AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Resideo
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: REZI), has named Niccolo de Masi president of its Products and
Solutions segment and chief innovation officer, effective
immediately. De Masi will report to Mike
Nefkens, president and CEO, and will continue to serve on
the Resideo Board of Directors and its Technology Committee.
"Niccolo has been a trusted advisor to Resideo as a board
member, with deep expertise in consumer technologies, and we're
pleased to bring his innovative spirit into the Resideo leadership
team," Nefkens said. "With an experienced products president and
technology officer on board, we're poised to continue to deliver
innovative professional channel solutions for the exterior, on the
wall, behind the wall and in the cloud that will help redefine the
smart home experience."
De Masi will oversee Resideo's Products and Solutions segment,
which includes the company's comfort and security solutions, and a
growing portfolio of connected products, including smart
thermostats, security systems and cameras, sensors, water leak
detectors and more. This includes the latest addition to the
connected home portfolio: new Honeywell Home™ T Series Smart
Thermostats – the T9 and T10 Pro – which feature best-in-class,
wireless smart room sensors to effortlessly deliver a desired
temperature when and where it's needed. He also will lead overall
technology innovation across Resideo.
"By connecting products to each other and to the cloud, and
through its industry partnerships, Resideo pulls together an entire
ecosystem for the home and offers best- in-class connected
solutions tailored to customers' lives," de Masi said. "I'm
confident we are positioned to deliver the next-generation
technology to turn connected homes into truly smart homes."
Prior to joining Resideo, de Masi was president of Essential
Products Inc., a full-stack consumer electronics brand, where he
was responsible for day-to-day operations of the startup, which
raised more than $300 million from
strategic investors, including Amazon, FoxConn and Tencent. He is one of the very few technology
CEOs who has run two public companies before the age of 30: mobile
gaming leader Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU), where he remains chairman,
and Monstermob Group PLC. During his tenure at Glu as CEO and then
chairman during the past nine years, the company's market
capitalization grew by more than 40 times.
About Resideo
Resideo is a leading global provider of
critical comfort and security solutions primarily in residential
environments, and distributor of low-voltage and security products.
Building on a 130-year heritage, Resideo has a presence in more
than 150 million homes, with 15 million systems installed in homes
each year. We continue to serve more than 100,000 contractors
through leading distributors, including our ADI Global
Distribution business, which exports to more than 100 countries
from more than 200 stocking locations around the world. Resideo is
a $4.8 billion company with
approximately 14,500 global employees. For more information about
Resideo, please visit www.resideo.com.
The Honeywell Home trademark is used under a long-term license
from Honeywell International Inc.
Contacts:
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Media:
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Investors:
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Trent Perrotto
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Michael
Mercieca
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(407) 897-7202
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(763)
213-3621
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trent.perrotto@resideo.com
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michael.mercieca@resideo.com
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