Britt Technology Impact Series

The 2013-14 Britt Technology Impact Series is exploring how the internet is expanding from a network of connected PCs to a far broader array of devices that enable highly personalized interactions with technology. Consider that in 10 years an average household with two teenagers will have about 50 devices connected to the internet; today it has about 10. This explosion of devices with an IP address – often called the internet of things – represents a fundamental shift for consumers and enterprises. Search-and-click will still occur but the internet of the future will be far better at serving up what you need when you need it. The internet becomes your butler rather than a cluttered storeroom of often irrelevant information and services. Tech@Tuck, the highlight of the Britt Series each year, focuses on one aspect of the Internet of Things technology developments driving The Connected Home. Wi-Fi enabled devices and sensors have the power to transform the home. Security systems, smart refrigerators, automated door locks and lighting systems, smart smoke detectors, and wearable sleep sensors are all changing the way we live today. Devices that connect family members, wherever they are, bring us closer together. The platforms and technology underlying these devices and services are increasingly linked, creating endless possibilities for future enhancements to the way we live our lives. At this year’s Tech@Tuck, panelists will explore the technology driving The Connected Home and implications of connecting all aspects of our home lives.

Panelists

Adam Mayer
Vice President, IntelligentHome
Time Warner Cable

As Vice President of IntelligentHome at Time Warner Cable, Adam Mayer is responsible for driving sales, marketing, product and strategic initiatives for IntelligentHome, the company’s next-generation home security, automation and energy management solution.  He works closely with all of Time Warner Cable’s corporate and field divisions.

Prior to joining Time Warner Cable in 2006, Mayer served as Director of Strategy and Business Development for Scientific-Atlanta (now a division of Cisco).  In this role, he was responsible for leading strategic planning activities, identifying growth opportunities for the business, liaising with Scientific-Atlanta’s customers to drive joint strategic marketing initiatives and forging partnerships with other companies.

Mayer has also worked for Zagat Survey as a Marketing Manager and Merrill Lynch as an Investment Banking Analyst in their Media Group, where he analyzed acquisitions, divestitures and financings in the cable, publishing and entertainment industries. Mayer received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both economics and international studies from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Seth Frader-Thompson
President
EnergyHub

Inspired by the mainstream boom of hybrid cars and a shared passion for consumer electronic products, Seth and his co-founders set out to create a technology solution for reducing home energy consumption. The tools they developed empower consumers and utilities to understand and control how energy is being used, and identify opportunities for savings.

As President of EnergyHub, he oversees the overall direction and operation of the company. He devotes extra focus to creating an exceptional user experience for EnergyHub customers.

Prior to founding EnergyHub, Seth served in several managerial and technical roles at Honeybee Robotics. During his tenure at Honeybee Robotics, he worked on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, the Lunar Precursor and Robotic Program, and payloads and tools for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robots. He was the principal investigator for a DARPA research effort to build a miniature laser vision system for search and rescue robots.

Seth has an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado, where his research focused on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) for Ultracold Atom Optics.

Tom Chmielewski
Vice President, Strategic Sales
iControl Networks, Inc.
Tom Chmielewski is responsible for growing and managing iControl’s North and South American service provider customer portfolio.  He manages the relationship and subscriber growth for iControl’s largest cable operator customers – Bright House Networks, Comcast, Cox, Rogers, Time Warner Cable, and others.   Tom also works with prospective customers interested in offering next generation connected home services to their customers via the iControl platform.

Tom brings to iControl several years of experience helping high growth companies expand their businesses, most recently as Director of Enterprise Sales at Rackspace.  For over a decade at various successful venture backed startups, Tom has sold new products and services to product development executives at cable and telecommunications providers, from broadband activation, to self-care tools, internet value added services, and sponsored three screen content.

Tom received his Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University and his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.

Alva H. Taylor
Faculty Director, Center for Digital Strategies
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business
Panel Moderator

Dr. Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Strategy and Management Group at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Faculty Director of the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies. Professor Taylor’s research focuses on the innovation process, entrepreneurship, technological change, and strategic decision making in fast-changing environments. His recent work has been on how to structure and manage creative groups for sustained innovation and entrepreneurship. He teaches courses on innovation and strategies for managing change in both the Tuck MBA and Executive Education programs. He has consulted with companies such as Intel, Oracle, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and Monsanto Corporation as well as numerous start-up companies. Professor Taylor’s work and ideas have been published in top business journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, Academy of Management Journal, and Organization Science. He has his doctorate in business from Stanford University, his MBA from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell, and both his Bachelors and Masters in Engineering from Cornell.

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Tom Chmielewski, VP of Strategic Sales at iControl Networks

Tom speaks with Gui Beyer Tho T’14 about how you can start at the thermostat and go to full “automagical” connectivity with the connected home today.

Adam Mayer, VP of IntelligentHome at Time Warner Cable

Following the 2014 Tech@Tuck discussion on the connected home, Adam sat down with CDS MBA Fellow, Mandakini Saroop T’14 to discuss TWC’s strategy for future growth with connected home products.

Seth Frader-Thompson, President, EnergyHub

Seth sits down with Tuck School of Business CDS MBA Fellow, Jeffrey Wannop T’14 to discuss the connected home, mobile tools, enterprise software and the connected home.

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Related Links

• In the Press The Home of Tomorrow, Today
• Roundtable on Digital Strategies
  
  The Internet of Things: The Opportunities and Challenges of Interconnectedness