{"id":6653,"date":"2020-02-10T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csa-iot.org\/new-board-chairman\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:24:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:24:30","slug":"new-board-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csa-iot.org\/newsroom\/new-board-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alliance Board Welcomes New Chairman","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John E. Osborne II of LEEDARSON Passes IoT Torch to Bruno Vulcano of Legrand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAVIS, California \u2013<\/strong> February\n10, 2020 \u2013<\/strong> The Zigbee Alliance<\/a>, an organization of hundreds of companies creating,\nmaintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things\n(IoT), today announced that John E. Osborne II will transition his role within\nthe Alliance to Chairman Emeritus and Bruno Vulcano of Legrand Group will\nassume the position of Zigbee Alliance Board Chairman, previously held by\nOsborne. The changeover takes effect this week at the conclusion of the Alliance\u2019s\n60th<\/sup> Member Meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the heels of record adoption of Zigbee technology\nand the culmination of a highly anticipated initiative for the smart home \u2013 Connected Home over IP<\/a> (CHIP) \u2013 announced last quarter and already\nunderway, the move comes at an opportune time as the Alliance shifts into a new\ngear to set the course for the IoT industry. Under Osborne\u2019s six-year tenure as\nBoard Chairman, the Alliance experienced early financial turn-around, an\nemergence from market participant to market leader, and the doubling of its Board of Directors<\/a> and Promoter class, which now includes the world\u2019s\nleaders in smart home, smart building and Internet of Things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn\u2019s leadership and vision helped turn the Alliance into a broader, professional, delivery-oriented organization that\u2019s attracted visionaries, influencers and competitors and moved them onto the same page to collaborate for the good of the industry,\u201d said Tobin Richardson, President and CEO, Zigbee Alliance. \u201cHis contributions to the Alliance and the ripple effect across the industry leaves an important mark along the Zigbee timeline \u2013 and we\u2019re thankful for his commitment to remain involved on behalf of LEEDARSON as a trusted advisor and strategist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osborne will stay involved as Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Executive Committee. In addition to serving as General Manager, North America for LEEDARSON IoT Technology Inc.,<\/a> he remains involved in the Zigbee Alliance to provide counsel to the incoming Chairman and to ensure a smooth transition throughout the course of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As former Vice Chair of the Board for six years and an Alliance member for eight years, Bruno Vulcano is well-suited for the Chairman role as the Alliance continues a period of substantial growth and pursues new projects. His steady, proven leadership spans more than two decades, with most recent successes tied to the connected building revolution.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been fortunate to have Bruno highly involved in leading Alliance activities for years, and he\u2019s the right leader to maintain continuity, oversight and diplomacy across the Board and among stakeholders,\u201d continued Richardson. \u201cThe important work we\u2019ve collectively set into motion will continue under Bruno\u2019s guidance as global harmonization continues to progress under the Zigbee Alliance umbrella.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nincoming slate of new officers on the Executive Committee of the Zigbee\nAlliance is comprised of Vulcano, Osborne, Sujata Neidig of NXP Semiconductors,\nMak Joshi of Schneider Electric, Bo\u017cena Erdmann of Signify, Rob Alexander of Silicon Labs, Juston Zhu of Wulian,\nand Jean-Michel Orsat of Somfy as Treasurer & Chair of the Finance\nCommittee with Nathalie Vallespin of ST Microelectronics as Secretary. For more\ninformation about the Alliance\u2019s open IoT technologies, Project Connected Home over IP<\/a>, or how to join to get involved in contributing to\nthe good change happening within the industry, visit www.zigbeealliance.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Zigbee Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zigbee Alliance is the\nfoundation and future of the Internet of Things. Established in 2002, our\nwide-ranging global membership collaborates to create and evolve universal open\nstandards for the products transforming the way we live, work, and play. With our\nmembers\u2019 deep and diverse expertise, robust certification programs, and a full\nsuite of open IoT solutions \u2013 including the recently announced Project Connected Home over IP<\/a> \u2013 we are leading the movement toward a more intuitive,\nimaginative, and useful world. The Zigbee Alliance board of directors is\ncomprised of executives from Amazon<\/a>, Apple<\/a>, Comcast<\/a>, Google<\/a>, IKEA<\/a>, The\nKroger Co.<\/a>,\nLEEDARSON<\/a>, Legrand<\/a>, Lutron\nElectronics<\/a>,\nMMB\nNetworks<\/a>,\nNXP\nSemiconductors<\/a>,\nResideo<\/a>, Schneider Electric<\/a>, Signify<\/a> (formerly Philips Lighting), Silicon\nLabs<\/a>,\nSmartThings<\/a>, Somfy<\/a>, STMicroelectronics<\/a>, Texas\nInstruments<\/a>, and Wulian<\/a>. www.zigbeealliance.org<\/a> \nwww.connectedhomeip.com<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Chesterman
PR for the Zigbee Alliance
hchesterman@zigbee.org<\/a>
+1-714-389-5588                              <\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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