Mike Hart, a seasoned IoT and connectivity expert, boasts over 15 years of experience leading and contributing to cross-functional teams in the launch and development of innovative wireless and IoT products into mass production. He served as the CEO and Founder of Aervivo, a former SVP Engineering at Vivint Smart Home, and the former CEO at Vivint Internet. Hart co-founded Alpental Technologies, which was acquired by Google to lead their mmWave (60GHz) development program, and was also a Principal Systems Architect at Clearwire. His expertise in system and component level design, RF, network layer, and wireless network technology planning, deployment, and testing enable him to oversee the complete product life cycle from ideation to maintenance of offshore mass production manufacturing lines. Hart studied for his PhD, MSc, and BSc at the University of Bristol.