Meet the Homebound team.

With decades of combined experience, we’re reimagining how homes are built—faster, smarter, and with people at the center of it all.

Meet the Homebound team.

Our entire team shares our dedication to our employee values: One team on a mission, executing relentlessly in service of our customers. Learn more about our unique process, employee culture, and meet key members of our team.

Our team has decades of experience building thousands of homes.

Nikki Pechet
Cofounder, CEO

Nikki Pechet is the Co-Founder and CEO of Homebound. In the aftermath of the 2017 California wildfires, Nikki set out to revolutionize the home rebuilding process, leveraging technology to simplify what has previously been a complex and time-consuming endeavor. She has since expanded Homebound’s business to serve markets with low housing supply, making building a new home possible for anyone, anywhere.

Prior to her role at Homebound, Nikki was an early executive at Thumbtack, where she was instrumental in scaling the platform into the industry's fastest-growing home services marketplace and a $3 billion business. Her professional journey began at Pepsi, where she built consumer brands in highly competitive markets, followed by Bain & Company, where she led innovation strategy projects, helping companies transition into the digital age. Her entrepreneurial mindset also led her to Related Companies, the global real estate powerhouse, where she led forward-thinking strategies in property development.

Nikki also serves on the Board of Directors for Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services company, and is an investor in a range of early-stage technology companies. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and three kids.

Nikki Pechett, cofounder and CEO of Homebound
Tom Holland
Chief Operating Officer

Tom Holland is Chief Operations Officer at Homebound. Prior to Homebound, Tom was focused on driving rapid growth and transformation in a wide range of industries over the last 25 years. His experience extends across diverse business landscapes, including VC-funded startups, publicly traded companies, and private equity-backed enterprises. Tom’s comprehensive experience across several sectors has made him a sought-after leader, offering valuable insights and guidance to drive success and innovation across a broad spectrum of enterprises. He has lent his expertise to the boards of various privately owned companies, publicly traded corporations, and non-profit organizations over the years.

teams built

20+

HOME PROJECTS ENABLED USING TECH

MILLIONS

Caitlin Schlakman
Chief People Officer

Caitlin is the Chief People Officer at Homebound and leads People Operations, Employee Experience, Recruiting, Workplace, and Internal Communications. Prior to Homebound, she held multiple leadership roles across People & Talent at Motive, a leading fleet management provider for industries that power the physical economy including trucking and construction, and helped scale the company through 3X global growth.  She’s held various Sales and Talent leadership roles at LinkedIn and Medallia after starting her career in ethnographic market research for CPG companies. Caitlin holds a BA in Cultural & Social Anthropology from Stanford University and lives in San Francisco with her husband and 3 daughters.

teams built

20+

HOME PROJECTS ENABLED USING TECH

MILLIONS

Stewart Parker
VP, National Homebuilding Operations

Stewart is VP, National Homebuilding Operations at Homebound. He began his construction career in Dallas as a Warranty Manager for a major public home builder and for the past 25 years has held senior management positions for national companies. He has been responsible for the construction of more than 50,000 homes over the course of his career. He lives in Frisco, Texas with his wife and 3 rescue dogs.

Homes Built

50,000+

years building

41

Al Tuten
VP, Homebuilding Operations

Al is Vice President, Homebuilding Operations, and leads our national construction and procurement operations. Prior to Homebound, he held multiple senior leadership roles at large public and private homebuilders, including Mattamy Homes, KB Home, and Ashton Woods. He is a 3rd-generation homebuilder with 28 years of experience.  Throughout his career, Al has succeeded at cultivating strong leadership cultures and streamlining operations to drive industry-leading customer satisfaction and cost efficiencies. His commitment to innovation, team development, and operational excellence has been a driving force throughout his career. Al lives in Dallas, TX, with his wife, 5 children, 2 dogs, and enjoys the outdoors.

Homes Built

50,000+

years building

41

Asif Iqbal
Chief Product Officer

Asif is Homebound’s Chief Product Officer and leads product development and strategy at Homebound, where he guides the company's innovative approach to revolutionizing the home building industry. Prior to his role at Homebound, Asif played a transformative role at Sunrun, where he led various teams across Operations, Product, and Sales. His contributions fueled Sunrun's astonishing 50X growth, from 250 to over 13,000 employees, culminating in a successful IPO on Nasdaq, annual revenues exceeding $1 billion, and significant M&A activity, solidifying Sunrun as the nation's leading residential clean energy company. Asif holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and lives in Northern California with his family.

teams built

20+

HOME PROJECTS ENABLED USING TECH

MILLIONS

Stephanie Yeh
Chief Capital Officer

Stephanie Yeh is Chief Capital Officer at Homebound. Prior to Homebound, Stephanie spent 20 years on Wall Street providing and raising asset-backed capital for a wide range of companies, including VC-funded startups. Stephanie co-led the sourcing effort for Asset-Based Finance investments in the US for KKR and launched the Early Stage Financing business at Credit Suisse. She started her career at Goldman Sachs after earning a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stephanie lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and dog.

teams built

20+

HOME PROJECTS ENABLED USING TECH

MILLIONS

Piero Bussani
Chief Legal Officer

Piero is Homebound’s Chief Legal Officer and oversees the Legal, Risk and Insurance functions at Homebound. Prior to Homebound, Piero spent 18 years as the Chief Legal Officer for Blackstone-owned real estate portfolio companies in nearly every asset class, including housing and hospitality. Piero has scaled and managed legal, risk, and insurance functions at start-ups and at mature companies, overseeing matters where law and business intersect, including construction & development, operations, regulatory and compliance, litigation, contracts, transactions, data privacy and security, and labor and employment. Piero started his career at the law firm Arent Fox, where he represented home builders. Piero currently serves on three boards of directors of best-in-class organizations and institutions, including CubeSmart, Florida Atlantic University, and Cleveland Clinic of Westin FL.

teams built

20+

HOME PROJECTS ENABLED USING TECH

MILLIONS

Ceci Clarke
Homebound Luxury

Ceci found her calling building houses with Lego blocks when she was 5. Since starting in the construction industry in 1986, Ceci has built more than $900M in product. In 2017 her firm became the first woman-owned luxury home builder in Southern California. 11 of her homes have been featured in publications such as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, and Town and Country.

Today, Ceci runs Homebound’s Luxury Building Division, with projects being built across the country. She lives in Southern California with her daughters.

homes built

300+

years building

32

Ceci Clarke, Construction Services
Ian Bishop
VP, Growth + GM, BOOL

Ian is VP of Growth at Homebound and serves as General Manager of home building operations. Prior to Homebound, Ian spent his time as a serial early stage company builder, most notably at Groupon, Atomic and other early stage startups. Ian joined Homebound in the very early days after experiencing first hand the challenges with rebuilding Homes after natural disasters, and is focused on improving the process for making high quality, new construction homes accessible for anyone, anywhere.

teams built

20+

HOME PROJECTS ENABLED USING TECH

MILLIONS

Our team has decades of experience building thousands of homes.

Tom Holland
Chief Operations Officer
Tom Holland
Chief Operations Officer

Tom Holland is Chief Operations Officer at Homebound. Prior to Homebound, Tom was focused on driving rapid growth and transformation in a wide range of industries over the last 25 years. His experience extends across diverse business landscapes, including VC-funded startups, publicly traded companies, and private equity-backed enterprises. Tom’s comprehensive experience across several sectors has made him a sought-after leader, offering valuable insights and guidance to drive success and innovation across a broad spectrum of enterprises. He has lent his expertise to the boards of various privately owned companies, publicly traded corporations, and non-profit organizations over the years.

Our founding story

In October 2017, the Tubbs Fire devastated Northern California and destroyed over 5,600 buildings, including the home of one of our cofounders. Like thousands of others, when he began the process of trying to rebuild, he was left feeling confused and hopeless.

A team of construction, real estate, and technology experts, we came together to create a better way to rebuild the community that many of us called home. In the process, we created a better solution for custom homebuilding anywhere.

Homebound is the first homebuilder to overhaul the building process and create a new experience that is designed entirely around the customer. We personally advocate for our homeowners at every step of the process, bringing together everything you’ll need to build under one roof and leveraging modern technology to make building a custom home dramatically simpler, more transparent, and human.

Our founding story

In October 2017, the Tubbs Fire devastated Northern California and destroyed over 5,600 buildings, including the home of one of our cofounders. Like thousands of others, when he began the process of trying to rebuild, he was left feeling confused and hopeless.

A team of construction, real estate, and technology experts, we came together to create a better way to rebuild the community that many of us called home. In the process, we created a better solution for custom homebuilding anywhere.

Homebound is the first homebuilder to overhaul the building process and create a new experience that is designed entirely around the customer. We personally advocate for our homeowners at every step of the process, bringing together everything you’ll need to build under one roof and leveraging modern technology to make building a custom home dramatically simpler, more transparent, and human.

We’re here to get you home.

See open roles

Nikki Pechet

Cofounder, CEO

Tom Holland

Chief Operating Officer

Caitlin Schlakman

Chief People Officer

Anil Ranavat

Chief Financial Officer

Geoff Hackett

Homebound Luxury

Michael Nels

Engineering

Ian Bishop

Growth

Asif Iqbal

Product

Piero Bussani

Legal

Greg Glass

Sales

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