APX makes first acquisition
Company will provide a new channel for APX to gain customers, leading with energy management01/13/2011PROVO, Utah—Marking its first acquisition in its 11-year history, APX Alarm on Jan. 12 announced...
View ArticleAPX changes name to Vivint
‘Simple, affordable, whole-home automation for the average Joe’02/01/2011PROVO, Utah—The new way to spell APX Alarm Security Solutions is Vivint. The summer-model giant announced today that it has...
View ArticleCSAA: Industry should get smart about smart meters
An association spokesman says industry should educate customers about potential problems03/21/2011VIENNA, Va.—Utility companies are installing smart meters on homes and businesses around the nation to...
View ArticleVivint gets $125M increase in financing
The funds will fuel its home automation expansion04/07/2011PROVO, Utah—Vivint, formerly APX Alarm, has completed a $690 million senior debt financing with a group of lenders led by Goldman Sachs...
View ArticleFirsts on the first day of ISC West
This Blog's on Fire (And Other Stuff)Tess Nacelewicz03/29/2012Today was the first day of ISC West 2012 and I started my day off at a Honeywell breakfast where Scott Harkins, the new president of...
View ArticleComcast adds more markets across the country
In March, the telecom introduced its home automation/home security product in locations that included San Francisco, Connecticut and Utah, home of the summer-sales security...
View ArticleVivint gets millions more in financing, surpasses RMR milestone
This Blog's on Fire (And Other Stuff)Tess Nacelewicz06/20/2012Ever since rebranding last year, Vivint has seemed to do nothing but grow. The latest sign of that is the announcement yesterday from the...
View ArticleVivint adds $50 million to financing; surpasses RMR milestone
08/06/2012PROVO, Utah—Summer-model company Vivint announced in June of that it had surpassed a $30 million milestone in RMR, putting it among the top three largest security companies in the nation....
View ArticleVivint exploring sale
CEO said $2 billion offer from Blackstone previously turned down09/06/2012PROVO, Utah—Vivint is considering a sale with final bids due later this month, according to a Reuters report. The report said...
View ArticleVivint innovates with new position
Vivint is the second prominent home security/home automation company—ADT was first—to create and fill an innovation officer job01/15/2013PROVO, Utah—Vivint announced today that it has created a new...
View ArticleVivint: 'Disruptive innovation' key to success
Company sees 'more opportunity to disrupt' and joins new business trend by hiring chief innovation officer01/30/2013PROVO, Utah—“Disruptive innovation”—shaking up the traditional security model to...
View ArticleVivint gets new president
02/06/2013PROVO, Utah—Alex Dunn, who previously served as Vivint’s chief operating officer, has been promoted to the position of company president, according to a company statement. Dunn will manage...
View ArticleVivint in top 50 of Forbes’ top 100!
This Blog's on Fire (And Other Stuff)Tess Nacelewicz02/20/2013Vivint made it into Forbes’ annual ranking of America's Most Promising Companies this year, marking the first time the Provo, Utah-based...
View ArticleVivint gets into R&D
Security and home automation provider opens Innovation Center02/20/2013Martha EntwistleLEHI, Utah—With the goal of being “vertically integrated” and “in control of all components” of its offerings,...
View ArticleVivint Live: personal touch monitoring; Vivint president takes on solar CEO...
This Blog's on Fire (And Other Stuff)Tess Nacelewicz04/03/2013Two recent developments from home automation/home security giant Vivint caught my eye. One is a new feature for homeowners called Vivint...
View ArticleCompetitor reportedly scores CEO from Vivint Solar
04/24/2013PROVO, Utah—Former Vivint Solar CEO Tanguy Serra has left the company and been hired by SolarCity, a solar energy company based in San Mateo, Calif., according to an article today from...
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Vivint President Alex Dunn on the company's plans for growth
Tess talks to Alex Dunn, Vivint president, about how Vivint "can be a much bigger company than we currently are." Dunn discusses the Vivint Innovation Center, his new role with the company and how...
View ArticleVivint gets new CIO
This Blog's on Fire (And Other Stuff)Tess Nacelewicz07/02/2013Vivint has a new chief information officer, Todd Thompson, who hails from the hotel and airline industries, the company announced...
View ArticleVivint gets new COO—from outside the industry
David Bywater and other outside hires bring ‘really good perspectives’ to Vivint, President Alex Dunn says09/11/2013Tess NacelewiczPROVO, Utah—Vivint has a new COO: former Xerox executive David...
View ArticleVivint hires former Alcoa exec as CFO
10/11/2013SSN StaffPROVO, Utah—Vivint today announced the appointment of Mark Davies, former EVP at Alcoa, as the company's new chief financial officer. As CFO, Davies will lead Vivint's financial...
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