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Zach Supalla

CEO Particle

Founder and CEO of Particle, an all-in-one (hardware+software+connectivity) platform for IoT products and connected devices. We help manufacturers bring their physical products online. Built an IoT product from scratch and delivered it to thousands of customers in 6 months. Did it again four or five times. Helped enterprise customers like Jacuzzi, Keurig, and Watsco do the same. Built a global team of 100+ and a company serving hundreds of enterprises and hundreds of thousands of IoT engineers. Raised $80M in venture capital from Spark Capital, Root Ventures, OATV, and others. San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40. Featured in Forbes, WIRED, TechCrunch, CNN, Make: Magazine, and others. Particle was listed as a Major Player in Worldwide IoT Platforms by IDC, and was one of Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the Internet of Things in 2015, one of Business Insider's Enterprise Start-ups to Bet Your Career On in 2017, and one of Forbes' Top 25 IoT Startups to Watch in 2019.

MBA, Technology Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship 2010-2012
MEM, Design and Innovation 2010-2011
B.A, Cognitive Science 2003-2007
Product Development
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Innovation
problem-solving Problem Solving

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