Our Team
Leadership Team
Our visionaries combine decades of serial entrepreneurial experience with a deep technical expertise in business development, logistics to drive innovation in high-efficiency energy management and HVAC technologies.
Dave Rayat
CEO & Founder
Dave Rayat is a veteran serial entrepreneur and investor with proven track record of building and scaling businesses across diverse industry sectors from the 1990’s to present day. Renowned for his strategic vision and relentless drive for success. Dave’s deep expertise in startup ventures and capital growth serves as the primary engine for Hera Smarter’s commercial trajectory. Under his leadership, the company is uniquely positioned to disrupt the commercial and residential HVAC markets, leveraging his vast business acumen to establish Hera Smarter as a dominant industry contender.
Dr. Kathrine Richardson
Co-Founder
Kathrine Richardson brings a powerful combination of operational insight and creative vision to her role as Co-Founder. Kathrine is a professor in the School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San Jose State University, San Jose, California. She is the driving force behind Hera Smarter’s mission to redefine how modern homes manage heating, cooling, and domestic hot water. Passionate about sustainable infrastructure, Kathrine ensures the company’s technologies deliver premium comfort and substantial cost savings to homeowners during peak demand periods – all while protecting and relieving stress on our increasingly fragile electrical grids.
Shasha Richardson
VP of Business Development
Shasha Richardson leads Hera Smarter’s market expansion and strategic partnerships, drawing on years of high-level corporate experience with major brands including Nordstrom, Blue Shield, and Pokemon. Her diverse background in corporate strategy, brand management, and operational growth makes her instrumental in executing the company’s initial market launch. Shasha’s wealth of knowledge ensures Hera Smarter’s growth strategy is both scalable and aggressively competitive from day one.
Advisory Board
Our advisory board brings together a seasoned clean-tech innovators and industry experts who provide strategic guidance on technological scaling, regulatory alignment, and market expansion for new next generation energy management solutions.
Ms. Dani Mueller
Strategic Advisor and Board Member
Dani Mueller is the Founder and CEO of Columbia Innovation Group based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Known for her dynamic leadership, business agility, and infectious enthusiasm for disruptive technologies, Dani provides invaluable strategic oversight to Hera Smarter. Her regional expertise and passion for forward-thinking enterprise inject vital energy into the board, ensuring the company’s innovative offerings are successfully positioned for long-term market leadership.
Mr. Alfred Ng
Technical and Logistics Advisor
Alfred Ng is the technical and operational backbone of Hera Smarter, overseeing the critical intersection of technology deployment and global logistics. Instrumental in the development and scaling of the company’s infrastructure, Alfred ensures that Hera Smarter’s cutting-edge technologies are seamlessly engineered, manufactured, and distributed. His deep expertise in supply chain management and systems technology guarantees that the company’s hardware and software components roll out with maximum efficiency, keeping Hera Smarter highly responsive and agile as it scales to meet market demand.
HERA CAPABILITIES
HERA provides cooling, heating and hot water with one system
HERA uses state of the art most efficient heat pumps available
HERA stores thermal energy for use when peak time rates start
HERA saves on energy costs each month with an ROI of 4-5 years
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Transform your space with HERA’s cutting-edge smart energy cooling, heating and hot water solutions designed to save on utility bills, maximize comfort, provide grid stability and build a more sustainable future starting today.