Nice is a global manufacturer of smart home, security, and building automation solutions. Nice is bringing together 30 years of innovation with award-winning products from ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax, to create a holistic ecosystem for builders, integrators, and consumers. Learn more about how you can create One Home with One Solution at go.niceforyou.com/rtt.
On 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 to the CI channel. Today, we will talk more about this developing opportunity for integrators and dig in a little deeper into differences in lighting fixture styles, color temperatures, and control options.
Today’s episode of Residential Tech Talks is brought to you Nice, a global manufacturer of smart home, security, and building automation solutions. Nice is bringing together 30 years of innovation with award-winning products from ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax, to create a holistic ecosystem for builders, integrators, and consumers. Learn more about how you can create One Home with One Solution at go.niceforyou.com/rtt.
On 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 partnership was to inspire everyone in the industry to level up their careers through CEDIA education and certification and to provide opportunities to level the playing field within the industry. Our guest began her tenure with CEDIA almost a year and half ago after serving 20 years in educational leadership roles with AVIXA, the association that runs the InfoComm trade show. On the podcast, we learn more about Mandy’s career path and what initiatives she’s helping bring to CEDIA training and education.
Today’s episode of Residential Tech Talks is brought to you Nice, a global manufacturer of smart home, security, and building automation solutions. Nice is bringing together 30 years of innovation with award-winning products from ELAN, SpeakerCraft, and Panamax, to create a holistic ecosystem for builders, integrators, and consumers. Learn more about how you can create One Home with One Solution at go.niceforyou.com/rtt.
On 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 systems, smart home services, commercial automation, home and business security, audio video distribution, and lighting fixtures. GHT also operates a 20,000-square-foot showroom in Marietta allowing clients and business partners to experience the wonders of custom technology first-hand. Our guest today is a veteran custom integrator, but he also took almost 8 years away from that career path to take on a sales role for a legendary loudspeaker manufacturer. Last month, he and Jeremy shared a stage together, discussing lighting technology sales strategies at the second-annual Lightapalooza conference in Glendale, AZ.
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On 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 today has been a frequent contributor to Residential Tech Today, but this is the first time he and Jeremy have had the opportunity to speak to one another. Chris provides insights into what it takes to manage a growing business in an ever-changing industry that operates in an ever-changing city and share his plans for the future and lessons learned from the past.
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On 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 client’s mind, enhance their lifestyle, and move their soul. Mark and Jeremy frequently connect and chat at industry events, including CEDIA functions and Azione Unlimited buying group conferences, but this is the first time that they’ve sat down to discuss Mark’s career, his passion for volunteerism, and thoughts on specific tech trends and business management philosophies.
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On 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 Troy’s leadership, PanTech Design has become one of the top Crestron Service Provider firms in the industry and developed groundbreaking products such as the Adapt for Crestron software suite and Adapt Energy, a home energy automation ecosystem. Adapt Energy applies home automation concepts to energy management applications. Troy sees this as the next evolution to tackle the world’s energy challenges, now and into the future.
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On 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 night. Today, the company, which has been a subsidiary of Shell since 2019, is a global leader in energy storage solutions with offices in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Australia, and the US. Our guest today, whose career includes stints at Lutron and Tesla, joined sonnen six years ago as VP of sales, quickly moving up the ranks to senior vice president and now chairman and CEO. He’s here today to discuss his career, the latest energy storage developments, and the business opportunities that are available to custom integrators interested in working with sonnen (and other innovators) toward the energy transition.
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On 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 years as director of talent development at Wal-Mart (yes, Wal-Mart). His artful training techniques have become legendary within the HTSA community, so it’s a unique opportunity to learn how he got so good at what he does and what exactly he teaches to help managers and salespeople to improve in their roles.
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This 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 goofiness that always makes an in-person trip to CES so unique.
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This 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 Live Active Room Treatment, which is designed to address bass resonance and room decay time in home theaters and home entertainment rooms.
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