It’s Never Too Late To Learn – Beverly Hills Smart Homes
Every November, I take a few days out of my hectic schedule to attend what I feel is the best conference in my industry, Total Tech Summit. When I first began attending this three-day event in 2004, it was called Electronic House Expo. Over the last twenty years the conference has iterated and adapted to technology just the way we have as a company.
Total Tech Summit is a by-invitation gathering of custom electronics and commercial integration business owners, representing approximately the top seventy-five companies in the country. This years event was held at the gorgeous JW Marriott Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. As a collective group, the attendees of Total Tech Summit were responsible for approximately two Billion dollars in sales and over eighty thousand installation projects globally in 2024.
Sponsored by a generous group of audio, video, networking, security, productivity software, AI based management tools, specialty solutions, automation, and other manufacturers, representatives and distributors, the attendees are treated to incredible seminars, focused group presentations, one-on-one meetings with the sponsors and amazing peer networking opportunities. This was an especially enjoyable year for me, as I was joined by fellow Beverly Hills Chamber Of Commerce member Issac Boudaire of Network Experts, who graciously accepted my invitation to attend this year’s event. The keynote speaker for this year’s Summit will also be a familiar name to many of you from the L.A. area. Sonny Melendrez, the rock and roll hall of fame radio legend from KMPG KIIS and KRLA in the 1970’s and 80’s gave an incredibly spirited and entertaining perspective on Entrepreneurship and leadership which left us all enriched and motivated.
With most of us being Executive-level leaders in our various organizations, we welcome the rare opportunity to interact in such a unique setting and exchange knowledge, ideas, best practices, experiences or advice, whether it be new business startups, or well established, multi-million dollar industry veterans. Learning about new product offerings, especially those coming to market at the top of the new year also serve to give the attendees a competitive advantage with new and emerging solutions. I was particularly impressed with the new videoconferencing and huddle space solutions this year from Yeahlink. Home Theater fans will be delighted to know that new projectors, screens, surround sound receivers, video scalers, speakers and universal control systems will be available in 2025 from the likes of Sony, Samsung, Sonos, Reflectel Mirror TV, Yamaha, Martin Logan, McIntosh, Epson, L-Acoustics, Screen Innovations, Steinway-Lyngdorf, Barco, Leoń, and several others we are proud dealers of.
When it comes to our favorite in the luxury custom technology solutions space, I am exstatic to see the new videowall solutions, innovative security and camera options, end-point IoT smarthome devices and cloud-based proposal and business management suite offerings which will allow us to improve our internal company efficiency, while providing our clients with an even higher level of service than you have already come to expect.
The future is bright…And we’re here to help bring it to you!
Founded with a four-generation entrepreneurial spirit, we help homeowners and business operators alike realize the optimal impact and efficiency from their properties thanks to the appropriate uses of technology. Our team of industry experts, media room designers, engineers, installers, and programers provide decades of expertise catered specifically to the sophisticated technology solutions that meet our clients’ project requirements and goals.
As a trusted home automation company in the Bel Air and Beverly Hills, CA area, we help our valued clientele realize and exceed their goals by providing custom solutions in audio, video, smart lighting control, motorized shades, climate controls and wired/wireless network systems. As lifelong tech-lovers ourselves, we are continuously attending manufacturer and industry events to ensure we are prepared to deploy the latest technologies for today and whatever the future might have in store for us tomorrow.