Boulder-based smart-home company hires CTO

BOULDER — MindHome Inc., a Boulder-based company that builds software to monitor the operation of smart-home systems, has a new chief technology officer.

Alan Banta, who has 20 years experience in the industry, is joining MindHome and will serve directly to CEO Daniel Turgel.

Banta will oversee the company’s evolving technology strategy, including scaling its IT and infrastructure to grow its machine learning. MindHome’s software is an insurance platform that alerts smart homeowners to any risks such as flooding, network problems, fire, gas and other issues. If a flood monitor detects water, then MindHome can turn off the incoming water.

“During our extensive…