Experienced executive leader who has led multiple successful organizations in both large enterprises and startups. Proven track record building, scaling, and leading high-performing teams, identifying and securing strategic partnerships, and driving organizational change with a clear focus on delighting customers and delivering results. Areas of expertise: Strategic partnerships, business development, executive leadership, strategy, negotiations, product management, go-to-market and product launches, new business development, pricing and licensing, product marketing, financial modeling, cloud, and mobile.BioBrian Hoskins is CEO and founder of Ario, building intelligent lighting products to help people lead healthier lives. Brian was previously CEO and founder of Slingkast, a mobile marketing platform for businesses and brands leveraging behavioral data to improve how businesses engage, reward, and retain customers. Brian was director on Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team, focusing on mobile startups spanning both consumer and enterprise technologies. Brian served as senior product manager in Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business, where he led commercialization of Mobile Device Manager, a new mobile security, management, and access product. Brian started at Microsoft as senior product manager on the Exchange team, where he led pricing and licensing for the Exchange 2007 launch as well as managed Exchange’s global sales force escalations. Brian was engagement manager with the Corporate Executive Board in Washington, D.C., leading the launch of a new consulting practice focused on technology and sales force optimization. Brian worked at Enron Corporation in Houston, TX as senior analyst for a venture capital fund focused on energy technology and later as manager launching the world’s first video-on-demand venture delivered via digital subscriber lines (DSL). Brian holds an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar, and a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Economics and French from Vanderbilt University.