About Us

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Dr. Alex Papalexopoulos is the CEO & Chairman of ZOME Energy Networks and recognized as one of the most influential people in the energy sector throughout the world.  He was previously the founder of ECCO, still today one of the top energy market designers in the world.  At ECCO, he co-designed the ISO energy wholesale markets throughout the USA, many of the same programs where ZOME is pioneering its demand side energy “value-stacking” monetization business model, and indeed he did the same throughout Europe and in some countries in South and Central America, and Asia.  Dr. Papalexopoulos is an IEEE Fellow and a speaker at international forums. He is also leading ZOME team’s participation in a major Department of Energy development project (ARPA-E program, SMARTS project) where he is working with Prof. Bob Wilson, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics. 

Chief Financial Officer

Brad Kayton co-founded ZOME and has been on its Board since inception, and is currently leading ZOME’s financial operations.  Mr. Kayton has a long background in networked devices and IoT, and was the driver behind ZOME’s 2019 “Best of Innovations/CES” award.  He is an accomplished CFO with a standing at the CFO Centre, with MBA, RIA, and CEPA credentials. He previously co-founded both 2Wire, Inc. ($700M in annual revenue at its peak) and 4Home (smart home control platform) which was adopted by Verizon and later acquired by Motorola, then Google. He has been granted 14 US patents in the area of networked devices and energy management, the majority of his awarded patents were for and are benefiting ZOME.  Mr. Kayton was involved in an early and successful Digital Twins program in Europe called TwinERGY, which has helped him and others guide ZOME to its current path. 

Senior Vice President 

Sid leads ZOME’s business development, in particular with IOU (Independent Power Utilities) and Municipal Power for Smart Power Grid Products and Solutions. Sid focuses and is dedicated to Digital Transformation (DX) applications with IoT and Cloud Technologies, Renewable Energy, Electrification, Video Intelligence, and Smart City Technologies. Sid benefits from 30 years of communication network technologies and deployments for Smart Power and Smart City DX solutions. Sid is also working on other emerging DX applications beside Power Utilities segments, including Smart City Applications such as 5G Smart Poles, and Behind The Meter Smart Power Applications.  

Operations and Data Analyst

Mr. Grant is ZOME’s day-to-day operations director of ISO energy market trading and revenue-generation, and an analyst forecasting revenue and energy trading strategies for ZOME and its partners.  He was previously at Ameresco and Siemens as an energy analyst in energy procurement and operations.  He has experience in layered risk determined market activities through 3rd party energy suppliers.  In addition, he has designed and executed daily/monthly/yearly cashout and nomination balancing models in the US and Canada that included daily purchases and sales when financially prudent.  As an Energy Operations analyst at Siemens, he managed facility energy nominations during severe weather conditions resulting in curtailments and restricted usage bands.solutions.

Chief Technology Advisor

Mr. Saxena is guiding the advancement of Zome Product and Technology innovation. He is a CTO-level seasoned engineering leader focused on building innovative products at scale. He was Engineering Executive at Nortek (the largest buyer of Z-Wave chips in the world) managing multiple IoT programs and numerous products, including AI cloud solutions and smart thermostats, similar to the ZOMEKit system today.