| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Smart Grid, Wireless Networks |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California United States |
| Key people | Tom Ayers, President and CEO Narasimha Chari, Co-Founder and CTO John Eichhorn, CFO Tom VanDenover, SVP, World Wide Sales Mike Bailey, VP, Engineering and Operations Rob Pilgrim, VP, Business and Corporate Development Andy Balaschak, Director of Product Management Denise Barton, Director of Marketing Cyrus Behroozi, Chief Scientist |
| Products | Outdoor Broadband Routers, Wireless Network Management |
| Website | [1] |
Tropos Networks[1] was founded in 2000 and is a United States-based provider of IP broadband mesh network solutions for building utility distribution area networks for the smart grid and smart cities. Tropos systems aggregate communications from utilities for multiple applications with the goal of increasing operational efficiencies and reducing costs. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company has over 750 customers in more than 30 countries.
Tropos has an installed base of more than 800 customers in 30 countries around the world, including Avista,[2]Glendale Water & Power, Duncan, Oklahoma,[3] and Lafayette Utilities System. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Boston Millennia Partners, Cipio Partners, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, Hanna Ventures, Integral Capital Partners and Voyager Capital. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is David Hanna of Hanna Ventures; board members: Curtis Feeny of Voyager Capital, Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital and Tom Ayers, president and CEO of Tropos Networks.
Tropos has been granted 30 patents and has an additional 30 pending.[4]
Utilities deploying a smart grid use Tropos for building a regional-scale distribution area communications networks covering hundreds to thousands of square miles. Tropos provides high performance, high reliability private networks IP broadband network that create a secure and scalable foundation upon which multiple demanding smart grid applications including distribution automation, substation security, and automated metering infrastructure (AMI) can be deployed. [5]
Additionally, Tropos technology is employed by municipalities to improve efficiencies of a broad range of city services including Intelligent Transportation Systems, automated meter reading (AMR), public safety, and video surveillance.