Sam Hotchkiss is CEO & co-founder of Reconnect

Sam has built and sold two successful tech companies, including Parka to Automattic in 2014. Sam combines technical skill with vision to identify markets and motivate teams. In 2009, an acquaintance of Sam’s received a DUI. The court mandated follow-up process utilized outdated, phone-based systems, and Sam knew he could disrupt the industry. Early in the process he would meet Ed Larson, an investor with a long history in the telco industry. The two would go on to found Call2test, a revolutionary tool for automated and randomized drug court check-ins. 2018 would see the release of ConnectComply, an app-based tool for participants to check in with just a selfie.

Sam then saw another criminal justice market that needed disrupting; court-ordered monitoring. He asked the question “how do we replace bulky, expensive and stigma-inducing bulky ankle monitors?” and went on to rebuild them from the ground up. Launching in 2020, ConnectBands are lightweight, discreet, and easy to use while saving jurisdictions dollars on expensive monitoring systems.