Tag: Todd Thompson

PROVO, 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 teams, streamline processes and draw on his extensive experience with financial strategy to create business plans for Vivint's investments, funding sources and financial transactions, according to a news release.The hire marks the fourth time this year that Vivint has gone outside the security industry to add to its...

Vivint has a new chief information officer, Todd Thompson, who hails from the hotel and airline industries, the company announced today. Another home security giant also just hired a new CIO. The ADT Corp., based in Boca Raton, Fla., recently tapped Kathleen McLean, a former telecom exec, as CIO. But while the position of CIO is a newly created one for ADT, that's not the case with Provo, Utah-based Vivint. The Vivint CIO job that Thompson is stepping into was formerly held by JT Hwang, who will...