Charlie Kindel is an American tech executive and former chief product and technology officer at SnapAV. He formerly held roles with
Control4
Control4 is a provider of automation and networking systems for homes and businesses, offering a personalized and unified smart home system to automate and control connected devices including lighting, audio, video, climate control, intercom, and ...
,
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
, and
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
. Much of his career has been spent focused on smart home products.
Early life and education
Kindel was born in
Vail, Colorado
Vail is a home rule municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,835 in 2020. Home to Vail Ski Resort, the largest ski mountain in Colorado, the town is known for its hotels, dining, and for the num ...
. He earned a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory.
T ...
in 1990.
Career
Kindel joined
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
in 1990. He was named general manager of
Windows Home Server
Windows Home Server (code-named Quattro) is a home server operating system from Microsoft. It was announced on 7 January 2007 at the Consumer Electronics Show by Bill Gates, released to manufacturing on 16 July 2007 and officially released on ...
in 2004, remaining in that position until 2009, when he became general manager of the
Windows Phone
Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune. Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design la ...
developer experience.
In 2011, Kindel left Microsoft to create BizLogr, serving as chief executive officer.
The calendar scheduling startup launched in 2012,
and was later renamed FreeBusy.
The company created the mileage-logging app MileLogr.
Kindel joined
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
in 2013, becoming director of
Alexa Smart Home,
remaining there until April 2018.
In August 2018, he joined home automation systems provider
Control4
Control4 is a provider of automation and networking systems for homes and businesses, offering a personalized and unified smart home system to automate and control connected devices including lighting, audio, video, climate control, intercom, and ...
as senior vice president of products and services.
After Control4 merged with SnapAV, Kindel was named chief product and technology officer of SnapAV, remaining there until November 2020.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people