Todd Pedersen

Angel Investor. Focus: B2B; B2C; SaaS. Mr. Todd Pedersen is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Vivint. He is the CEO and founder of Vivint Inc., the largest home automation services provider in North America. Todd co-founded Vivint because he saw an opportunity to sell high-quality products using a personal approach. In the summer of 1992, Todd hired 10 friends to sell pest control out of a single-wide trailer. By the end of the year, his team had expanded to 80 people. In 1999, his direct-to-home sales approach led him to launch APX Alarm, which later become Vivint. Under his leadership, Vivint has evolved from a groundbreaking idea into one of the fastest-growing home technology companies, now with more than 800,000 customers and 7,000 employees. Vivint has grown steadily every year since its inception, and recently the company hit the landmark of $30 million RMR, a goal that only two other companies in the industry have achieved. This growth has allowed Vivint to consistently climb the rankings of the SDM Top 100 list of largest residential security installation and monitoring organizations. In 2013, Vivint was ranked at number 46 on Forbes' list of America's Most Promising Companie

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