Aaron specializes in building high-performing teams to launch and grow new technology products. He was a cofounder of Citymaps, which was acquired by TripAdvisor in 2016, and is an investor in Reddit, Button, Omaze, Henry The Dentist, Parallel Wireless, Clear Ballot, Pinata, and FilmRise. He is an angel investor, board member, advisor, author, and a results-oriented technology executive with extensive experience at startups, growth-stage, and publicly traded companies. Aaron holds an MBA from Harvard.

Tom began his career with Stoneweg US in 2017 as an Asset Manager, where he was responsible for overseeing operations, maximizing occupancy, and maintaining budgets for 17 assets in the Midwest region. In 2019, Tom was promoted to Senior Asset Manager assuming operational responsibility for more than 50% of total AUMs; where his operational leadership was hugely impactful in the Company’s ability to deliver healthy returns to its investors that year. In 2020, Tom began focusing his efforts on implementing various energy-efficient and innovative practices to his portfolio by introducing water use conservation, LED retrofits, and effective recycling methods that would not only incorporate sustainability, but also provide key value-add for residents. Tom is now the Director of Sustainability at Stoneweg US due to his success and influence is reshaping the Company’s ESG strategy.

Robert loves application of technology to deliver a stronger customer experience, drive operational efficiency or solve a market specific need. With more than 20 years of security industry experience, Robert has focused on technology partnerships, business development and security policy. As the Go-to-Market leader of Allegion’s Zentra Access Solutions business unit, he brings a unique perspective and understanding of the role technology plays in delivering a seamless experience in multifamily for owners, developers, property managers and residents. Robert has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech. He has been featured in Security Sales & Integrator (SSI), A&S International and Security System News, where he was chosen as a “20 under 40” honoree in 2013. Most recently, Robert was recognized by Globe St as a 2023 Multifamily Influencer.

I love helping others discover interesting solutions to the facility challenges they face. It's even more fulfilling to help them identify and rectify hidden building inefficiencies. Take a look at the mechanical key as an example; it was invented thousands of years ago with only small tech improvements in the last few decades So why does almost every building still use outdated technology? The answer is probably because they don’t know any better. Here at SALTO, we help solve the problem of managing mechanical keys and delivering exceptional access control. My enthusiasm is on full display when working through these challenges, whether on a phone call, hosting a webinar, or leading a meeting, I'm excited! Outside of work, I'm a dedicated father, husband and enjoy discovering all that Minnesota has to offer.

Kara Heermans, SVP, Product Management & UEX, SONIFI Solutions

Adam Hepworth, a trailblazer in the smart building industry since 1999, long before the era of smartphones. With visionary foresight, Adam pioneered web interfaces for building management, laying the foundation for today's intelligent infrastructures. Through highs and lows, Adam's resilience has been unwavering. A founding partner of Solexica, Connectrix Citylink & Della Connect, and a distinguished Senior Executive, he boasts a stellar track record in the global automation and smart building sectors. Throughout his illustrious career, Adam has masterfully navigated challenges, transforming them into opportunities and leading businesses to unparalleled success.

Kyle Johnson, Director, Smart Building Technology, Greystar

Theresa Kaiser-White, CPM® Vice President Asset Management Ms. Kaiser-White’s more than 30 years of multifamily experience is foundational for her role as VP of Asset Management at Willow Bridge Property Company. Theresa provides executive-level, strategic support, and oversight for Willow Bridge’s largest institutional portfolios nationally. Theresa serves as an asset management liaison, collaborating closely with key partners and regional teams to ensure the highest level of service and support across Willow Bridge’s management platform. Theresa is responsible for planning and implementation of management best practices and works closely with executive leadership, risk management, leaning, marketing, talent, systems, legal, and auditing departments on special projects, and task force initiatives. Theresa’s ability to provide operational expertise and support across the management platform is instrumental to Willow Bridge’s partnership growth and success. Theresa most recently, also held responsibilities leading national procurement efforts at Willow Bridge Property Company. Her strategic emphasis on procurement benefited Willow Bridge Property Company and their partners through reduced risk exposure, continuous innovation in technology, consistency in process, quality control and competitive pricing through robust vendor partnerships. Consistent evaluation of national purchase platforms ensured the best quality, value, and ROI always for Willow Bridge clients, partners, and residents. Theresa is a graduate from The University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, with emphasis in Management. Theresa holds the CPM® designation through the Institute of Real Estate Management as well as a CCIM® designation through the CCIM Institute.

Cris Kimbrough, Chief Strategy Officer, SKBM Smart Technology

Kaushik Mani is the Director of Amazon Key. After founding Amazon Key's devices business, he scaled it to be one of Amazon's largest property technology businesses. Kaushik holds 15+ patents and has invented numerous technologies over the last 10+years. He joined Amazon as part of an acqui-hire deal to evaluate integration opportunities of his latest home invention - a gift-wrapping robot. Today, Kaushik’s organization builds disruptive access and secure delivery devices, software, and services for residential and commercial properties. In January 2020, Amazon Key’s technology was recognized as the Best Smart Security Product at CES. Amazon Key enables on-time and reliable deliveries to over 15MM locations across 10 countries. Kaushik and his team work with the top real estate and operations executives around the world to solve their access and secure delivery challenges, increase operational efficiency, and improve their customer experience. Kaushik regularly speaks to global audiences of technologists and holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Sean Miller is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Sensor Industries, the leading AI-powered water conservation company that helps commercial real estate owners detect leaks early, allowing them to avoid costly water damage, reduce water bills and improve the environmental footprint of their buildings. Prior to joining Sensor Industries, Sean was CEO and Co-Founder of Griot, a communication and knowledge capture tool specifically designed for skilled trades. Preceding Griot, Sean was the President of PointCentral, an Alarm.com subsidiary that pioneered smart property platforms for apartments/MDUs, single family rentals and vacation rentals. During his time at PointCentral, Sean grew the company by over 700% while building the team to over 40 people and driving the business unit to profitability. Before PointCentral, Sean led Global Sales and Business Development for WeMo, Belkin’s smart home business unit, where he grew the total number of households that had a WeMo by over 3x in less than 24 months. Sean also launched MobileLink, Generac’s first remote monitoring SaaS service that connected the company’s standby generators to customers, dealers and Generac corporation. Sean has an MBA from Kenan-Flagler at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Occidental College. Sean resides in the Los Angeles area of California with his wife and their two lovely daughters.

Lee Miller is the Vice President of Multifamily at Brivo. Before Brivo, Lee served as the vice president of sales for WhiteSky and Stratis, both RealPage companies, and was responsible for overseeing and directing the strategic direction of the smart building platform. He oversaw a global team of technical sales directors and solutions representatives. Before joining RealPage, Miller was Regional Sales Director for Control4 Europe. Based in London, he collaborated with some of Europe’s most elite developers. His perspective of the European and US multifamily markets is pivotal as Brivo responds to growing global demand in this space.

Francisco Moreno, AVP MDU Product, Calix

Dan is a loving husband and father, and a serial entrepreneur with experience in all aspects of running and growing capital-intensive businesses from startup to cash flow positive. He is a dynamic, results-oriented leader with a strong record in growing technology-related businesses. Dan’s expertise lies in customer service, strategic planning, IT management, software development and deployment, in addition to cost management, business development, contract negotiation and digital advertising. Dan understands the entire tech stack from networking, to hardware and software and has been involved in the tech and computer industry since 1980 and involved in wired networking for almost 40 years. Dan began developing websites and online applications in 1994 and launched his ISP in 1996. He was a pioneer in WiFi having built massive indoor and outdoor WiFi deployments as early as 2004 and also a pioneer deploying commercial pre-wifi wireless networking technologies since 1998 when he launched one of the world's first WISPs using FWA. In 2000, Dan deployed high speed internet to his first MDU client, over 24 years ago. Today, DojoNetworks is one of the leading ManagedWiFi providers for MDUs nationwide with 100% customer retention over a 24 year period. Dan's focus is on delivering very high-quality fiber backed Internet and ManagedWiFi as an amenity to Multi-Dwelling housing. Dan also sits on multiple boards of a variety of businesses from mature to startups.

Reza Raji is the Senior Vice President of the Smart Spaces-IoT division at Vantiva, where he leads the delivery of innovative end-to-end connectivity and IoT solutions for commercial enterprises. With decades of experience in the IoT space, Reza is a distinguished thought leader known for his ability to transform and scale products and services in the industry. Before joining Vantiva, Reza served as the Chief Business Development Officer at Brilliant, where he played a pivotal role in developing a comprehensive consumer platform for the smart home market. His tenure as CEO at Xenio Systems saw the company merge the online and physical worlds through a precision indoor positioning platform, earning industry accolades. With over 42 patents and 38 pending patent applications, Reza's expertise is well-recognized. He holds a BSEE from Stony Brook University and an MSEE from Cornell University. Reza Raji is a sought-after speaker and advisor, offering invaluable insights into the future of IoT and connectivity solutions.

Paul Spinella, National Account Manager, ASSA ABLOY Group

Todd is a well-respected figure in the telecommunications industry with more than 20 years of experience. He is considered a thought leader and is frequently invited to speak at national conferences and on podcasts. Todd is a LinkedIn Top Public Speaking Voice and a member of Toastmasters International, a global organization dedicated to developing public speaking and leadership skills. Todd was born and raised in the Midwest and resides in Greenville, South Carolina with his wife of 30 years and their dog, Coco. When he's not working, Todd enjoys traveling with his two adult children, cooking, running, and public speaking.

Paul Williams serves as the Managing Director of the Home Management Solutions Business Unit for Nice and leads the worldwide strategy and business for the connected home in this role. Paul has over 20 years of executive leadership in the connected home space and his career spans start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Paul previously served as Nice North America’s Chief Product Officer where he led the product management teams and developed the product strategy and product roadmaps of all products / solutions for Nice in North America. Prior to joining Nice, he was at GE Lighting in the role of GM of Product Management and Growth where he was charged with reimagining lighting solutions. In three years, Paul’s team created a DIY smart home ecosystem with innovative products and scaled the consumer mobile app, taking it from just 30,000 users to more than 2 million. During his 14+ years of executive leadership at Control4, a manufacturer of smart home solutions, he was instrumental in building the company from a startup to IPO with double-digit, year-over-year growth.

Pratik Dhebri leads Product Management at AvalonBay Communities to reimagine our operating model and build streamlined and personalized customer experiences. Before AvalonBay, Pratik was Vice President of Products at CBRE creating innovative products for owners, investors, and occupiers. Before CBRE, Pratik led efforts for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Veritone (startup to IPO) and Polaris Wireless. Pratik has an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and an MS from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He has six granted USPTO patents.

Jeff Hoch is a seasoned PropTech and Technology Executive with over 25 years of experience. In his role at ePropertyCare he focuses on Alliance Partnerships, Go To Market Stategy and Sales and Marketing Enablement. Outside of work he enjoys going to the gym, car shows and BBQ. He lives in NY with his wife Nina and is the proud father of 5 children.

Cris Kimbrough, Chief Strategy Officer, SKBM Smart Technology

Michele McWilliams-Tate, National Director of Leasing, Toll Brothers

Lance is currently the CEO of three technology companies - Groove Technology Solutions, a systems integrator servicing the hospitality, healthcare and residential multi-family industries, Della Connect providing smart building technology solutions for the MDU industry and EpicVue which services connectivity and television service for the long-haul trucking industry.

Henry Pye, Vice President, Residential Technology Services, RealPage

Pierre is a seasoned Networking and Technology Executive and Board Member with over 35 years of experience. Pierre Trudeau was selected as one of the “Top 50 Broadband Influencers, Innovators and Disrupters who are Connecting the World” (Informa Tech) in 2021. Prior to joining Positron in 2013 to lead the development of Positron’s GAM, Pierre founded Colubris Networks, a leader in advanced Wi-Fi solutions for Wireless ISP, Carriers and Enterprises in March 2000. Colubris was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2008. Pierre is a respected presenter in international conferences and an expert on data communications. He holds multiple networking related patents. Pierre has an M.Sc and B.Sc degree in Computer science from Sherbrooke University in Quebec (Canada).

Nate Wysk is the General Manager at PointCentral, an Alarm.com subsidiary. PointCentral is a platform built to provide enterprise-class smart property technology for property managers. Prior to PointCentral, Nate held the role of Director of Global Business Development at Alarm.com where he led the international go-to-market strategy and expansion of smart home and smart business security solutions into 30+ countries. Nate has a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was also the captain of the men’s soccer team. Nate is originally from the Gulf Coast of Florida and currently resides in McLean, Virginia.

Director of IT at Continental Properties for the past 15 years with 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Steve has been worked closely with Continental Properties' Multifamily operations team for the past 15 years implementing software systems, hardware innovations for the business and managing the resident experience.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Consumer electronics, mobility services and devices, connected health and wellness. Kristen Hanich heads Parks Associates' consumer electronics and mobility research, with expertise in other verticals including connected cars, mobile networking, healthcare, wellness, and independent living. She leads a mix of custom and syndicated research projects throughout the year, with a focus on major players and emerging trends. Kristen specializes in bridging the gap between data-driven and narrative approaches to understanding the consumer markets via a mix of qualitative and quantitative research approaches. Kristen has dual master's degrees in applied anthropology and public health from the Universities of North Texas in Denton and Fort Worth. She earned her BSc in health at the University of Texas at San Antonio and has a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems.

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE: Connected Health, Connected Home Technologies and Services, Connected Entertainment Products and Services. Jennifer manages the research department and Parks Associates' process for producing high-quality, relevant, and meaningful research. Jennifer also leads and advises on syndicated and custom research projects across all connected consumer verticals and guides questionnaire development for Parks Associates’ extensive consumer analytics survey program. Jennifer is a certified focus group moderator, with training from the Burke Institute. Jennifer earned her PhD in religion, politics, and society and an MA in church-state studies from Baylor University. She earned her BA in politics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Jason Paris joined Parks Associates as an analyst studying international telephone, cable, and satellite providers and is now a member of the business development team. Jason graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in psychology and government. After working for the Texas House of Representatives, Jason spent the previous seven years in New York City working with portable and enterprise healthcare technologies.

As the President and Chief Marketing Officer at Parks Associates, Elizabeth Parks plays a pivotal role at Parks Associates. With over two decades of dedication to the company, she has been instrumental in shaping its growth and success, along with the continued focus of delivering timely and quality industry and consumer insights on the connected home and SMB industries. Elizabeth's leadership extends across a diverse range of responsibilities. She is a driving force behind the company's research focus and coverage areas, ensuring that Parks Associates remains at the forefront of industry trends and insights for the broadband, consumer electronics, and home service markets. Her expertise is showcased in the strategic communication plan she orchestrates, encompassing advertising, public relations, and marketing efforts. A cornerstone of her role is as the key organizer of Parks Associates' prestigious events, including Parks Associates signature event, CONNECTIONS™, Smart Energy Summit, Future of Video, Connected Health Summit, and Smart Spaces. Elizabeth's commitment to Parks Associates' overarching mission is unwavering. She is dedicated to providing clients with the most reliable and comprehensive consumer and industry research and analysis. Parks Associates syndicated and custom research work helps empower businesses to make informed decisions in an ever-evolving landscape. Elizabeth's journey with Parks Associates began after graduating with a BA in psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives in Plano Texas with her husband and three children.