Tag Archives: Smart Home

Episode 38: Jamie Briesemeister Applies Speech-Language Pathology Lessons to Home Tech

January 11, 2021UncategorizedCEDIA, CEDIA member, home automation, integration, integration companies, savant smart homes, Smart Homeresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with Jamie Briesemeister, CEO and co-founder of Integration Controls, a 16-year-old custom integration company in St. Louis, MO. In 2005, the Residential Tech Today contributing writer and CEDIA Board member shifted careers from speech-language pathology to home automation. She says that working with children with language delays and disorders has helped in current role as a home technology provider when determining what your clients want or need when they don’t have words to explain for it.

Learn more about Integration Controls at https://integrationcontrols.com/.

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Episode 36: WiSA’s Tony Ostrom on Bringing Immersive Wireless Audio to Home Cinema

December 21, 2020Uncategorizedfull home control, home automation, home control, savant, savant smart homes, smart devices, Smart Home, wifiresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with Tony Ostrom, the president of WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association comprised of nearly 80 consumer electronics brands and founded by Summit Wireless Technologies. Due to heightened interest in a home cinema experience, especially during a time when people are staying at home more, the Association is driving collaborative marketing efforts for its members by expanding into a more consumer-facing role.

Learn more about WiSA at https://www.wisaassociation.org/.

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Episode 32: Alex Capecelatro on the New Josh.ai Nano and Core Products

November 10, 2020Uncategorizedalexa, google dot, Residential tech, Residential Tech Talks, smart devices, Smart Homeresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with our first second-time guest, Alex Capecelatro, founder and CEO Josh.ai, the natural language voice control system catering to the custom integration channel. The reason for the rare return visit? On the day that this podcast drops, Alex and his team hosted a much ballyhooed virtual Keynote in Los Angeles, where the company’s executive team revealed a pair of new products designed to appeal not only to custom integrators and their clients, but also architects and designers looking for a way to blend residential tech with a more elegant aesthetic.

Learn more about Josh.ai at https://www.josh.ai/

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Episode 26: Scott Newnam on Audio Advice’s Free, Online Home Theater Design Tool

September 15, 2020UncategorizedAudio Advice, home theater, home theater design, Residential tech, Smart Home, Smart Home Podcast, tech tools, theater design toolsresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with Audio Advice CEO Scott Newnam about his company’s recently launched online home theater design tool, which is free for consumers and professionals anywhere to use. With a Harvard Business School, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley background, Newnam came to the home integration business later than most, but with no less passion or dedication. He has been instrumental in his company’s successful blend of brick-and-mortar and e-commerce retail success in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC.

Visit www.audioadvice.com to check out the home theater design tool.

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Episode 25: Sense Labs’ Mike Phillips on Bringing AI into the Smart Home

September 1, 2020Uncategorizedenergy management, energy monitor, Residential tech, Smart Home, smart home energy, tech talks podcastresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with Mike Phillips, CEO and co-founder of Sense Labs, a Cambridge, Massachusetts company whose Sense Home Energy Monitor provides real-time insights into home energy consumption. He was a researcher at MIT before going on to co-found two companies (SpeechWorks and Vlingo) that brought speech recognition capabilities to call centers and to mobile phones, including the technology that would go on to power virtual assistants across hundreds of millions of phones.

Visit https://sense.com/ to learn more.

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Episode 24: John Sciacca is President of the No-Shirts Club

August 25, 2020Uncategorizedhome automation, home theater, home trends, internet of things, Live music, Residential Tech Talks, Smart Home, Taylor swiftresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with one of his favorite custom home tech writers who, in his day job, is co-owner of Custom Theater & Audio in Myrtle Beach, SC. In this especially candid conversation, Jeremy and his good friend John recall how they met while on a trip to Microsoft headquarters, how they ended up rooming together at trade shows and discovered a shared fandom for Taylor Swift and Disney World. Eventually, they discuss smart home trends, as well.

Visit to learn more, visit https://www.customtheaterandaudio.com/ and check out John’s articles at www.residentialsystems.com.

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Episode 23: Shark Tank Star Robbie Cabral Unlocks Smart Home Market

August 10, 2020UncategorizedABC's Sharktank, benjilock, CES, CES 2020, Residential Tech Talks, residential tech today, robbie Cabral, shark tank, Smart Home, smart lockresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with Robbie Cabral, inventor, CEO, and founder of Los Angeles-based BenjiLock, a finger-print enabled padlock manufacturer that was introduced to the tech industry at CES 2017 and soon after was made famous on ABC’s SharkTank. Padlocks for gym lockers and bikes aren’t typically the focus of Residential TechTalks, but Cabral is expanding his focus into the smart home, so we’ll discuss that development and more in this episode.

Visit to learn more, visit https://benjilock.com/ and check out our interview in the June-July 2020 issue of Residential Tech Today.

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Episode 20: Brandon White’s Perspective as a Second-Generation Technologist

July 20, 2020UncategorizedDIY Smart Home, Home Tech, Home technology, Integration Tips, Residential tech, Residential Tech Talks, Smart Home, Smart Home Automationresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki chats with Brandon White, director of new product development at Vanco International, a U.S. manufacturer of premium audio/video products and electronic accessories. In this week’s episode, we learn more about an article Brandon wrote for the June/July 2020 issue of Residential Tech Today, where he shares how he has followed in his father’s footsteps in the AV business and how his own young son is already showing interest in tech.

Visit: https://www.vanco1.com/ to learn more.

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Episode 16: My Good Friend Todd Anthony Puma

May 28, 2020UncategorizedDIY Smart Home, Home technology, Integration Tips, Intergrator, New Jersey, new York, Res Tech Podcast, Res Tech Talks, Residential tech, Residential Tech Talks, Smart Home, Smart Home Automation, The Source Home Theater, Todd Anthony Pumaresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki is joined by Todd Anthony Puma, a respected custom integrator, tech blogger, and owner of The Source Home Theater in New Jersey. Find out how Puma handled the very early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when he was turned away from a service call into New York City and how he been reaching out to his client base with great CARE, and even beginning to find installation and service opportunities picking up in New Jersey. Also, we learn more about Puma’s “good friend Mark Feinberg” and how he became such a fixture in many of his articles.

Visit: http://www.thesourcehometheater.com/ to learn more.

Email Todd Anthony Puma at todd@thesourcehometheater.com

Check out Todd’s latest blog at https://www.residentialsystems.com/blogs/picking-a-pro-podcast

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Episode 15: Mitchell Klein has Two NFL Teams to Root for Now

May 19, 2020UncategorizedAutomation, bluetooth, CEDIA, DIY Smart Home, Home technology, Intergrator, Res Tech Talks, Residential tech, Residential Tech Talks, Silicon Labs, Smart Home, Smart Home Automation, Trade Shows, wifi, Z-Wave, z-wave allianceresidentialtechtalks

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In this episode, Residential Tech Today Executive Editor Jeremy Glowacki is joined by Mitchell Klein, Z-Wave Alliance executive director and 2019 CEDIA Lifetime Award winner, a lifelong Boston sports (and very recent Tampa Bay Bucs) fan with 25 years of custom integration industry knowledge and wisdom. Find out what insights Mitchell offers from his experience as an integrator, manufacturer executive, trade association president, and tech protocol alliance director, and how Z-Wave parent company Silicon Labs is working to create alignment across the industry with the goal of advancing both security and compatibility in smart home devices. Visit: www.z-wavealliance.org to learn more.

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Email Mitchell Klein at mitch@z-wavealliance.org

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