Tag: Alex Dunn
Vivint president Alex Dunn to step down
March 5, 2020SSN Staff
PROVOST, Utah—Vivint Smart Home Inc. announced that Alex J. Dunn is stepping down as president of Vivint Smart Home after 14 years at the company. He will remain an advisor to the company through March 2021. Scott R. Hardy, Vivint's chief operating officer, will assume many of his day-to-day responsibilities."I am deeply grateful to Alex for helping Vivint become a leading smart home provider," Todd Pedersen, CEO of Vivint Smart Home, said in the announcement. "We thank him and wish him continued...
Vivint Smart Home and Mosaic complete merger
January 23, 2020SSN Staff
PROVO, Utah and NEW YORK—Vivint Smart Home and Mosaic Acquisition Corp. announced the completion of the previously announced transaction between Vivint and Mosaic, which results in Vivint becoming a publicly traded company.The transaction is one of the largest U.S. SPAC mergers ever with an enterprise value of $4.2 billion, including additional equity of $488 million.The combined company will be named Vivint Smart Home and began trading under the ticker symbol VVNT on the New York Stock Exchange...
Vivint announces new campus, new solution
June 21, 2017Spencer Ives
In the past couple of weeks, Vivint has made two announcements. The first announcement, which came out on June 13, was about the company's new facility. Then, on June 20, Vivint announced its new solution for property developers and managers—Vivint Smart Properties.
According to Vivint's announcement, the new facility will be a 43,000-square-foot building, capable of housing up to 400 employees and includes a demo home equipped with a Vivint smart home system, a full-size basketball court,...
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Vivint says 2013 banner year for new subscribers
February 26, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
The number of Vivint's net new subscribers in 2013 was 219,034, the most in the company's 15-year history, Vivint President Alex Dunn told investors this week at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield and Leveraged Finance Conference. APX Group Holdings, of which Provo, Utah-based home automation/home security company Vivint is a subsidiary, presented at the conference on Feb. 25.
According to information on the presentation provided by the company, Dunn presented Vivint to investors as a key player in...
Vivint gives $10k to ESA scholarship program
January 3, 2014SSN Staff
IRVING, Texas—Vivint has contributed $10,000 to the Electronic Security Association's 2014 Youth Scholarship Program, the organization announced Jan. 2.
With Vivint's contribution and other funding, ESA now will be able to offer a $10,000 scholarship to the first-place winner, $5,000 to the second-place winner, $3,500 to the third-place winner and $1,500 to the fourth-place recipient, according to the statement. The scholarship program has previously given awards to first- and second-place...
Vivint's RMR now at $42.6m
November 6, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
PROVO, Utah—Vivint posted $42.6 million in RMR at the end of its third quarter, a 23 percent increase over one year ago.“All of the performance metrics that are of importance to the business are solid and we really think best in class,” Vivint President Alex Dunn said during an APX Group Holdings conference call Nov. 4. Home automation/home security company Vivint is a subsidiary of APX Group. Both are based here.In the nine-month period through Sept. 30 of this year, the company...
Vivint hires former Alcoa exec as CFO
October 11, 2013SSN Staff
PROVO, Utah—Vivint today announced the appointment of Mark Davies, former EVP at Alcoa, as the company's new chief financial officer. As CFO, Davies will lead Vivint's financial teams, streamline processes and draw on his extensive experience with financial strategy to create business plans for Vivint's investments, funding sources and financial transactions, according to a news release.The hire marks the fourth time this year that Vivint has gone outside the security industry to add to its...
Vivint gets new COO—from outside the industry
September 11, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
PROVO, Utah—Vivint has a new COO: former Xerox executive David Bywater. The recent hire marks the third time this year that Vivint has gone outside the industry to add to its executive team.Hiring an industry outsider is not necessarily a goal of Vivint, but it can be beneficial, Alex Dunn, president of the home automation/home security provider, which is based here, told Security Systems News.“We're just trying to build the best team possible, find the best people possible, and if they...
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Vivint gets new CIO
July 2, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
Vivint has a new chief information officer, Todd Thompson, who hails from the hotel and airline industries, the company announced today.
Another home security giant also just hired a new CIO. The ADT Corp., based in Boca Raton, Fla., recently tapped Kathleen McLean, a former telecom exec, as CIO.
But while the position of CIO is a newly created one for ADT, that's not the case with Provo, Utah-based Vivint. The Vivint CIO job that Thompson is stepping into was formerly held by JT Hwang, who will...
Competitor reportedly scores CEO from Vivint Solar
April 24, 2013SSN Staff
PROVO, Utah—Former Vivint Solar CEO Tanguy Serra has left the company and been hired by SolarCity, a solar energy company based in San Mateo, Calif., according to an article today from pandodaily.com, which notes that Serra's LinkedIn profile “appears to confirm the move.”
The April 23 report also said SolarCity confirmed it had made Serra a job offer but said he had not yet started working there.
Serra spent 12 months leading Vivint Solar, with the company announcing his departure...