Latch CEO and leadership

Brian is a full stack hardware engineer with experience building remote data acquisition systems that have been deployed in some of the world’s most challenging environments. From smart grid monitoring in Haiti to remote soil sensing in rural Mexico, Brian has built products that capture, synthesize, and present data to enterprise customers of all sorts. Brian holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Thomas Meyerhoffer was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1965. He studied Industrial Design at the Art Center College of Design in Switzerland. Thomas’ early career includes tenure at Apple, IDEO, and Porsche. Thomas Meyerhoffer gravitates towards intuitive and engaging design working across an unusually broad range of categories spanning wellbeing, sport and technology. Thomas’s work has been acknowledged by accolades including Idea, D&AD, and RedDot Design Awards. He has been recognized for his skill in creating intuitive objects and experiences by publications including The New York Times, Fast Company, The Surfers Journal, and Domus.

Dhruva Rajendra is a co-founder and the Chief Product Officer of Latch, where he oversees the entire product organization as they expand LatchOS’ growing ecosystem with new software, hardware, and service products that combine Latch’s iconic design with an intuitive user experience. Throughout his career, Dhruva has built a track record of product excellence via thoughtful, trustworth products across a range of industries experiencing rapid digital disruption.

As a co-founder of Latch, Dhruva was instrumental to Latch’s initial products and roadmap. Since rejoining the team in 2020, Dhruva led a reorganization designed to focus more of Latch’s resources on each of LatchOS’ core offerings, resulting in greater operational efficiency, transparency, and collaboration across the product and engineering organizations.

Prior to rejoining Latch, Dhurva served as CEO of Fast Rope Labs, a global product strategy consultancy. There, he helped Fortune 100 companies develop a start-up mentality for their product organizations-while simultaneously helping startups scale their product organizations like Fortune 100 companies. Under his leadership, Fast Rope Labs shipped and scaled dozens of products across real estate, fintech, healthcare, and education that are used by millions on a daily basis.

Previously, Dhruva served as Head of Product at Main Street Genome, a software company that optimizes restaurant operations through data-driven insights. Earlier in his career, he worked in strategy consulting for clients including Qualcomm, Alarm.com, and UnitedHealth Group.

He is a graduate of Wake Forest University.

Chris Lee is a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at LATCH INC. and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as Strategic Account Manager at salesforce.com inc., Vice President / GM (North America Sales) at DOCUSIGN INC., and VP - Enterprise Sales at salesforce.com inc.. Chris attended Villanova University between 1987 and 1991.

Ali leads all business operations and unifies sales, partnerships, finance, legal, and supply chain across Latch. He spent 2012-2015 as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked to merge two firms in the logistics space, helped optimize the Asia-based supply chain for an industrials company, and train enterprise sales teams. Before that, he spent a summer as an analyst on the M&A team at Google prior to the Nest acquisition and also spent a summer as a retail electronics buyer for Target. He holds degrees from Cornell University and Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.

Garth Mitchell is a Chief Finanial Officer at LATCH INC..

Peter Weiss is a Chief Real Estate Officer at LATCH INC..

Brian is a full stack hardware engineer with experience building remote data acquisition systems that have been deployed in some of the world’s most challenging environments. From smart grid monitoring in Haiti to remote soil sensing in rural Mexico, Brian has built products that capture, synthesize, and present data to enterprise customers of all sorts. Brian holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Thomas Meyerhoffer was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1965. He studied Industrial Design at the Art Center College of Design in Switzerland. Thomas’ early career includes tenure at Apple, IDEO, and Porsche. Thomas Meyerhoffer gravitates towards intuitive and engaging design working across an unusually broad range of categories spanning wellbeing, sport and technology. Thomas’s work has been acknowledged by accolades including Idea, D&AD, and RedDot Design Awards. He has been recognized for his skill in creating intuitive objects and experiences by publications including The New York Times, Fast Company, The Surfers Journal, and Domus.

Dhruva Rajendra is a co-founder and the Chief Product Officer of Latch, where he oversees the entire product organization as they expand LatchOS’ growing ecosystem with new software, hardware, and service products that combine Latch’s iconic design with an intuitive user experience. Throughout his career, Dhruva has built a track record of product excellence via thoughtful, trustworth products across a range of industries experiencing rapid digital disruption.

As a co-founder of Latch, Dhruva was instrumental to Latch’s initial products and roadmap. Since rejoining the team in 2020, Dhruva led a reorganization designed to focus more of Latch’s resources on each of LatchOS’ core offerings, resulting in greater operational efficiency, transparency, and collaboration across the product and engineering organizations.

Prior to rejoining Latch, Dhurva served as CEO of Fast Rope Labs, a global product strategy consultancy. There, he helped Fortune 100 companies develop a start-up mentality for their product organizations-while simultaneously helping startups scale their product organizations like Fortune 100 companies. Under his leadership, Fast Rope Labs shipped and scaled dozens of products across real estate, fintech, healthcare, and education that are used by millions on a daily basis.

Previously, Dhruva served as Head of Product at Main Street Genome, a software company that optimizes restaurant operations through data-driven insights. Earlier in his career, he worked in strategy consulting for clients including Qualcomm, Alarm.com, and UnitedHealth Group.

He is a graduate of Wake Forest University.

Ali leads all business operations and unifies sales, partnerships, finance, legal, and supply chain across Latch. He spent 2012-2015 as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked to merge two firms in the logistics space, helped optimize the Asia-based supply chain for an industrials company, and train enterprise sales teams. Before that, he spent a summer as an analyst on the M&A team at Google prior to the Nest acquisition and also spent a summer as a retail electronics buyer for Target. He holds degrees from Cornell University and Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.