About Us

Founded in 2002, and embracing open software and hardware platforms, Lynxspring develops, manufactures, distributes, and support edge-to-enterprise solutions and IP technology that create smarter buildings, smarter equipment and smarter solutions.

The company’s technologies, products and services provide connectivity, control, integration, interoperability, data access, aggregation and visualization enabling you to achieve the operational and business outcomes you need. The versatility, functionality, and broad scope of the company’s product portfolio, combined with our extensive domain knowledge of the built environment, make it a powerful and economical solution for system integrators, building owners and operators, consultants, and equipment manufacturers.

Lynxspring’s BMS solutions are deployed in millions of square feet of commercial real estate and government settings in the United States and internationally.

Lynxspring is an Authorized, Full-Service Tridium OEM Partner

One of Tridium’s very first partners, Lynxspring was an original early adopter of the Niagara Framework® technology and the JACE® controller. We have been a Niagara partner since 2002. As a full-service OEM partner, we are not only a reseller, but are a certified Niagara developer and an authorized Niagara trainer with onsite, virtual and computer-based training capabilities.

Lynxspring’s partnership with Tridium includes continual collaboration as a technical resource for product enhancements and features and we also contributed to the design of Niagara AX and Niagara 4.

We also were the first company to take the Niagara Framework and embed it, making it available in a product portfolio of IP programmable controllers. This has further enabled Niagara to be utilized in any building and facility including small to mid-sized facilities, multi-site environments; plant and equipment control such as air handling units, roof top units, boilers, fan coil units, heat pumps and VAV’s.

Vision Statement

Lynxspring is a company where ideas and imagination empower people to create, manufacture, deliver and support innovative solutions connecting people and devices in a responsible way which improves quality of life.

Mission Statement

Lynxspring delivers IoT solutions developed by empowered individuals dedicated to sustainability of our shared environment.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Terry Swope

CEO & Founder

Melissa Dziurawiec

President & Chief Financial Officer

Robert Hirsch

Senior VP & Chief Technical Officer

Marc Petock

Vice President & Chief Marketing/ Communications Officer

Pat Hirsch

Chief Strategic Officer OEM & End User Accounts

Joe Cahill

Chief Operating Officer

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Terry Swope

CEO & Founder

Demonstrating his talents in corporate leadership, Terry Swope in 2016 was recognized as the Executive of the Year by ControlTrends and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Lynxspring.

Throughout Swope’s extensive career, he enjoys driving business growth, product innovation and development, and technological excellence. He also has a background in manufacturing and business management, as well as consulting engineering, and sales.

Swope founded Lynxspring in 2002 and has helped the company grow to be a premier developer of open building control solutions. In 2017, Lynxspring launched the first of its JENEsys Edge portfolio of Niagara controllers which was awarded Realcomm/iBCON’s Best Technical Innovation in Intelligent Buildings.

Melissa Dziurawiec

President & Chief Financial Officer

Appointed as Lynxspring’s President in 2019, Dziurawiec came to Lynxspring with many years of accounting and financial experience. She earned her MBA degree in 2018 and serves on Lynxspring’s Board of Directors.

Her accomplishments at Lynxspring are many and include implementing new successful workflow processes to assist the company’s strategic growth. Dziurawiec is also directing new CRM and software integration as well as new lead generation initiatives for the company. She focuses much of her attention on employee satisfaction and has made it a goal to see Lynxspring as one of the best places to work in Kansas City.

Formerly with Inergy Propane, LLC, Dziurawiec was responsible for the financials of the southwest region of the US, including more than 300 branch locations, and managed the large financial integration/acquisition.

Robert Hirsch

Senior VP & Chief Technical Officer

With nearly 30 years of building automation and energy system management design, Hirsch currently leads Lynxspring’s design, development and deployment initiatives of new products directed at the controls, BAS, cybersecurity, energy efficiency and curtailment.

Also, in his time with Lynxspring, Hirsch has served as Vice President and Manager of the company’s OEM group that delivered open and interoperable control solutions for clients.

In his previous positions as an application engineer, Hirsch helped turn ESM into a successful and dominate control contractor across Iowa and Illinois. While at Honeywell, as an engineer, he personally oversaw the install, commissioning, training, and turnover of 36 buildings.

Marc Petock

Vice President & Chief Marketing/ Communications Officer

Petock leads Lynxspring’s corporate and product brand management, as well as marketing and communication efforts. Recently, he was also elected to Lynxspring’s Board of Directors.

A pioneer in the building integration industry, Petock has been recognized with several industry accolades, most notably including: Realcomm/iBCON’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award, an inductee to CTA’s Controls Automation Hall of Fame, and earned Realcomm’s Top 35 People to Watch. Petock also serves as an advisor to the Realcomm organization and serves on the Board of Directors for Project Haystack.

Prior to joining Lynxspring, Marc was Vice-President of Global Marketing at Tridium, where he was instrumental in building Niagara operating system of choice for the built environment.

Pat Hirsch

Chief Strategic Officer OEM & End User Accounts

Hirsch was recently promoted to Chief Strategic Officer with responsibilities in part centering on developing a strategic business plan to pursue new engineering consultant partnerships in the community, as well as continue to work with Lynxspring’s multiple OEM opportunities and strategic end user accounts.

Hirsch has over 25 years of experience in the control business and began his career with Lynxspring as the Manager of Systems Integration. He was one of the original team members that introduced the Lynxspring Business Partner program.

Hirsch’s passion is customer service and finding solutions to complex problems. He holds an Engineering degree from NDSU.

Joe Cahill

Chief Operating Officer

Joe Cahill initially joined Lynxspring’s Support Services team with nearly 30 years of experience in mechanical and electrical engineering, and plumbing. He also has expertise in project management, design, plotting, energy analysis, commissioning, construction administration, quality assurance, and code.

Cahill has designed simple heating and ventilation systems to complex chilled or hot water systems. With extensive experience in data room, electrical, DX refrigerant, and even fire protection systems—Cahill leads the Professional Services team with great industry knowledge.

Formerly with the engineering firm, Larsen Binkley, he was a Professional Engineer in 16 states, and helped create the National Accounts Platform garnering projects throughout North America.