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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Smart Home space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Elana Fishman
Co-Founder & COO of Wyze Labs
Elana Fishman is COO of Wyze Labs.
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About Wyze Labs, Wyze Labs: Wyze Labs is a smart home device company that aims to make smart home tech accessible to everyone.
Rajalakshmi Subramanian
COO & VP of Engineering of Pro.com
Raji brings over 10 years of technical leadership to Pro.com. Before co-founding the company, she spent a significant portion of her career with Amazon’s Marketplace, AWS, and Kindle groups.
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About Pro.com: Pro.com is a tech-enabled general contractor
Demetrios Barnes
Chief Operating Officer of SmartRent
Demetrios Barnes oversees operations and business development at SmartRent. Prior to joining the team, he was Vice President of Technology Operations for Colony Starwood Homes, leading the charge in the internalization of property management across 12 states and the merger between Colony Starwood Homes and Starwood Waypoint Homes. Previously, Mr. Barnes was Director of Property Management and Technology with Beazer Pre-Owned Rental Homes, and a Regional Manager for several multifamily companies. Mr. Barnes holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Arizona State University.
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About SmartRent: SmartRent is an enterprise home automation and internet of things platform for the multifamily industry.
Matthew Knoff
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder of ButterflyMX
Matthew Knoff is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of ButterflyMX.
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About ButterflyMX: ButterflyMX develops property access solutions including video intercom systems and keypads that users can manage from a smartphone.
Dave Bolen
Chief Operating Officer of AMP Smart
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About AMP Smart: Smart home automation and security company dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technology and peace of mind.
Murali Sharma
Chief Operating Officer of Kuna
Murali Sharma is the Chief Operating Officer at Kuna Systems.
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About Kuna: Kuna is a smart Wi-Fi camera and intercom built into an outdoor light. It detects people at your door and lets you see and talk to them.
Prahlad Athreya
Co-Founder, COO of Bumblebee Spaces
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About Bumblebee Spaces: Bumblebee Spaces creates a new way to live by thinking about space in cubic feet instead of square feet.
Christopher Myers
COO & Founder of Kapsul
Christopher Myers is the Managing Director at Philadelphia Development Group.
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About Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, Kapsul, MAGetc, Philadev, Techstars: Kapsul is reinventing home comfort with beautifully designed products that deliver better performance to both users and the grid.
David Bottoms
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer , Co-Founder of Pepper
David Bottoms is the Chief Operating Officer ,Chief Financial Officer & Co-Founder at Pepper.
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About Morgan Winter, Pepper: Pepper offers an operating system and service delivery platform to empower enterprises to deploy sophisticated IoT marketplace solutions.
Rahul Sheth
Co-Founder and COO of Pristēm
Rahul K. Sheth is the co-founder of Ludi and Pristēm.
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About Ludi, Pristēm: Reimagining laundry & dry cleaning services.
Cristian Diaconu
Chief Operating Officer of Aryia Technologies
With deep knowledge, experience and passion for entrepreneurship, Cristian helped multiple start-ups succeed and bring new ideas to fruition. As a blockchain early adopter, he dedicated time to study and explore practical applications for this innovative technology. At Aryia, he oversees the ongoing business operations, leads the product research and development efforts and focuses on building valuable partnerships.
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About Aryia Technologies: The First Blockchain-Powered Smart Speaker That Doesn’t Spy On You
David Gagnon
Co-Founder & COO of Tank Utility
Dave brings a long history as an entrepreneur in a number of fields. His most notable success was as a founder and Executive Vice President of Degree Controls, producing smart cooling products for the telecom industry. He is very excited by building a company from the ground up with a strong group of fleet-footed individuals. Outside of the office Dave can be found spending time with family and generally enjoying life.
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About Tank Utility: Tank Utility streamlines energy delivery for those that rely on truck-delivered oil or propane.
Kelci Russell
Chief Operating Officer of Innovative Mobile Technologies
Kelci Russell is Chief Operating Officer at Innovative Mobile Technologies.
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About Innovative Mobile Technologies: IMT will use already developed home automation technology from Control4 and energy management software developed by Greenbox to provide.
Vincent E. Silvestri
Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Group
Vincent Silvestri is the Chief Operating Officer at The Rockefeller Group.
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About The Rockefeller Group: The Rockefeller Group is a leading real estate developer, owner and investor
Serge Tychyna
COO of haus.me
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About haus.me, Passive House Institute: Haus.me – Autonomous Self-Sustainable Homes
Serge Tychyna
COO of haus.me
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About haus.me, Passive House Institute: Haus.me – Autonomous Self-Sustainable Homes