Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith is the founder and CEO of Prenda, a company that provides service- and technology-based offerings for commercial and industrial facilities. Kelly has previous experience working as the Director of Product at WattStopper, where they developed offerings for commercial and industrial facilities, and as the Director of Building Analytics at WegoWise, Inc., where they helped commercial and multifamily buildings save energy. Kelly also worked as the GridConnect Platform Manager at Johnson Controls, where they were responsible for vision and product definition for next-generation technologies for demand response. In addition to their work in the corporate sector, Kelly has also founded Code Clubs of Arizona and served as a tutor at Scholar's Station.

Kelly Smith received a SM in Plasmas & Fusion from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS in Physics from Brigham Young University. Kelly also attended Mesa High School.

Some direct reports include Jonathan Allred - Head of Legal, Brenda Sibley - Director of Operations, and Patricia Laystrom - Chief Growth Officer.