Brent Mecham, CID, CLWM, CIC, CLIA, CAIS, is the industry development director for the Irrigation Association. Currently he is involved with the development of standards and codes that affect irrigation products and practices. He brings more than 35 years of experience working in the landscape and irrigation industries as well as for a large water agency in Colorado focusing on landscape water management. He has written numerous industry articles, is frequently a speaker at industry events and has co-authored many of the training manuals and books offered by the Irrigation Association. He is certified as an irrigation designer, contractor, water manager and agricultural irrigation specialist. He enjoys helping others find success in the irrigation industry.

Chris is the CEO and a co-founder at Rachio where he leads product development. He has successfully designed, developed and delivered valuable products, simple and complex. He believes that great products come from passion and everyday use and that if we love what we build and use it to solve real problems in our own day-to-day lives, others will too. He focuses on simple, clean designs. This is everything from look and feel to the underlying architecture.

Stuart Eyring CAIS, CAWM, CGIA, CIC, CID, CLIA, CLWM, has been President of Hydro-Rain since 2005. He concurrently serves as COO of Orbit. Prior to joining Hydro-Rain and Orbit, he served for 15 years in various US and international management roles with Ford Motor Company and Honda Engineering North America. He serves on the Board of Davis Applied Technical College and is past-chair of the Irrigation Association Expo Advisory Committee. He holds a BA in Japanese and Finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA from The Wharton School.