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Firas Mazloum

Leadership

Firas Mazloum

Inventor, Founder & CEO of Smart Group G4

A visionary engineer and entrepreneur with over 40 years of dedication to making professional smart building automation accessible, affordable, and open to the world.

Firas Mazloum — CEO Smart Group G4
Firas K. Mazloum — Founder and CEO of Smart Group G4, pioneer of sBUSPro smart building automation technology
Firas Mazloum — Smart Building Automation Pioneer

The Inventor Behind the Protocol

Firas Mazloum is the inventor of the G4 SBUS protocol — a proprietary open-standard communication platform that powers the entire Smart G4 ecosystem of 360+ products.

With a deep background in electrical engineering and building automation, Firas identified a critical gap in the market: professional-grade smart building systems were prohibitively expensive and locked into proprietary ecosystems.

His answer was the sBUSPro protocol — an open, affordable, and fully interoperable platform that gives integrators, developers, and building owners the freedom to build truly intelligent spaces without vendor lock-in.

Under his leadership, Smart Group G4 has grown from a startup into a globally recognised brand, with deployments in luxury hotels, smart cities, hospitals, stadiums, and residential complexes across five continents.

Key Milestones

1986

Established Smart Group G4 in California, USA — beginning a 40+ year journey in smart building automation.

2006

Created the first SBUS Protocol and began product testing of SBUS technology.

2007

Launched Generation 1 SBUS — the first commercial deployment of the open-protocol smart building platform.

2010

Released Generation 3 SBUS with major advances in device intelligence and energy management.

2012

Launched Generation 4 — the sBUS G4 platform — with 360+ products and full KNX and BACnet compatibility.

2025

Commenced Generation 5 SBUS testing — the next evolution with advanced AI integration and enhanced energy intelligence.

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