Board of Directors

Mr. D’Alessandro has served as a Director of Legacy Vivint Smart Home’s board of directors since July 2013 and as a Director and the Chairman of our board of directors since January 2020. Mr. D’Alessandro serves on the boards of directors of several private companies. From 2010 to September 2017, Mr. D’Alessandro also served as chairman of the board of directors of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. and has formerly served as a director of Vivint Solar, Inc. He served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. from 2000 to 2004, having served as president and chief operating officer of the same entity from 1996 to 2000, and guided it through a merger with ManuLife Financial Corporation in 2004. Mr. D’Alessandro served as president and chief operating officer of ManuLife in 2004. He is a former partner of the Boston Red Sox. A graduate of Syracuse University, he holds honorary doctorates from three colleges and served as vice chairman and a trustee of Boston University.

David Bywater is the CEO of Vivint Smart Home and serves on the company’s board of directors. David was named Vivint Smart Home CEO in 2021 after serving for four years as the CEO of Vivint Solar, which SunRun acquired in 2020 for $3.2 billion. He also served on the board of directors for SunRun.

Previously, David served as chief operating officer for Vivint Smart Home where he was responsible for customer operations, human resources, field service, and supply chain. Before Vivint, David spent 10 years at Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) where he was responsible for the management of several business units, encapsulating more than 60 different companies. He has also served as an executive vice president and corporate officer for Xerox and was the chief operating officer for its State Government Services business. Before Xerox, David worked as senior manager at Bain & Company where he worked with global clients, primarily in the technology, transportation, and data information industries.

David has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Ms. Comstock currently serves as a member of Vivint Smart Home’s board of directors.

Ms. Comstock has a distinguished career as an American politician, business leader, lawyer, and women’s advocate. She has three decades of leadership and management experience in state and federal government, the media, business, and philanthropy, and has worked closely with senior leaders across a wide range of industries on a bi-partisan basis throughout her career. During her time in the U.S. House of Representatives she served on the Science, Space and Technology Committee, the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Joint Economic Committee, and the House Administration Committee.

During her freshman term in Congress, Ms. Comstock was selected as the Chairwoman of The Subcommittee on Research and Technology on the Science Committee. In this role, she held critical hearings on a number of the pressing issues, including cybersecurity, medicine and technology, and privacy. Additionally, she was a founder of the Diversifying Technology Caucus which was bipartisan caucus aimed at getting more women, minorities and veterans into the tech sector.

Following her time in Congress, Ms. Comstock has served in a number of roles. She has been a Senior Adviser at Baker Donelson in Washington, D.C., where she works with clients on public policy and communications issues involving both federal and state matters. Since 2019, Ms. Comstock has also served as a Board Member for Trustar Bank, VIEWPac, and Winning4Women.

Prior to her time in Congress, Ms. Comstock was a member of the Virginia General Assembly from 2010 to 2015. During her tenure in the General Assembly, she was Chairwoman of the Science and Technology Committee. In addition to her public service, Ms. Comstock has been active in helping young women with their educational and career goals. In 2013, while serving in the Virginia General Assembly, Ms. Comstock founded her “Young Women’s Leadership Program,” which she continued while she served in Congress. Upon leaving Congress, she continued the program, named “The Barbara Comstock Program for Women in Leadership,” at George Mason University, which is designed to inspire the next generation of women leaders by exposing high school and junior high young women to women leaders in government and the private sector.

Mr. Galant has served as a Director of Legacy Vivint Smart Home since October 2015 and as a Director of Vivint Smart Home since January 2020. Mr. Galant served as Chief Executive Officer of Brightstar Corp., a leading mobile services company for managing devices and accessories and subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., and he has served as an Operating Partner of SoftBank. Prior to joining Brightstar, Mr. Galant was the Chief Executive Officer of VeriFone Systems, Inc., and a member of VeriFone’s board of directors, since October 2013. Prior to joining Verifone, Mr. Galant served as the CEO of Citigroup Inc.’s Enterprise Payments business since 2010. In this role, Mr. Galant oversaw the design, marketing and implementation of global business-to-consumer and consumer-to-business digital payments solutions. From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Galant served as CEO of Citi Cards, heading Citigroup’s North American and International Credit Cards business. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Galant served as CEO of Citi Transaction Services, a division of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Galant was the Global Head of the Cash Management business, one of the largest processors of payments globally. Mr. Galant joined Citigroup, a multinational financial services corporation, in 2000. Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Galant held positions at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Smith Barney, and Credit Suisse. Mr. Galant also brings broad financial industry experience from his time as chairman of the NY Federal Reserve Bank Payments Risk Committee and chairman of The Clearing House Secure Digital Payments LLC. Mr. Galant was on the board of directors of Conduent Incorporated, a leading provider of diversified business services with leading capabilities in transaction processing, automation and analytics. Mr. Galant holds a B.S. in Economics from Cornell University where he graduated a Phillip Merrill Scholar.

Mr. Pauley has served as a Director of Legacy Vivint Smart Home since October 2015 and of Vivint Smart Home since January 2020. Mr. Pauley is a Managing Director at Summit Partners, which he joined in 2010. Prior to joining Summit Partners, Mr. Pauley was Vice President at GTCR, a private equity firm, and an associate at Apax Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm. Before that, he worked for GE Capital. Mr. Pauley currently serves on the boards of directors of numerous private companies and has formerly served as a director of Vivint Solar. Mr. Pauley holds a B.S. from the Ohio State University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Todd is the founder of Vivint Smart Home and served as CEO until June 2021. He currently serves on the company’s board of directors.

Todd founded APX Alarm in 1999, which became one of the largest residential security companies in North America. The company rebranded to Vivint in 2010 and began pioneering the development of new smart home technology. In 2012, the Blackstone Group acquired Vivint for more than $2 billion. Vivint became a publicly traded company (NYSE: VVNT) in January 2020 after completing a SPAC merger with an enterprise value of $4.2 billion.

Todd also led the incubation and launch of Vivint Solar, which completed a $1.5 billion IPO in 2014 and became the second largest residential solar power provider in the U.S. Vivint Solar was acquired by SunRun in 2020 for $3.2 billion.

As a result of his efforts in business and in his community, Todd was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Utah's Entrepreneur of the Year by Mountain West Capital Network, and was inducted into the David Eccles School of Business Hall of Fame.

Mr. Staub is a Managing Director in Blackstone’s Private Equity Group and focuses on investments in the Business Services, Leisure and Transportation & Logistics sectors. Since joining Blackstone in 2014, Mr. Staub has been involved with Blackstone’s investments in AlliedBarton, GCA Services, Lendmark, Merlin Entertainments, RGIS, SERVPRO and Vivint. He currently serves as a director of SERVPRO and previously served as a director of Lendmark and RGIS.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Staub was an associate at Fortress Investment Group from 2010 to 2012, where he evaluated and executed private equity investments across several industries. Prior to that, he worked at Falconhead Capital from 2008 to 2010 and in investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co. from 2006 to 2008.

Mr. Staub received a BS in Business Administration from Ithaca College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with honors.

Mr. Tibbetts has served as a Director of Legacy Vivint Smart Home since October 2015 and of Vivint Smart Home since January 2020. From March 2017 to March 2018, Mr. Tibbetts served as the interim chief financial officer of Acquia Corporation, a private company that is a leading provider of cloud-based, digital experience management solutions. Prior to that Mr. Tibbetts served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Publicis Sapient, part of Publicis Group SA, from February 2015, when Publicis acquired Sapient Corporation, to September 2015. Prior to that Mr. Tibbetts served as senior vice president and global chief financial officer of Sapient Corporation from October 2006 to February 2015. He began serving as Sapient Corporation’s treasurer in December 2012 and was reappointed as Sapient Corporation’s chief accounting officer in June 2013, a role he previously held from 2009 to 2012. In addition to being Sapient Corporation’s chief financial officer, Mr. Tibbetts also served as Sapient Corporation’s managing director- SapientNitro Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Sapient Corporation, Mr. Tibbetts was the chief financial officer of Novell, Inc. from February 2003 to June 2006 and, prior to that, he held a variety of senior financial management positions at Charles River Ventures, Lightbridge, Inc., and SeaChange International, Inc. Mr. Tibbetts was also formerly a partner with Price Waterhouse LLP. Mr. Tibbetts formerly served as a director of Vivint Solar. Mr. Tibbetts holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of New Hampshire.

Mr. Wallace has served as a Director of Legacy Vivint Smart Home since November 2012 and of Vivint Smart Home since January 2020. Mr. Wallace is a Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group Inc. in the Private Equity Group, which he joined in 1997. Mr. Wallace also serves on the board of directors of Alight Solutions, Inc., Michaels Stores, Inc., Outerstuff, Service King, Tradesmen International and The Weather Channel Companies. Mr. Wallace formerly served as a director of Vivint Solar, Inc., including as chairman from March 2014 through October 2020. Mr. Wallace has also formerly served as a director of AlliedBarton Security Services, GCA Services, New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. and SeaWorld Entertainment. Mr. Wallace holds a B.A. in Government from Harvard College.