- Parks Associates announces 30th annual CONNECTIONS Conference
- CONNECTIONS is scheduled for May 5-7 in Santa Clara, Calif.
- Annual conference focuses on latest developments in AI, smart home and security platforms
PLANO, Texas — Parks Associates will host the 30th annual CONNECTIONS: The Premier Connected Home Conference, scheduled for May 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, bringing together connected home executives from Alarm.com, Silicon Labs, AWS, Ring and more to explore the next phase of innovation in artificial intelligence, smart home and security platforms and intelligent consumer services.
Parks Associates estimates that close to 60 million U.S. internet households have a home security solution now, including households with security systems or those with no system but a smart camera or video doorbell. The firm forecasts that by 2030, 70 million U.S. internet households will have a home security solution.
Keynote speakers scheduled for the 2026 edition of CONNECTIONS include:
Robert Vance, vice president, new markets, Gentex
Jay Desai, general manager for Amazon Sidewalk, Ring (Amazon.com)
John Mack, managing director & sector co-head, security & safety, Raymond James
Kristen Valdes, founder & CEO, b.well Connected Health
Who Will Be Speaking at Parks Associates’ 2026 CONNECTIONS Conference?
Speakers at the annual Parks Associates CONNECTIONS Conference include:
Matt Adams, program coordinator for smart building technology, Houston City College
Matt Atkins, principal product manager, SmartRent
Brian Bedrosian, vice president, strategy marketing, Infineon
Ben Berg, product manager, Alarm.com
Colin Cureton, product line vice president, home, Silicon Labs
Matt Davidson, principal product manager, connected experiences, eero
Alan DiCicco, vice president, solution & product marketing, Calix
Gilles Drieu, senior vice president & chief technology officer, ADT
Tim Eskew, product director, residential electronics, Allegion
Mabell Garcia Paine, West Coast business development and sales leader, Carrier
John Grady, chief executive officer, Ayla Networks
Robert Grosz, president & chief operating officer, WorldVue
Jeffrey Guymon, vice president, IoT & connected devices, Ensure Protect
Scott Hanson, chief technology officer, Ambiq
Scott Harden, senior vice president and chief technology officer for software, home solutions, Schneider Electric
Morgan Hertel, VP, Technology & Innovation, Rapid Response Monitoring
Phoebe Hung, director – ecosystem team, Samsung SmartThings
Doug Jacobson, senior director of software platforms, Crestron
Jishnu Kinwar, vice president, AI & innovation, Chamberlain
Ramkumar Krishnan, head of cleantech incubation, LG NOVA (LG Electronics)
Gene LaNois, vice president, business development, Vivint (an NRG company)
Peter Levinson, vice president of product, Arity
Mike Link, chief operating officer, Kamicare, Kami Vision
Jenniffer Mackey, vice president, strategic accounts, Zyxel Communications
Tajinder (Taj) Manku, CEO & co-founder, Cognitive Systems
Andy McFarlane, vice president, marketing, Morse Micro
Todd Mozer, president & CEO, Sensory Inc.
David Morgan, co-founder, SD Marketing
Hervé Muller, vice president, North America, Telecom Design
Aaron Nowakowski, director of partner solutions, Becklar
Emily O’Donnell, vice president, product and communications, Evolution Digital
Hugh Owen, senior vice president, marketing, Alarm.com
Keith Puckett, co-founder & CEO, Ubiety Technologies
Joey Rao-Russell, president & CEO, Kimberlite – Sonitrol/Security First
Gary Rockis, president, Integrated Systems Technology
Louis Rogers, smart building integrator/owner, InFocus Technologies
Ryan Salmons, chief product and technology officer, DOOR
Saima Siddiqui, vice president of product management smart building, RealPage
Erica Sivertson, vice president of multi-dwelling unit product strategy, Comcast
Asad Tahir, director of product management, Lennox
Elizabeth Tobey, chief marketing officer, TechSee
Gordon van Zuiden, founder, cyberManor, Inc. | Branch Partner, Daisy Co.
Dave Wechsler, chief business officer, Plume
Matthew Wootton, co-founder & chief technology officer, Ivani
Jing Xue, senior director of product, Wyze Labs
“The 30th annual CONNECTIONS Conference continues to be the premier gathering for leaders shaping the future of the connected home,” says Mindi Sue Sternblitz-Rubenstein, vice president of marketing for Parks Associates.
“As AI accelerates innovation across smart home and security platforms, this year’s conference in Santa Clara, Calif., will highlight the partnerships, business models and technologies driving the next phase of growth in intelligent consumer services and products with a special focus on privacy and data security, security and smart home solutions, platforms and OS and the energy and health markets,” she says.
