Water Hero

Website http://www.waterheroinc.com

Founded 2014

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Overview

Water Hero was founded in 2014 by Dan Sterling. Dan was inspired by the lack of water related home automation products available to help protect his drafty, old Victorian home which had a history of frozen pipes and leaks. Luckily, the maker movement is alive and well in the Boston area. Dan was able to network with other inventors, tinkerers, dreamers, engineers, techies and visionaries who were prototyping products on 3-D printers and designing new, innovative products that could be controlled by microprocessors like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Board and Spark Core.

Management Team

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Dan Sterling

Serial Entrepreneurial. Dan has followed his passions from Artisan Breads to Network Security and now Home Automation. Interim CEO, SecurePipe, a venture-backed Network Security firm acquired by Trustwave. Earned CISSP network security certification. Founder, Breadsmith, and winner of industry award for quality & leadership. Developed Breadsmith's sourdough starter in his kitchen in 1992. Fellow "Garagiste" in Ted Tolles' Carpe Vino Wine Club in Summit, NJ, which crushes 3,000 pounds of imported California red grapes every fall to make some robust red blends. Harvard, MBA. Carleton, BA, honors.

Chief Product Officer

Alex Cheimets

A career on the dark side developing inefficient luxury appliances for America's major brands. Awarded three patents for home appliances. Founded ApplianceAdvisor.com to promote efficiency and expose unethical practices. The appliance recession of aught' 8 gave him time to take on the deep energy retrofit of his home which evolved into a consortium of government, utilities, and manufacturers becoming the best known DER in the country, and mentioned twice in Congressional Testimony. Enjoys kayaking, full-contact genealogy, and matching wits with Quahogs at his summer retreat. Alex resides (in super-insulated comfort) in Arlington, MA with his wife and 2 daughters. Massachusetts Dept. of Energy Resources Energy Leader Award. University of Michigan, MBA. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS Mechanical Engineering.

Vice President, Marketing

Pete Farmer

Develops partnerships with major corporate partners, water utilities, conservation groups and providers of complementary IoT products and services for the home. Previously Managing Director of Collaboros, a Silicon Valley strategy and marketing consultant to emerging SaaS and IoT players. Executive experience with Silicon Valley pioneers in automated utility meter reading and metro-area wireless internet networks, as well as with global telecom operators. Developed alliances with building automation firms, premise security providers, and electric utilities to facilitate entry into new markets. Harvard, MBA, honors. Carleton, BA, high honors.

Vice President, Engineering

Vic Berry

Software Architect/Engineer with significant skills in Software Architecture, Algorithms, Networking, Programming Languages, Real-Time Embedded and Application Development. Previously, Director of Mobile Applications Group at Bose Corporation, responsible for leadership and technical direction of Mobile Applications Group. Boston University, MS Computer Science. State University of New York, BS Computer Science.

Lead Software Engineer

Mark Henderson

Developer with broad experience in all aspects of client and server side coding and administration. Previously Software Engineer, Charles River Analytics. Winner, multiple Boston-area technology Hackathons. Founder, NPND. University Massachusetts, BA.