# Tom Bruno

> Tom Bruno is the founder and former CEO of Velocity Technology Solutions, established in 2003. He led its expansion in enterprise cloud application services before becoming vice chairman in 2015. His professional profile now identifies him as a co-founder of SmartQasa, a home and business automation company, based in Tampa, Florida.

- **Role:** Co-founder at SmartQasa
- **Organizations:** Velocity Technology Solutions, SmartQasa
- **Education:** Hofstra University
- **Known for:** Founded Velocity Technology Solutions in 2003., Led Velocity through expansion in enterprise application services and international acquisitions., Following the April 2014 Titan acquisition, the combined company reported more than 750 employees and approximately $150 million in revenue.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Started out as an RPG programmer on IBM System/32.
- **2003** — Founded Velocity Technology Solutions.
- **2010** — Led Velocity when it acquired NaviSite’s Lawson and Kronos hosting business.
- **2011** — Velocity acquired WTS, adding JD Edwards expertise.
- **2012** — A Silver Lake Sumeru-led investor group and Velocity management completed the acquisition of Velocity.
- **2013** — Velocity acquired UK-based velos-IT.
- **2014** — Velocity acquired Titan Technology Partners for approximately $80 million.
- **2015** — Keith Angell succeeded Bruno as CEO; Bruno was announced as vice chairman.
- **2020** — Began his SmartQasa co-founder role according to his professional profile.

## Achievements

- Founded Velocity Technology Solutions in 2003.
- Led Velocity through expansion in enterprise application services and international acquisitions.
- Following the April 2014 Titan acquisition, the combined company reported more than 750 employees and approximately $150 million in revenue.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — On January 4, a Home Assistant community account named Tom Bruno recommended the smartqasa/pico-link integration in a discussion about Lutron Pico remote controls.
- **2025-07** — A public smartqasa GitHub gist for a UK Lutron Pico five-button light-control blueprint shows activity on July 22.

## Links

- Website: https://www.smartqasa.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasbruno
- GitHub: https://github.com/smartqasa

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Last updated: 2026-10-23