home automation founded 2003 founders eric smith will west mark morgan headquarters draper utah salt lake city mailing address key people martin plaehn ceo ; mark novakovich cfo number of employees 530 website control4.com control4 develops smart home automation systems to control lighting entertainment security energy and other connected devices . 1 the company s 2013 initial public offering was considered to be the first pure play home automation ipo ever . 2 control4 is based in draper utah with offices in york england ; shanghai china ; bangalore india and san jose ca. 3 contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 proprietary products 4 references history edit founded in 2003 by eric smith will west and mark morgan control4 debuted at the cedia 2004 home technology trade show and released its first products later that year . 4 the company received funding from foundation capital thomas weisel venture partners signal peak ventures frazier technology ventures and cisco systems 5 prior to its august 2 2013 ipo . 2 5 current ceo martin plaehn joined control4 in september 2011 . 6 products and services edit control4 s home automation systems have been likened to an operating system for the home . 7 8 the company develops a branded line of products and services to control home lighting multi room audio and hvac systems that utilize communication protocols such as zigbee wi fi bluetooth and z wave . 9 control4 also supports more than 8 000 devices 10 from third party manufacturers including the nest smart home thermostat 11 coolmasternet for seamless integration with vrf & split hvacs 12 sonos music system 13 and products from sony 14 and sub zero . 15 for example with control4 a homeowner could control the ventilation in his garage the music streaming to speakers in multiple rooms of his home every light the tv the thermostat even the blu ray player in the guest house from an ios device . 16 in 2012 control4 released its simple device discovery protocol sddp which makes products embedded with the code automatically discoverable on a control4 network . 9 the company licenses the protocol which is similar to universal plug and play 17 to other vendors for their products such as sony bravia tvs . 14 as of january 2015 over 100 developers supported sddp in more than 500 devices including panasonic dish network bose tivo epson harman kardon denon pioneer sony sharp and yamaha . 9 18 as of february 2015 control4 was selling its products through a network of 2 676 north american and 787 international authorized dealers in 88 countries . 19 20 additionally control4 partners with national homebuilders including toll brothers to provide optional home automation packages to homebuyers . 21 proprietary products edit audio video a line of audio and video distribution products for controlling entertainment throughout a home using a centralized source . 22 lighting wireless programmable lighting control systems controlled by switches dimmers keypads and remote devices . 23 hvac smart thermostats compatible with most hvac systems worldwide and remotely controllable . 24 touch screens touch screens handheld and stationary that operate as dedicated interfaces for control4 systems . 25 remote controls remote controls that enable control of an entire smart home system . 26 controllers main device connecting and controlling the entire system . 27 sensors relays motion and light sensors to automatically initiate actions within the system like turning on the lights when you enter a room . 28 cameras security cameras for video intercoms or door stations . 29 networking following the acquisition of pakedge in march 16 references edit the control4 experience . control4.com . control4 . retrieved 30 march 2015 . a b jacobson julie 5 august 2013 . control4 up 25 % on first day of ipo ; 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