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Episode 170: Alex and Amanda Put on Their CEDIA Hats
April 25, 2024 12:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBJoining us on this week’s podcast are Alex Capecelatro, the CEO of Denver-based Josh.ai, the voice-controlled home automation system, and Amanda Wildman, the co-owner of TruMedia, a respected custom integration firm in Ada, MI. As chairperson and vice chairperson of CEDIA, respectively, Capecelatro and Wildman are two of the best people to fill us in on all things CEDIA. The professional smart home industry’s global trade association recently completed a record year for new member acquisiti...
Episode 169: Re-Imagining Remote Tech Support with Jason Griffing
April 11, 2024 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jason Griffing joins us from Highlands Ranch, CO, where he is director of product for OneVision Resources, the remote support and RMR provider to custom integrators. Jason is responsible for overseeing the development and strategic direction of the company’s service platform, serving as OneVision’s voice of the customer, advancing their product roadmap and R&D initiatives. Prior to joining OneVision in 2017, Jason spent a decade as a residential integrator doing ever...
Episode 168: Chris Lehnen on Luminii’s New Lighting
March 28, 2024 11:15 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Chris Lehnen joins us from Portland, OR, where he is a business development manager for Luminii, a manufacturer of architectural lighting solutions. Luminii was one of the lighting fixture exhibitors at the third-annual Lightapalooza conference held last month in Glendale, AZ, where the company showcased its specification-grade, low voltage fixtures, including a new LED linear product range and micro-optics solutions ideal for the custom integration channel. Our guest...
Episode 167: Eddie Shapiro on CEDIA’s Trip to Washington
March 14, 2024 11:15 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, Eddie Shapiro joins us from the Washington DC area, where is a chief AV designer and owner of the custom integration firm, SmartTouchUSA. Eddie, who recently completed his three-year term as a CEDIA Board member, just this past week joined a contingent of CEDIA representatives in the nation’s capital to advocate for current and future generations of the smart home industry during the Inaugural CEDIA Day on the Hill. Meetings with political leaders on March 6 addressed...
Episode 166: Russound’s Charlie Porritt on His Career in Audio Tech
March 07, 2024 13:30 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBOn this week’s podcast, Charlie Porritt joins us from Portsmith, New Hampshire, where he is CEO of Russound, an internationally respected leader in manufacturer of audio products and technology. While it seems as if those of us who know Charlie today only associate him with his 24 years at Russound, they’re failing to recognize early stops in his career at such other legendary brands, Harman and SpeakerCraft. Today we’ll look back a bit on our guest’s career arc, finding out what wisdom he p...
Episode 165: Ric Litofsky on Video Processing with MadVR
February 23, 2024 09:30 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBOn this week’s podcast, Richard Litofsky joins us from Rockville, MD, where he is co-founder and CEO of madVR Labs, the developer of the Envy Extreme and Envy Pro video processors for the high-end home cinema market. Ric is a serial entrepreneur with an expertise and focus on several technology categories, including, of course, real-time video processing, which we will dive into on the podcast. Many CEDIA EXPO 2023 attendees felt that the home theater demo featuring madVR tech video processi...
Episode 164: Michael Heiss on BIG TVs, CTV, AI and More
February 15, 2024 13:30 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, our contributing editor Michael Heiss joins us from his home in Los Angeles to talk about his experience at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show, including the biggest trends, biggest surprises, and most over-hyped and most-under-the-radar introductions. Like I said last year at this time, we especially appreciate Michael’s reports from Las Vegas. He was there so you and I didn’t have to be. Although he didn’t leave Sin City unscathed (stupid Covid…) there’s still n...
Episode 163: Tim Bigoness on the Evolution of D-Tools
January 30, 2024 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, Tim Bigoness joins us from Atlanta, GA, where he is chief marketing officer and VP of sales for D-Tools, the provider of business software for low-voltage system integration firms. Founded in 1998 by chairman, Adam Stone, D-Tools pioneered the category of data-driven proposal, system design, and field service management in the system integration industry with its on-premises System Integrator software. In 2019, D-Tools introduced its cloud-based platform, D-Tools Clou...
Episode 162: Tom Doherty Previews Lightapalooza 2024
January 04, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBOn this week’s podcast, Tom Doherty joins us from Palm Desert, CA, where he is a director for the HTSA buying group. If CEDIA had the equivalent of the Disney Legends program for its founding pioneers, then Tom would be in its inaugural group. He was literally there at the beginning of the industry’s premier trade association’s CEDIA Expo and he has led an impressive career as integrator and manufacturer, culminating in his current role where his vision has brought the lighting category to t...
Episode 161: Exploring the Hailo AI Capabilities of Snap One’s Luma Security System
December 28, 2023 12:44 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Mark Grobman, CTO of machine learning for Hailo, and Derek Webb, surveillance product manager for Snap One, join us to discuss a recent announcement from Snap One about how the company’s Luma Insights security system has leveraged the Hailo-8 AI chip to allow for advanced security capabilities. The Insights service integrates with existing Snap One products and requires minimal setup for integrators, allowing for near-instant access to AI-powered visibility from Luma ...
Episode 160: Audio Innovation with Nice’s Terence Dover
December 21, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Terrence Dover joins us from New Haven, CT, where he is senior global product line manager for Nice North America. Following an award-winning four-year stretch with Harman’s Mark Levinson audio brand, Terrence joined Nice North America in August 2021 where was tasked with updating and modernizing the company’s brand portfolio, which includes 22 products launched over 18 months. Today we will learn more about Terrence’s career path in the audio technology and music rec...
Episode 159: Healthy Home Tech with RePure’s Michael Don Ham
December 14, 2023 14:24 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBOn this week’s podcast, Michael Don Ham joins us from the New York area where he is co-founder and president of RePure, a company that is on a mission to transform indoor spaces into smarter and healthier environments. In a post-COVID world, awareness of Indoor Air Quality has surged, yet we're still awaiting regulations and codes to ensure our homes and buildings are as safe and healthy as possible. It’s crucial for architects, interior designers, home builders, and custom integrators to re...
Episode 158: Hank Alexander and the Oasys Buying Group
December 07, 2023 14:41 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOn this week’s podcast, Hank Alexander joins us to discuss his role as director of Nationwide Marketing Group’s Oasys Residential Technology Group and its impressive progress this year in its “Drive to 1,000” members. Nationwide, headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, is North America’s largest buying and marketing organization for independent major appliance, consumer electronics, and home furnishings dealers. Oasys, a custom electronics and installation network inside of Nationwide Marketing ...
Episode 157: Jeff Shaw on Nice’s ‘Home Manager’ System Focus
November 30, 2023 12:53 - 29 minutes - 27 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jeff Shaw joins us from Petaluma, CA, where he is vice president of product management for Nice North America. This is Jeff’s second time on the podcast, so today we skip most of the usual biographical part of our interview and dive right into news from Nice, including an exciting promotion for Jeff’s colleague Paul Williams, as well as insights into smart home product category trends, best practices for custom integrators, and even a look ahead to Nice’s product road...
Episode 156: How Airzone Aidoo Pro is Bridging Smart Thermostats and HVAC Inverter Systems
November 16, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBOn this week’s podcast, Airzone North America’s National Operations Manager, Victoria Garcia Massimo, and Regional Sales Manager for the US Central & West, Bob Howey, join us from Miami and Dallas to discuss their company’s smart control solution for HVAC systems. Airzone’s Aidoo Pro acts as a bridge between proprietary HVAC inverter and mini-split manufacturers’ protocols and IoT device or smart home control system APIs. Our guests today describe how the market for inverter and mini-split s...
Episode 155: Gavin Lantzy on SaaviHome’s Franchise Plan
November 09, 2023 14:04 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBOn this week’s podcast, Gavin Lantzy joins us from Denver, CO, where he is president and founder of SaaviHome, a custom integration firm founded in 2004. SaaviHome recently launched a franchise business model to provide entrepreneurs with a turnkey program to enter the smart home technology and light commercial markets. Our guest today has spent years developing a business model that offers franchisees the tools and support necessary to build a successful operation. The program offers compre...
Episode 154: Jeff Klida on EPV’s CI-Specific Projection Screens Focus
November 02, 2023 18:48 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jeff Klida joins us from Bay City, MI, where he serves as vice president of sales at EPV Screens, the division of Elite Screens dedicated to the custom install market. From front projection and acoustically transparent to ambient light rejecting and polarized 3D materials, EPV provides electric and fixed-frame projection screens that fit just about any viewing experience. Today, we dig into projection screen trends and developments, learn more about EPV’s evolution as...
Episode 153: Jason Sayen on Streamlining Your Business Using Lean Six Sigma Principles
October 26, 2023 15:26 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBOn this week’s episode, "I am Sayen" Founder Jason Sayen joins us from his home in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, to explore how his certification as a Lean Six Sigma helps him guide CI businesses in eliminating waste and transforming problems into opportunities. With 27 years of experience in the custom integration industry, Jason's journey has encompassed diverse roles in manufacturing, distribution, and independent representation. Today's conversation provides just a taste of the practical insights ...
Episode 152: Paul Williams on the State of Control Systems at CEDIA
October 10, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Paul Williams joins us once again from Salt Lake City, UT, where he is chief product officer for Nice. Nice last year began the absorption of its acquired custom integration brands, ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax, and at CEDIA Expo last month, their consolidation into the Nice brand was fully evident on the show floor, where the company showcased its commitment to offering a holistic home management solution for its partners and customers. Prior to the show Jeremy ch...
Episode 151: CEDIA Expo ‘Hardball’ with Briesemeister and Hartman
October 03, 2023 15:07 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jamie Briesemeister joins us from St. Louis, where she is CEO and co-founder of Integration Controls and Patrick Hartman joins us from Reno, Nevada, where he is general manager Technology Design Associates. Patrick and Jamie were the two people recruited Jeremy to help launch the CEDIA Business Xchange conference back in 2014, and that experience created a bond and friendship that has lasted almost 10 years. During CEDIA Expo 2023 in early September, Jamie subbed in f...
Episode 150: Jason Knott on D-Tools’ Mid-Year Report
September 25, 2023 21:18 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jason Knott joins us again from his home office in Sturbridge, MA, where he now serves as data solutions architect & evangelist, Data by D-Tools. It was only 10 episodes ago that Jason came on to discuss his newly created role at D-Tools, where he works with a special team to define and deliver industry analytics and insights. Well, some of those results are now included in a very thorough 2023 Midyear Market Health Report. We wanted to discuss those findings in detai...
Episode 149: CEDIA’s Walt Zerbe on Immersive Audio Design and More
September 15, 2023 16:01 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBOn this week’s podcast, Walt Zerbe joins us from Lancaster, PA, where he is senior director of technology and standards for CEDIA. Walt and Jeremy, like many of you in the audience were in Denver, CO, at this time last week attending a very energetic and inspiring CEDIA Expo event. Our guest today was not only checking out as many new products and technologies as he could on the show floor but was also participating in multiple CEDIA (the association) hosted education training and panel disc...
Episode 148: Nice North America’s Jeff Shaw Gets Ready for CEDIA
August 31, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jeff Shaw joins us from Petaluma, CA, where he is vice president of product management for Nice North America. Jeremy and met a year ago at this time, when Nice welcomed members of the trade media to their U.S. headquarters in Carlsbad, CA, to meet the team and learn about their product direction. At that time, Nice announced its plan to sunset the ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax product names. This year their focus is less about rebranding, and more about new product...
Episode 147: Michael Short on the Crestron Home OS 4 Launch
August 24, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBOn this week’s podcast, Michael Short joins us from London, where he is senior director of residential and hospitality marketing at Crestron. It’s been almost a year since Jeremy had dinner in Dallas during CEDIA Expo with Michael, along with several members of the Crestron executive team. At that time, they talked about all of the hullabaloo surrounding supply chain challenges and pricing inflation, but then we mostly just unwound and decompressed from a long day on the show floor. This yea...
Episode 146: Murray and Kane on the AVPro Global Acquisition of AudioControl
August 04, 2023 14:20 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBOn this week’s podcast, we welcome two esteemed guests, AVPro Global Founder and CEO Jeff Murray and AudioControl VP of Sales and Marketing, Chris Kane, to discuss exciting business acquisition news for the residential and commercial AV integration industry. AVPro Global, the parent company of AVPro Edge, Murideo, and Bullet Train audio/video distribution products, recently acquired the Home Audio division of AudioControl from AAMP Holdings. Through the deal, AVPro Global will assume ownersh...
Episode 145: John Sciacca on Pickleball, Eras Tour, Summer Movies, Just Add Power Tour, and More
July 28, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBOn this week’s podcast, John Sciacca joins us from Myrtle Beach, SC, where he co-owner of Custom Theater and Audio. When it comes to people that Jeremy has met through his job over the years, John is at the top of the list as one his favorites. So, following a short summer hiatus from podcast recording, Jeremy thought he should start with a fun one, inviting back one of his most entertaining guests. In a wide-ranging chat, they cover some residential tech topics, but also their favorite curr...
Episode 144: Craig Spinner on Savant’s Smart Power Evolution
June 20, 2023 12:39 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBOn this week’s podcast, Craig Spinner joins us from Osterville, MA, where is general manager for Savant Power within Savant Systems Inc. Savant is a leader in both smart home and smart power solutions, as well as a provider of energy efficient smart LED fixtures and bulbs through its GE Lighting brand. Savant Power systems provide homeowners with visibility into their energy production and consumption, help them weather power outages, and offset peak utility rates when ON the grid or optimi...
Episode 143: James Garrett on His First CI Acquisition
June 02, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBOn this week’s podcast, James Garrett joins us from Battle Ground, WA, where he is CEO of Garrett Integrated Systems. Our guest today recently acquired the 10-person Boise, Idaho-based custom integration firm, The Loop Technologies, from former RTT podcast guest Eric Crawford. The buyout was an exit strategy for Crawford, so he can focus on his component company IFP Connect, which is a single-gang transceiver solution for connecting fiber optic cable in the home. The acquisition marks the fi...
Episode 142: Innovating with Snap One CEO John Heyman
May 26, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBOn this week’s podcast, John Heyman joins us from Atlanta, GA, where he is CEO of Snap One, a leading manufacturer and distributor of audio video, networking, surveillance, power, and wiring products. When our guest today last appeared on the podcast, back in December of 2020, his company was still called SnapAV, none of us had received our first Covid-19 vaccine, and the University of Georgia was still seeking their first football national championship since 1980. A lot has happened since t...
Episode 141: Franklin Karp Shares Lessons from NYC AV Retail and CI
May 16, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Franklin Karp joins us from Long Beach, NY, where, for the past year, he has been the principal of Franklin Karp & Co., a comprehensive consulting firm for the residential tech integration business. A 30-year veteran of AV retail and custom integration in New York City and New York suburbs, our guest today offers services in all phases of operations management, with a particular focus in the custom integration and retail sectors. Jeremy’s industry friendship with F...
Episode 140: Jason Knott on His New Data Solutions Role at D-Tools
May 02, 2023 21:22 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, Jason Knott joins us from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to discuss the surprising news last week that he will be leaving his long-time post as editor in chief of CE Pro magazine to join D-Tools, the provider of business management software for electronic systems integrators. In the newly created role of data solutions architect and evangelist, our guest today will work with a special team at D-Tools to define and deliver industry analytics and insights. Jason is a friend...
Episode 139: Dave Chace on Improving Sales & Training with Better Tools
April 25, 2023 13:55 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBOn this week’s podcast, Dave Chace joins us from the Philadelphia area, where he is president of Cogent360. Founded in 2007, Cogent360 is a media design firm that creates interactive and immersive digital resources for the consumer electronics and home integration industries. Our guest today is a 35-year veteran of the CE and CI industries and a former director of product training for a nationwide specialty CE retailer. Dave started Cogent360 to change how organizations educate their sales c...
Episode 138: Mitchell Klein on the Latest Z-Wave Developments
April 18, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBOn this week’s podcast, Mitchell Klein joins us from Boston, where he is executive director of the Z-Wave Alliance, the standards development organization dedicated to advancing the smart home and Z-Wave technology. Deployed in more than 100 million products sold worldwide, the Z-Wave protocol is an interoperable, wireless, RF-based communications technology designed specifically for control, monitoring, and status reading applications in residential and light commercial environments. Our gu...
Episode 137: David Thomas on the Evolving Role of CI Reps
April 11, 2023 19:59 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBOn this week’s podcast, David Thomas joins us joins us from Austin, TX, where he was on the road participating in the Rio Grande Dealer Event. Dave is a principal at Rio Grande, as well as executive director of its sister company, the Momentum Group, both based in Denver, CO. As if that were not enough titles for one man, he is also a partner at the PureTech Alliance, the national alliance of manufacturer's representatives dedicated to bringing the best-in-class health, wellness, and quality...
Episode 136: How Joe Borress Balances Electrical and Low-Voltage Contracting
April 04, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBOn this week’s podcast, Joe Borress joins us from Malibu, CA, where he is founder and president of Tri-Star Electric & Automation. Our guest today grew up immersed in high-end New York City construction projects, as a third-generation electrical contractor. He spent the early decades of his career navigating and troubleshooting complex job sites, working with clients and renowned architects in the ultra-luxury residential markets of New York City, the Hamptons, and Greenwich, CT. Then, in 20...
Episode 135: Josh Christian on Elevating Top Integrators Through HTA Certification
March 28, 2023 15:32 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBOn this week’s podcast, Josh Christian joins us from Calabasas, CA, where he is CEO of the Home Technology Association. Back in 2017, the HTA created the first and only standard of excellence for home technology integration firms, giving the best-qualified technology integrators a prestigious certification and endorsement developed to differentiate exceptional firms. Since then, the HTA has fulfilled its purpose to provide a badge of quality for integrators and to help homeowners receive con...
Episode 134: Lighting Fixture Installation with Derk and Libman
March 21, 2023 21:03 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, we welcome two guests to discuss lighting fixtures specification and installation opportunities for the custom integration channel. Joining us from Bethlehem, PA, is Charlie Derk, vice president of strategy for building control systems at Legrand. And joining us from San Diego, CA, is Mike Libman, the national sales director at DMF Lighting. Both of today’s guests are fully immersed in the lighting fixtures and lighting control categories as they specifically relate t...
Episode 133: CEDIA’s Mandy Beckner on Tech Training Best Practices
March 14, 2023 10:30 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBOn this week’s podcast, Mandy Beckner joins us from Fairfax, VA, where she is vice president of education and training at CEDIA. Last week, in honor of International Women’s Day, CEDIA partnered with the Women in Consumer Technology group to provide educational opportunities to women throughout the smart home industry. In the partnership announcement, Mandy who in addition to her role at CEDIA is also a board member for the Women in Consumer Technology group, said that the goal of the partne...
Episode 132: Eric Joy Recalls the Worst AV Showroom He Ever Saw
March 07, 2023 19:31 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBOn this week’s podcast, Eric Joy joins us from Marietta, GA, where he is chief experience officer of the GHT Group. GHT (formerly known as Georgia Home Theater) is a full-service custom electronics design and integration company, serving homeowners and businesses in Buckhead, Alpharetta, Midtown, the greater Atlanta area, and the Florida Panhandle. The company features a diverse team of world-class technology installation experts, which allows them to be a go-to source for home theater syste...
Episode 131: Chris Sterle Celebrates 20 Years of ADS in Las Vegas
March 01, 2023 00:59 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBOn this week’s podcast, Christopher Sterle joins us from Las Vegas, Nevada, where he is founder and CEO of Acoustic Design Systems. This month marks 20 years in business for ADS, as an integrator of commercial and residential home automation and security solutions. ADS has spent the past two decades perfecting a recipe for success, which includes evolving technology trends, developing home builder community partnerships, and taking advantage of economic and market opportunities. Our guest to...
Episode 130: Mark Ontiveros on His Career, Tech Trends, and Volunteerism
February 21, 2023 14:12 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, Mark Ontiveros joins us from Tustin, California, where he is founder and CEO of Audio Images, the award-winning Orange County custom integration firm that he founded in 1991. Audio Images’s team is passionate about engineering audio/visual solutions that truly fit their clients’ needs. It’s a process that Mark’s company has trademarked as “Solutioneering” a system. It’s the first step to ensuring that Audio Images delivers a sensory experience that will inspire their ...
Episode 129: Troy Morgan on Adapt Energy Home Automation
February 14, 2023 15:59 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBOn this week’s podcast, Troy Morgan joins us from North Richland Hills, TX, where he is founder and CEO of PanTech Design, a software development firm specializing in Crestron control systems for commercial and residential applications. Troy has 23 years of programming experience and has earned the distinction of Crestron Master Programmer. He founded PanTech Design in 2005 with the goal of elevating the quality of software and service for audio, video, and environmental automation. Under Tr...
Episode 128: sonnen’s Blake Richetta on the U.S. Energy Transition
February 07, 2023 15:24 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBOn this week’s podcast, Blake Richetta joins us from Santa Monica, CA, where he is chairman and CEO of sonnen, the global energy storage company. Sonnen was founded in 2010, in a small town in Southern Germany, its founders driven by the desire to create a clean and affordable energy future for everyone through their sonnenBatterie. At a time when solar energy was only fed into the grid, they created a system that allows households to store and consume their self-generated energy, day and ni...
Episode 127: Relationship Science with HTSA’s Keith Esterly
January 31, 2023 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBOn this week’s podcast, Keith Esterly joins us from his home office in Bucks County, PA, where he serves as chief learning architect for the Home Technology Specialists of America (HTSA), a leading North American trade consortium. Keith has a unique role within HTSA in that he was brought on board to help members learn fresh ideas, but specifically become better at selling and relationship science. It’s a craft that Keith honed during many years at AV giant Tweeter and then during his nine y...
Episode 126: Michael Heiss on CES 2023 TVs, Gadgets & Goofiness
January 17, 2023 14:23 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week, our contributing editor Michael Heiss joins us from his home in Los Angeles to talk about the recent Consumer Electronics Show, and some of the latest TV technology developments and other smart home products that he thinks are worth knowing about. After attending CES virtually last year, Mike made it back in person to Las Vegas this year. He talks about broader TV technology trends, breaking it down brand by brand, as well as sharing observations about some the gadgets and goofine...
Episode 125: Dirac’s New Method for Addressing Bass Resonances in Home Theaters
January 05, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBThis week, Nilo Casimiron Ericsson joins us from Uppsala, Sweden, where he is a co-founder and product manager for Dirac Research. Dirac is the developer of the Dirac Live room correction system that is used by the world’s leading AV receiver and sound processor brands to correct frequency and phase distortion caused by loudspeakers and room acoustics. Around the time that this podcast is dropping, Dirac will be at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, officially unveiling Dirac ...
Episode 124: Scott Sullivan’s ‘Why’ is Improving Lives
December 27, 2022 19:03 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBThis week, Scott Sullivan joins us from Novato, California, where he is president of SoundVision, the highly respected Bay Area custom integration firm that he founded back in 1998. Scott and Jeremy have crossed paths many times over the past 20 years when first he was a passionate attendee of the CEDIA Management Conference and in more recent years, a vocal participant in HTSA buying group meetings. Yet, until now, they had never really sat down and chatted about Scott’s career path, approa...
Episode 123: CEDIA’s CEO Looks Ahead to Goals for 2023
December 20, 2022 12:43 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week, Daryl Friedman joins us from CEDIA headquarters in Fishers, IN, where he is wrapping up his first year as the association’s global president and CEO. On the day of this recording, Daryl, along members of the CEDIA board of directors and staff, hosted the association’s Annual Membership Meeting. The virtual event offered updates on CEDIA’s progress in 2022, the financial status of the organization, and goals for next year. Today, we dive into some of those same topics, find out mor...
Episode 122: Dennis Lister and His Unique Path to Custom Shades
November 29, 2022 08:36 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week, Dennis Lister joins us from Philadelphia, PA, where he is president of DEL Motorized Solutions. His career began in the early 90s working in his father’s custom furniture upholstery business. In 1996, that company morphed into his current motorized blinds and automated shades custom fabrication and wholesale company. Today, he is Lutron’s top-selling shades dealer in the world. He was recently invited by Lutron president Ed Blair to serve as the featured speaker during a groundbre...
Episode 121: Paul Williams on the New ‘Nice’ Brand and Products
November 22, 2022 12:03 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week Paul Williams joins us from Salt Lake City, UT, where he is chief product officer for Nice North America, the global manufacturer of smart home, security, and building automation solutions. Nice, which was founded in Italy by current owner Lauro Buoro in 1993, acquired Nortek Security & Control from Melrose Industries back in October of 20 21. In September of this year, the company announced that it would be sunsetting Nortek Control as a company name and absorbing several of its c...