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Description
Boca Tech Talks
Title: Today’s Smart Home
Date and Time: June 24th 11:00am – 12pm EST
Program Number: TSH001
Credits: 1 LU
Length: 1 Hour
Course Description: This course introduces participants to the residential smart home market and the opportunities arising from the increasing presence of technology in the home. Relevant industry trends and homeowner preferences will be discussed, as well as a high-level overview of smart home product categories such as lighting, shading, and temperature control. Additional topics covered include the benefits of voice control, considerations concerning third party integration, and the differences between cloud-based integration and local integration as they relate to products and systems.
Continued Education:
Credit: 1.0 LU/HSW
Course Number: TSH001
Subject Code: N/A
Designation(s): Health, Safety, and Welfare
Credit: 0.1 CEU
Course Number: 107616
Subject Code:
Designation(s): General Knowledge
Instructors:
Jeff Galea, Founder and CEO of Boca Theater and Automation as well as Deb Giarratana, Channel Sales Manager at Orion Integrated Systems and Blake Wills, Sales Representative - Luxury Residential at Lutron Electronics
Interested? Click here to register! https://www.bocatheater.com/resources/webinars/
Bios:
Deb Giarratana – Channel Sales Manager at Orion Integrated Systems
Graduating from Ohio University with a bachelor’s in Communication and Media Studies, Deb is a veteran project manager and public speaker. As a part of Orion, Deb oversees dealer relationships, connected home integrators, product demos, and showroom development. Deb loves to help to build connected communities with smart systems and energy automation with integrators and builders.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-wills-119b18b5/
Blake Wills – Sales Representative – Luxury Residential at Lutron Electronics
With a degree in Mass Communication/Media Studies, Blake Wills is an accomplished sales representative and a customer service expert. Blake believes firmly in custom lighting solutions and excellent customer service and by travelling all over the U.S. he has helped support the operations of multiple experience centers. Blake is diligent and works to find the ideal automated lighting solution for a home or business.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justwritedeb/
Jeff Galea, Founder and CEO of Boca Theater and Automation
Jeff graduated from General Motors Institute (Kettering University) with a BS in Electrical Engineering. His thesis entitled, "Local Area Networking," resulted in the installation of GM's first broadband coaxial cable network at its Syracuse, NY Fisher Body plant. Jeff moved to Boca Raton, FL where he was the key technologist tasked with building GM/EDS's development center practice at IBM. As Chief Technology Officer for GM/EDS in Boca Raton, Jeff developed operating systems on Intel and PowerPC platforms and was co-inventor on US Patent 6,118,428 involving the integration of OS/2® and Windows®. After 15 years with GM/EDS, Jeff moved to Silicon Valley where he joined Aurum Software pre-IPO. As Director of Aurum's consulting practice and later Vice President of Engineering, Jeff was credited with developing the first completely browser-based Sales Force Automation application in the industry. Jeff's team simultaneously released the product in nine languages, after which Aurum went public and was acquired by The Baan Company. As Vice President of Engineering for Baan's North America Front Office Division, Jeff's team developed software that kept mobile phones synchronized with cloud servers to empower mobile sales forces at Fortune 500 companies. Jeff left Baan and co-founded The Cybrant Corporation, a pioneer in web-based guided selling solutions. Cybrant deployed its solution to multi-national companies including HP, Cisco, Dupont, Johnson & Johnson, and Mitsubishi, among others. As Vice President of Engineering and Chief Architect, Jeff was awarded a US Patent 6,404,445 for Cybrant's core constraint engine technology which enabled complex products to be configured in a browser. Jeff moved back to Boca Raton, FL to run Cybrant's Product Management, Engineering, and Support Teams as Cybrant grew to 150 employees in nine countries before being acquired by Blue Martini Software.
With an insatiable passion for high-end electronics and control software, Jeff left Blue Martini Software in 2003 to follow his life long dream of launching Boca Theater and Automation, Inc. focusing exclusively on integrating luxury A/V and control systems into homes, yachts, and businesses. BTA's state-of-the art touch screen systems and luxury electronics have been deployed in some of the most prestigious homes and businesses in the U.S. from Fisher Island and Miami's South Beach, to Palm Beach Island and East Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, with the majority of its customers located in Palm Beach County, Florida. BTA continues to rank among the CEPRO Top 100 Integrators in the U.S. for more than a decade and counting, and two of BTA's projects were featured in HGTV's Top Ten Luxury Home Theaters which aired in U.S. and Canada.
https://www.bocatheater.com/our-team/
Interested? Click here to register! https://www.bocatheater.com/resources/webinars/