Twenty-ninth annual executive event addresses expanded service models, AI innovations, partnerships, and go-to-market strategies in the connected home industries
Parks Associates today announced its most recent speaker lineup for the 29th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference, May 13-15 at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel, featuring keynotes from Raymond James, Amazon Web Services, Vivint, Home Connectivity Alliance, and Moen and a special keynote panel “Solving the User Experience” with executives from Anker Innovations, the Thread Group, and Tractive.
Each year, CONNECTIONS™ brings together hundreds of industry leaders in the consumer technology markets to discuss new service and revenue opportunities in the smart home markets. Parks Associates research from “Smart Home Services: Safety, Prevention, Comfort,” a survey of 8,000 US internet households, shows that 12 million homeowners are willing to pay for fire monitoring services, representing market opportunities of more than $2 billion in service revenues annually.
- Jeff Barnes, VP, Smart Water, Moen
- Andrew Bleiman, EVP, Tractive
- Alper Cetingok, Senior Managing Director, Raymond James
- John Hughes, Chief Engineer, Residential Controls, Trane Technologies; Technical Work Group Chair, Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA)
- Dave Kranzler, GM, IoT Services, Amazon Web Services
- Sujata Neidig, VP, Marketing, Thread Group
- Dave Porter, Managing Director, Vivint
- Eric Villines, Head of Global Communications, Anker Innovations
- Matt Alba, Product Manager, GVTC Communications
- Casey Anderson, Senior Director of Software Engineering, Lennox International
- Marcus Anderson, Director, Sales, Replicant AI
- Greg Baldauf, Director, SmartLife & Cloud Solution Partnerships, Calix
- Jeff Bales, VP, Insurance Partnerships, Flume
- Ben Berg, Senior Director Product Management, Video, Alarm.com
- Dr. Petrut Bogdan, Neuromorphic Architect, Innatera Nanosystems
- Jay Cahill, CEO, Holios
- Victor Carrasco, Director - Strategic Accounts, Johnson Controls
- Jim Conti, VP, Vantiva
- Brad Cook, Head of Product Integration, Alfred International
- Charlie Dougherty, Senior Product Manager for Smart Homes, Kwikset
- Gilles Drieu, SVP & CTO, ADT
- Tim Eskew, Director, Residential Electronic Products, Schlage, an Allegion Brand
- Peter Giacalone, President, Giacalone Associates
- Steven Haase, Head of Sales, BOXX Insurance
- Mike Hackett, SVP, Enterprise Business Development, Brinks Home
- Sharon Hagi, Chief Security Officer, Silicon Labs
- George Hechtman, Principal, Hechtman Venture Development
- Morgan Hertel, VP of Technology and Innovation, Rapid Response Monitoring
- Anthony Iannone, Director of Innovation, Affiliated Monitoring
- Bryce Judd, Chief Revenue Officer, Savant
- Adam Justice, CEO, Grid Connect
- Val Kamenski, Co-CEO, Klika Tech
- Lily Knowles, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Marketing and CX, Arlo Technologies
- Gene LaNois, VP, Product Marketing, Vivint, an NRG company
- Christopher LaPré, Head of Technology, Connectivity Standards Alliance
- Spencer Maid, CEO, Origin Wireless AI
- Tajinder Manku, CEO & Founder, Cognitive Systems Corp.
- Dave Mayne, President, M2M Services
- Joe McNulty, SVP, Product & Partnerships, Whisker Labs
- Desiree Mejia, Co-Founder & COO, SkyBell
- Veronica Moturi, SVP, Customer Experience, Brinks Home
- Emily O'Donnell, VP, Product and Communications, Evolution Digital
- Sean O'Neil, CEO, Cardinal Peak (FPT Software)
- Consuelo Ortiz, Senior Product Manager, Wi-Fi Alliance
- Rebecca Peterson, Director of Product Solutions - Access Controls – LiftMaster, Chamberlain Group
- Richard Plummer, Senior Director, Home Services, AIG
- Keith Puckett, Founder & CEO, Ubiety Technologies
- Tom Reed, Head of Commercial Security Sales, RapidSOS
- Greg Rhoades, Director of Marketing, Smart and New Technology Products, Leviton Manufacturing
- Guillermo Rivas, VP, New Business Development, Cox Communications
- Jeff Rogers, VP, Sales, Sensory
- Avi Rosenthal, Managing Partner, BlueConnect Partners; Chairman of the Board, Z-Wave Alliance
- Marcus Scheiber, CEO, ROC-Connect
- Patrick Serrato, Director, Ecosystem Business Development and Product Strategy, Xthings
- Carie Small, Senior Director ADT Monitoring Product & Engineering, ADT
- David Sym-Smith, General Partner, Mobility Ventures
- Svetlin Todorov, CEO, Shelly USA
- Tyler Tribe, CTO / CPO, Becklar
- Paul Williams, Global Managing Director, Home Management Business Unit, Nice
- Brock Winzeler, President Personal Health and Safety, Becklar
- Matthew Wootton, Co-Founder & CTO, Ivani
- Cardinal Peak, an FPT Company
- Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA)
- Cox Communities
- Silicon Labs
- Ubiety Technologies
- Vivint
- Johnson Controls
- Alarm.com
- Origin
- Rapid Response Monitoring
- Schlage
- SkyBell
- Shelly Group
- Kwikset
- Becklar
- Calix
- ADT
- Affiliated Monitoring
- Cognitive Systems
- Ivani
- Z-Wave Alliance
- AIG
- Grid Connect
- Moen
- Nice
Registration is open. To schedule an interview with an analyst or to request specific data, please contact Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein at mindi.sue@parksassociates.com, 972-490-1113.
About CONNECTIONS™
Parks Associates' 29th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference is hosted May 13-15 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy in Plano, Texas, and brings industry leaders together to provide insights and business forecasting about the adoption of technology including broadband, smart home, security, connected health, energy, and home automation.
CONNECTIONS™ provides ongoing insights throughout the year with virtual and in-person conference sessions. Parks Associates' analyst team leads the conference sessions, which are focused on technology innovations, consumer adoption and trends, product and service forecasts, and the evaluation of new business strategies, partnerships, monetization opportunities, and value-added service design.
CONNECTIONS™ is a pivotal platform for partnerships and exploring the future of technology adoption and its impact on consumers and businesses. www.connectionsus.com
