Adam was born & raised in Marysville, WA, a town one hour north of Seattle. His father was an entrepreneur and football coach, and his mother was a principal at a local high school.
Adam always had an interest for math & science, so he pursued a degree in computer science from Portland State University, and after college, he landed a job working for a company that helped manufacturing facilities upgrade their electronics & software to help them be more effective. He started to make observations about technology and it’s advancements. New technology in general like smartphones are constantly being innovated and updated. Think about it, you probably get a smartphone upgrade every 2-3 years. He realized that this was not the case in manufacturing. There were (and still are) places he would visit where the technology hadn’t been updated for over a decade. He realized there was a real opportunity to start advancing the technology in the manufacturing industry.
Customers began asking Adam and his company if they could somehow relay information from the new machines they were installing back to their computers through the internet. Adam and one of the business owners at his company went on a quest to validate the market. So, they began interviewing potential customers all over the country asking them if this is something they also wanted. Eventually, they decided to spin this “idea” out as a separate business, called Elevat IOT. Elevat IOT helps manufacturing facilities connect their devices through the internet and makes sure information is being relayed in real time so that all employees in the facility understand what’s happening.