Dan Cregg began his tenure at SmartLabs as director of engineering and product development in 2000, when SmartLabs acquired SmartLinc, a company Cregg co-founded. He is consider the “Father of INSTEON” a simulcast mesh networking technology introduced in 2005. INSTEON has been incorporated into hundereds of products bringing the Internet of Things to the mass market. Cregg also founded and was president of HomeRun Automation, which was purchased by SmartLinc in 1997. Cregg has held engineering and management positions at McDonnell-Douglas, SVG Thermco, and Universal Electronics. Cregg holds both Bachelor and Master degrees in engineering from California State University, Long Beach, is a member of the engineering school's executive advisory council, and is an adjunct professor in Computer Engineering.