Chairman
Jake Alamat, Silicon Labs
Vice Chairman
John Osborne, LEEDARSON
John E. Osborne II is currently President at LEEDARSON North America, Vice Chairman of the Z-Wave Alliance and Chair Emeritus of The Zigbee Alliance. In these capacities he helps educate and grow the IoT market globally. LEEDARSON is a global provider in traditional and connected lighting and IoT sensors.
John has extensive experience in new product development, rapid product commercialization, systems innovations, and operations improvement. He has demonstrated ability to manage and inspire multi-cultural, internal-external teams. He is a skilled communicator and presenter and has a sound background in budgeting, resource allocation and operations efficiency.
Treasurer
Kevin Kraus, Assa Abloy
Kevin Kraus has been the Director of Technology and Partner Integration for Yale and August Residential Electronic Lock Business since 2018 and is responsible for defining key product technologies and developing partner integration strategies and tools to support seamless lock integration. Prior to becoming the Director of technology and partner integration, Kevin was Director of product development for Yale Residential Locks. Responsible for product strategy, product development, and technology. Prior to joining ASSA ABLOY/Yale in 2009; Kevin spent 11 years as director of product management electronic locks for the Schlage Residential Business. Prior to Schlage Kevin spent 7 years with Honeywell’s Security Group as product manager for Honeywell Residential Security Products. Kevin has extensive experience in the IOT, Residential Security, and Home Automation Business and is regarded as a subject matter expert in residential electronic locks, residential security and home automation systems and residential systems communication technologies. Kevin has majors in both Electrical Engineering and Business Administration. Kevin is also on the Z-Wave Alliance, Zigbee Alliance, and Thread Board of Directors and Treasure of both the Thread Group and Z-Wave Alliance.
Director
Mark Reimer, ADT
Mark Reimer is VP, Product Engineering at ADT, the nation’s leading smart home security provider. He is a member of the ADT Consumer Privacy Taskforce and develops consumer privacy policy and industry guidelines to enhance customer-focused privacy within ADT and the industry at large. Mark loves to learn how things work. Growing up as a digital native, he wrote his first computer program before starting kindergarten. He started his career automating tedious, time-consuming tasks and imagined a world where technology adapts to you and takes care of things on your behalf. Today he is building the technology he dreamed of – a helpful home security solution that is natural and supportive.
Director
Gustaf Lonaeus, Alarm.com
Gustaf Lonaeus oversees the development of Alarm.com’s products and solutions for energy management, home automation, and partner integrations. Gustaf has spent the last 10+ years at Alarm.com becoming an expert in product management, low power wireless networking, UI & UX development, and HVAC system control. Gustaf has a Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Pysics and Mathematics from Colby College, and a Bachelor of Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Engineering and Control Systems from Thayer Engineering School at Dartmouth.
Director
Jeremy McLerran, Qolsys
Jeremy McLerran is really talented: he can do cartwheels, ride a bike, and even knows how to cook (assuming mac and cheese is considered cooking). He’s very good at taping things together for his kids (they always break things) and loves to have outdoor adventures like hiking, mountain biking, and camping. Are you still reading? If so, we should also mention that he runs marketing for Johnson Controls, the leading security and smart building technology equipment manufacturer, so that’s kind of cool. Let’s connect on LinkedIn!
Director
Jonathan Adams, Ring
Director
Felicite Moorman, STRATIS IoT
Felicite Moorman is an attorney turned multi-exit technology entrepreneur. She’s received EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award and has earned an international reputation as a go-to IoT industry expert, developing pioneering strategic partnerships and unprecedented technology strategies and initiatives for the Internet of Things.
Moorman is the CoFounder of STRATIS, a RealPage Company, and SaaS Platform for large-scale Internet of Things installations. STRATIS was named a top ten “Best Company in America” by Entrepreneur Magazine and ranked in the top twenty percent of Inc Magazine’s “Fastest Growing Companies” three consecutive years prior to acquisition. Moorman was simultaneous CEO of BuLogics, which designed, built, and certified hardware, software, and ecosystems for the Internet of Things.
Moorman has been featured as a thought leader in U.S. News & World Report, Fast Company, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, and others. She’s also a frequent speaker on the Internet of Things and has been featured at CES, SXSW, Samsung DevCon, Eric Ries’ Lean Startup Conference, and Smart Cities Innovation Summit Asia.
Director
Jim Nye, Vivint
Executive Director
Mitchell Klein, Silicon Labs
Mitchell Klein joined the Z-Wave Alliance in September 2015, with over 30 years of experience as a results-driven leader in the CE and smart home industries. As the director of business development for Universal Remote Control, Klein was a key member of the senior team that grew URC from a remote control company to a smart home integration system supplier. The CEO at the award-winning integration firm Media Systems for 14 years, Mitchell was CEDIA’s first two-term President, launching the organization’s certification program, as well as its first regional events and media tours. Mitchell is a CEDIA Fellow and committee chair, and has been recognized with over 22 awards.