Prior to AWS, Olivier was Director of High-Performance IoT at Arm, where he led business development and ecosystem growth across the IoT value chain in collaboration with OEMs, ODMs, and silicon partners. During his tenure at Arm, he also led the competitive strategy team, developing mitigation strategies against rival CPU architectures and shaping Arm’s positioning across key market segments, including Arm for data centers. Earlier, as Executive Vice President at Maestro Wireless, he founded and led the company’s U.S. subsidiary through its successful acquisition by Lantronix. Olivier has held leadership roles in multiple startups, including eRide, where he built the sales and marketing organization from the ground up, as well as technical and strategic roles at CEL (Renesas), Northrop Grumman, and California Amplifier. Recognized as an industry thought leader, he has authored numerous technical publications and frequently speaks at global IoT and Smart Home conferences. Olivier holds an Engineering degree from ESIEE (France), an MSEE from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

Yoon Ho Choi, President, Home Connectivity Alliance | Global Head of Partnership & Alliance/ Digital Appliance/ Customer Experience Team, Samsung Electronics

Meghan McConomy is an experienced marketing professional with a proven track record in go-to-market strategy, partner marketing, business development, and product innovation in the energy industry. She is currently Vice President of NRG Consumer Brand Strategy, having served in successive roles at NRG since 2013. Meghan’s tenure at NRG has led to her current role, leading a team that develops the brand strategy for NRG’s consumer brands. This includes understanding the consumer mindset and trends, assessing the competitive landscape, defining customer segment targets, and mapping toward future growth opportunities for NRG Consumer. She also works closely across teams to ensure the consumer brands deliver a seamless customer experience while achieving key business metrics. Prior to NRG, Meghan received her M.B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, attending sporting events (mostly Little League and youth soccer), volunteering, and planning new outdoor adventures.

Amalia Katz-Doron, Head of Strategic Marketing, Intuition Robotics

Casey is Director of the Business Development team at Josh.ai focusing on the company's go-to-market initiatives, strategic partnerships, and emerging growth opportunities. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Business Administration, has previous experience in the tech startup space, and is especially passionate about the convergence of technology and user experiences. A former collegiate athlete, Casey enjoys staying active and continuously honing new skills.

As Group Vice President of Platform+, Travis currently leads operations for VIZIO’s rapidly growing Platform+ Business which includes VIZIO Ads and Inscape. He joined VIZIO from Rakuten Marketing where he served as Senior Vice President of Client Services managing over 1500 performance marketing clients. Travis has led multiple award-winning organizations including the Advertiser Perceptions Highest Rated Media Brand for Advertiser Satisfaction in the U.S. at YuMe and mThink’s Best Affiliate Network for service and innovation each and every year he was at Rakuten. Prior to moving into ad tech, Travis was at Intel Corporation where he held a number of strategic marketing and media positions including oversight of all media spending for consumer campaigns globally. Travis holds a BS, Computer Science from Virginia Tech and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Paulus Schoutsen is President of the Open Home Foundation and founder of Home Assistant. In 2013, he set out to control his smart lights with Python. This small script evolved into what is now known as Home Assistant, and over the years, this hobbyist project grew into the largest open source project in the world. In 2024, this work led Paulus and other open source smart home projects to band together and launch the Open Home Foundation. The foundation fights for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. And for every person who lives in one.