Leadership Team
Tom Pearce
Co-Founder, CEO & President
Tom Pearce brings 30+ years of executive experience with leading enterprise organizations such as Cannon, EMC, Cisco, and Tech Data. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of COLighting Solutions, Inc, an innovative startup company, that sells and markets intelligent lighting platforms with unprecedented capabilities to listen, watch and even eradicate and control pathogens.
Most recently, Tom was the Director of loT Business Development at Sigfox where he created a GTM strategy for Sigfox North American channels, enterprise and distribution sales. Tom founded Crystal Vision, a consulting company focused on creating and selling custom client solutions to fortune companies in banking, healthcare, loT, retail, distribution and SMB. Tom holds a BS in Business Management and an MBA from the University of Florida.
Mario J. Pino
Co-Founder and COO
Mario J. Pino is the Co-Founder of COLighting Solutions, Inc. Focused on bringing leading edge technology, services and platform solutions to smart cities and businesses.
As a founder of several consulting companies and an accomplished thirty-nine-year veteran in the telecommunications and IoT space, Mario’s expertise includes but is not limited to; business plan development, financial modeling and start-ups. His most recent achievements involve developing B2C and B2B service offerings that leverage an loT platform in the USA and internationally.
Team Members
John Larson
Senior Consultant
John has split his career experience between inside and outside the US. A visionary and creative professional, he is recognized as highly resilient and resourceful.
With a background in marketing agencies, political lobbying and even broadcast television, John went on to guide hugely successful business launches on both sides of the world in technology and media. He has consulting experience across a range of industries and countries always bringing a customer and market-focused approach to strategic and tactical programs.
Through many adaptations globally in strategies, branding and business growth, John has maintained his ‘mantra’. This includes being ruthlessly customer-centric, visionary, adaptive and agile, commercial, data-driven, open, curious and innovative – and always, with high integrity.
Radhika Thelapurath
In-House Clinical Consultant
Radhika is a skilled and knowledgeable biologist with a track record of providing accurate and reliable results in the lab for more than three years. She has experience with collecting data and conducting experiments for studies in the field of Molecular Biology.
As a microbiologist, Radhika focuses on the biology of microorganisms at both the molecular and cellular level. She is an adept and thorough researcher with a meticulous and rigorous approach to experiment accuracy and verification. She is able to explain molecular and microbiological concepts to both lay and professional audiences in a clear and accessible manner.
Radhika has a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Central Florida and is currently pursuing a Masters in Science in Human Factors Psychology from University of Central Florida
