ALTAMAK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Creation Lab
Alison Slavin, one of our founders, has served as our Senior Vice President, Creation Lab since February 2014. Prior to that, from 2000 to January 2014 Ms. Slavin served as our Vice President of Product Management. Ms. Slavin holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Marketing
Anne Ferguson has served as our Vice President of Marketing since January 2018. She served as Director and Sr. Director of Partner Marketing since joining Alarm.com in September 2011. Ms. Ferguson previously held consumer and commercial marketing leadership roles in other publicly traded and private companies, including Online Resources from 2003 to 2011 and MCI from 2000 to 2001. Ms. Ferguson holds a B.A. in history from Duke University and an MBA from American University.
Daniel Kerzner has served as our Chief Product Officer since December 2013. Prior to joining us, from April 2013 to December 2013, Mr. Kerzner served as the Chief Executive Officer of Emotive Communications Inc., a software company. From March 2010 to April 2013, Mr. Kerzner served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mobile at MicroStrategy Incorporated. From July 2009 to February 2010, Mr. Kerzner was the Regional Director for PJM Interconnection at EnerNOC, Inc. Prior to this position, Mr. Kerzner was Vice President of Platform and Emerging Technologies at MicroStrategy. Mr. Kerzner holds a B.A. in Computer Engineering from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
Daniel Ramos has served as our Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since June 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ramos served as Principal Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense. Prior to his service with the Air Force, Mr. Ramos was the Vice President of Legal and Business Planning at The Away Network, a business unit of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Before joining The Away Network, he was a senior transactional attorney with the law firm of Shaw Pittman LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP). Mr. Ramos holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of G3 Capital Partners
- Member of Our Board
Darius G. Nevin has served as a member of our Board since April 2016. Mr. Nevin is a member of G3 Capital Partners, LLC, a consulting company, which has served as an adviser to private equity firms in the fields of security, telecommunications, and recurring service industries. He is also a member of G3 Investment Holdings, LLC, an investment company. Prior to co-founding G3 Capital Partners, LLC in October 2010, Mr. Nevin served as chief financial officer of Protection One, Inc., a then publicly traded security monitoring company, from 2001 until June 2010. He served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of WCI Communities, Inc., a then publicly traded community developer and luxury homebuilder, from July 2013 through its acquisition in February 2017. Mr. Nevin earned an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee
David Hutz has served as our Chief Systems Architect since February 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hutz served as Lead Architect at Thomson Financial Publishing Inc. from 2001 to 2004 and Chief Systems Architect at Strategy.com, a business unit of MicroStrategy Incorporated, from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Hutz holds a B.A. and M.S. in Applied Math and Economics from Harvard University.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Chief Financial Officer for Plex Systems, Inc
- Member of Our Board
Donald Clarke has served as a member of our Board since May 2014. Mr. Clarke currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Plex Systems, Inc., a privately held cloud technology company, and previously also held the position of its interim Chief Executive Officer from October 2017 through November 2018. Prior to joining Plex, from March 2008 to March 2013, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Eloqua, Inc., a then publicly-held marketing automation company. Prior to working at Eloqua, Mr. Clarke served as Chief Financial Officer for Cloakware, Inc., a privately-held security solutions company, from August 2006 to February 2008 and for Visual Networks, Inc., a then publicly traded application and network management solutions company, from July 2004 to March 2006. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Sales
Donald Natale has served as our Senior Vice President of Sales since July 2014 and prior to that served as our Vice President of Sales since June 2006. Prior to us, Mr. Natale served as Vice President of Dealer Sales for GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Natale also has served as Vice President of Sales for Sequel Technologies, LLC, Territory Manager for Interactive Technologies Incorporated, and Sales Manager for Rollins Protective Services Company. Mr. Natale holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Customer Operations
Jason DaCosta has served as our Vice President of Customer Operations since May 2014. Joining Alarm.com as a Sales Associate in 2004, Mr. DaCosta has served us in a variety of roles, currently overseeing Alarm.com's customer service and support organization. Prior to working at Alarm.com, Mr. DaCosta started his career as a Marketing Associate with the Corporate Executive Board. Mr. DaCosta holds a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Co - Founder
Jean-Paul Martin, one of our founders, has served as our Chief Technology Officer since March 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr. Martin served as a Software Architect with MicroStrategy Incorporated. Mr. Martin has also served as Chief Technology Officer of Media Cybernetics Inc., which provided image processing and analysis software used in medical, industrial, forensic and remote sensing applications. Mr. Martin holds a B.Sc/M.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Robotics from the Universite Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III, France).
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Jeffrey Bedell has served as our Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer since April 2013. Mr. Bedell served as Chief Technology Officer at MicroStrategy Incorporated from 2001 to October 2012 as well as Executive Vice President of Technology from 2007 to March 2013. Mr. Bedell holds a B.A. in Religion from Dartmouth College.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Business Development
Reed Grothe has served as our Senior Vice President of Business Development since April 2010. Prior to joining us, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the pro audio division of Harman International Industries, Incorporated from 2006 to 2010 and as the Chief Global Sales Officer of Gibson Guitar Corp. from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Gibson, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President and General Manager as well as Vice President of Global Sales at GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Grothe holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Simone Wu - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary, SVP
Job Titles:
- Corporate Secretary
- General Counsel
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Senior Vice President
Simone Wu was appointed to our Board in February 2020. Ms. Wu is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and External Affairs for Choice Hotels International, Inc., a position she has held since 2015, and previously served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer at Choice Hotels from 2012 to 2015. From 2001 to 2012, she held a number of positions of increasing responsibility with XO Communications, including serving as its General Counsel. Ms. Wu earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Columbia University.
Member of the Compensation Committee
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Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
Stephen Trundle has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2003 and as a member of our Board since October 2003. Previously, Mr. Trundle served in various positions with MicroStrategy Incorporated, including as Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Trundle holds an A.B. in Engineering and an A.B. in Government from Dartmouth College.
Steve Valenzuela has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2016. Prior to joining us, Mr. Valenzuela served as the Chief Financial Officer of SugarCRM, a customer relationship management software company, from January 2015 to November 2016. From October 2013 to December 2014, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Apigee Corporation, a software provider subsequently acquired by Google. Prior to this, Mr. Valenzuela served as the Chief Financial Officer of Zenprise, a mobile device management software company, from April 2011 to December 2012, and then as a result of Citrix's acquisition of Zenprise in January 2013, as the Vice President of Finance and Operations for the Mobile Platforms Group of Citrix from January 2013 to October 2013. Mr. Valenzuela holds a B.S. degree in accounting from San Jose State University and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of Our Board
Timothy J. Whall, has served as a member of our Board since August 2021. Mr. Whall served as the Chief Executive Officer of ADT Inc. (ADT) from May 2016 until his retirement in November 2018, the President of ADT from May 2016 until September 2017 and as a member of the board of directors of ADT from May 2016 until October 2019. He was also President of Prime Borrower from July 2015 to March 2018. Previously, Mr. Whall served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Protection One, Inc. from June 2010 to March 2017. From 1990 to 2010, Mr. Whall served in a variety of roles with SecurityLink, GTCR, ADT, Honeywell, and Stanleyworks.
Member of the Audit Committee
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Member of the Compensation Committee
- Chairman of Our Board
Timothy McAdam has served as chairman of our Board since April 2015 and has served as a member of our Board since July 2012. Mr. McAdam is a General Partner of Technology Crossover Ventures and has been in the venture capital industry since 1991. He currently serves on the board of directors of Rapid7, Inc., a publicly traded cybersecurity company, FinancialForce.com, Inc., a cloud-based applications company and SilverPeak Systems, Inc., an infrastructure software company. Mr. McAdam holds a B.A. in Classics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Human Resources
Victoria Schillinger has served as our Vice President of Human Resources since September 2014. She served as the Director of Human Resources since joining Alarm.com in September 2010. Mrs. Schillinger previously held leadership roles in human resources including Director of Human Resources for MicroStrategy Incorporated from 2006 to 2008. Mrs. Schillinger holds a B.S. in Sociology and Anthropology from St. Mary's College of Maryland.