McLean, VA, October 23, 2026 — BlueConnect Partners, a leading advisory firm specializing in IoT, smart home, and consumer electronics strategy, today announced that Mitchell (Mitch) Klein has joined the firm as Partner. Mitch, recipient of the 2019 CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award, brings more than 35 years of leadership across the smart home, consumer electronics, and connected technology industries.
In his new role, Mitch will lead strategic engagements focused on partnership development, channel expansion, and ecosystem strategy. Drawing on his extensive industry relationships and experience across the connected technology value chain, he will help manufacturers, platforms, and emerging companies accelerate market adoption, build high-value partnerships, and unlock new growth opportunities.
“Great connected products still fail when they lack the right partners, the right channel, or a place in the right ecosystem,” said Avi Rosenthal, Managing Partner at BlueConnect Partners. “Mitch has spent his career solving exactly that problem from every side of the table. He has run an integration business, led industry alliances, and held senior roles at a leading silicon company and a leading trade association. His industry relationships, commercial instincts, and ability to bring competing interests together make him an exceptional addition to BlueConnect. His appointment significantly strengthens our ability to help clients turn market opportunities into measurable business growth.”
Mitch began his career as an entrepreneur, founding and leading Media Systems, an award-winning Boston-based systems integration firm, for 15 years. He went on to hold senior leadership positions at Silicon Labs, Universal Remote Control, and CEDIA, where he most recently served as Vice President of Business Strategy. As Executive Director of the Z-Wave Alliance, he helped expand the global ecosystem and fostered collaboration among competing manufacturers to advance adoption of smart home technologies. He has also held leadership roles with the Wi-SUN and Wi-Fi Alliances.
“Developing a strong strategy is essential, but it’s only the beginning,” said Mitch Klein, Partner at BlueConnect Partners. “I’ve spent my career bringing people and organizations together to create opportunities for growth. What excites me about joining BlueConnect is the chance to combine those relationships and my industry experience with the firm’s deep technical and commercial expertise. Together, we can help clients turn opportunities into meaningful partnerships, new business, and measurable results.”
Founded in 2009, BlueConnect Partners is a strategic growth and advisory firm serving companies across IoT, smart home, connected devices and consumer technology. The firm works with technology manufacturers, platforms, service providers, industry alliances and emerging companies on corporate and product strategy, go-to-market planning, business development, ecosystem partnerships, marketing and commercialization. BlueConnect’s partners bring decades of operating experience across the connected-technology industry, helping companies navigate emerging technologies, changing routes to market and complex industry ecosystems.
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