Charlie Kindel

Charlie Kindel is an American tech executive and former chief product and technology officer at SnapAV.^[1] He formerly held roles with Control4, Amazon, and Microsoft. Much of his career has been spent focused on smart home products.^[2]

Early life and education

Kindel was born in Vail, Colorado.^[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in systems engineering from the University of Arizona in 1990.^[4]

Career

Kindel joined Microsoft in 1990.^[5] He was named general manager of Windows Home Server in 2004, remaining in that position until 2009, when he became general manager of the Windows Phone developer experience.^[6][7][8]

In 2011, Kindel left Microsoft to create BizLogr, serving as chief executive officer.^[7][9] The calendar scheduling startup launched in 2012,^[7] and was later renamed FreeBusy.^[10] The company created the mileage-logging app MileLogr.^[11]

Kindel joined Amazon in 2013, becoming director of Alexa Smart Home,^[7][8] remaining there until April 2018.^[8][10]

In August 2018, he joined home automation systems provider Control4 as senior vice president of products and services.^[2][12] After Control4 merged with SnapAV, Kindel was named chief product and technology officer of SnapAV,^[13] remaining there until November 2020.^[14]