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Company
Profile
Palo Alto-based iControl Networks is a software and services company providing
mass market solutions for the home monitoring market. iControl Networks
partners with service providers, Internet portals and telecommunication
companies to bring its solutions to market. Investors interested in learning
more about iControl, please click on
investors@icontrol.com to inquire.
Corporate
Fact Sheet - Word Doc (40kb)
Corporate Fact Sheet - PDF
(108kb)
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Board
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| Reza
Raji - Founder, President & CEO |
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Reza
first saw the need for a new approach to home monitoring in 1999 and founded
iControl Networks in 2003 to execute that vision. Prior to iControl Reza
was the Director of Business Development at Echelon Corporation, a leading
control and automation company. He joined the company in 1991 as one of
the early employees and was involved in its first product launch, growth
of the customer base to over 4,000, reaching profitability and a successful
IPO in 1998. Prior to Echelon, Reza worked at IBM for four years as a development
engineer as well as a member of an IBM Fellow group. Reza has been a member
of the Board of Directors of the Consumer Electronics Association's Home
Networking and IT Division as well as a Founding Board Member of the UPnP
(Universal Plug and Play) Steering Committee. Reza holds two US patents.
He received a BSEE from State University of New York at Stony Brook and
a MSEE from Cornell University. |
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| Chris
Stevens - Founder & Chairman |
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Chris
is a serial entrepreneur and leader in consumer electronics. He founded
pioneering home theater and automation businesses Phoenix Systems in 1976
and AudioAccess in 1987 and PowerFile in 1998. Chris launched CEDIA, the
Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association in 1989, serving
as President and Board Member and receiving its Founder's and Lifetime Achievement
Awards. In 1993, Chris was appointed President of Harman/Kardon, leading
its transition to digital technology, restoring profitability, and growing
the company from $45M to $145 million in sales in 4 years. |
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| Gerry
Gutt - Founder & Chief Software Architect |
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Gerry
brings over three decades of telecommunications, computer and networking
experience at Rolm/IBM/Siemens and Echelon. Gerry was a major contributor
to several successful commercial software packages Echelon used in deploying
and managing control networks. He designed the custom remote object model
used by Echelon's principal network management tool, and personally developed
and introduced both Echelon's first internet product and its first Windows
based product. |
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| Steve
Bennet - CFO |
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Steve
is founder and managing director of Bodega Partners, a venture catalyst
and management consulting firm to early-stage companies. In the past ten
years, Steve has worked with more than 75 companies providing strategic
planning and business development. He has taken the CFO role in over a dozen
companies, including Orbital Data, Valchemy, Rentals.com, GolfWeb, and Tribeworks.
Prior to and concurrent with Bodega, Steve was a Venture Partner at Outlook
Ventures, an instructor at U.C. Berkeley, and held various positions in
marketing and corporate finance at Bay Logics, Digital Microwave Corp.,
and Arthur Anderson. Steve is currently co-chair of the Venture Finance
SIG at the Software Development Forum. Steve earned an undergraduate degree
in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and
an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA. He is also a licensed certified
public accountant. |
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| Brian
Mellea - VP of Marketing |
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Brian
has 20 years of consumer products and online services product management,
channel marketing and business development. At Apple, he led worldwide partner
marketing for a $4B product line and then went on to manage all marketing
for an $800M vertical market. He helped launch Apple's products into the
retail electronics channel. He has marketed and sold online services to
consumers with carriers. Brian ran a $125M ecommerce site selling direct
to consumers. Brian has a BS in Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
an MS from MIT and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. |
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| Don
Metzger - SVP
of Sales & Business Development |
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Don
brings 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and strategic alliances
in the consumer electronic industry. Don has built sales and distribution
teams in the North America, Europe, Asia and India and sold and marketed
consumer devices, computer products and Internet content services worldwide.
While at Memorex USA, Don grew consumer electronic sales from $0 to $78M
in four years. Besides serving in such multi-national corporations as Radio
Shack, Memorex, and Gemstar, he as been part of the executive management
team at such startups as StarSight Telecast and NetChannel. Don has a BS
in Industrial Design (Honors) from the University of Cincinnati. |
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| Wes
Worth - VP of Operations |
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Wes
has 23 years experience in process development, supplier and subcontractor
management, and operations for the manufacture of discrete electro-mechanical
systems. Wes managed the worldwide supply base for a $120 million per quarter
component procurement for Quantum's hard disk drive business. In this role
Wes coordinated all issues with Asian and U.S. suppliers, Quantum engineering
and product teams, and Quantum's Japanese manufacturing partner. At PowerFile,
Wes built an “in house” product configuration, repair, and order
fulfillment site reducing the costs of fulfillment by 80%. Wes has held
various management positions in product development and manufacturing engineering
at Censtor, Kaitek Media, Dysan, and IBM. Wes holds a Bachelor of Mechanical
Engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Wayne State University. |
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