AGENDA

BIOS

Dennis W. Erskine, Professional Subject Matter Expert, Certified Instructor, Certified Designer

Dennis W. Erskine is a member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, THX Level II Certified, Imaging Sciences Foundation Trained, a member of AES, and IEEE. He is a Home Acoustics Alliance (HAA) instructor and a CEDIA Subject Matter Expert in Home Theater Design. Dennis is also an FAA certified flight instructor and can frequently be found soaring over Atlanta when not designing theaters.

Robb Sexton, Electrical Media Expert

Robert (Robb) Sexton, Senior Vice President at Southwire and President of the FlatWire Technologies Division, brings more than 30 years of product development, marketing, sales and channel management, global logistics and overall business management experience to the wiring and technology industries. Before joining Southwire with the DeCorp acquisition in 2005, Sexton was the founder, President, CEO and Chairman of DeCorp Americas, Inc. the pioneering company of flat wire technologies. Robb invented or co-invented and holds more than one hundred global patents and trademarks for all of Southwire's FlatWire Ready® technologies and he is pioneering the revolution of various wiring applications from conventional round wire to FlatWire.

Cliff Oxford, Chairman of Design Cinema, Venture Capitalist

Cliff Oxford is Chairman of Design Cinema. Prior to DCA, he was founder and CEO of STI Knowledge, listed on Inc 500 three consecutive years as the 13th fastest growing company in America. He sold STi Knowledge to Mellon Bank Ventures and global investor Satish Sanan in 2003.

Oxford has been named Entrepreneur of the year by Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. He received his MBA from Emory University in 1994.

In 2004 he endowed the program as the W Cliff Oxford Executive MBA. Today, he is an investor in a portfolio of companies.

Oxford will demonstate how to successfully sale and exit your company with the different type of buyout packages from investors and buyers.

Adam Pelz, Certified Systems Designer

Certified Systems Designer, THX Professional Video and Level 1 Technician, HAA LII.  Home Acoustic Alliance calibrator Level 2, and Instructor assistant for Level 2 Training Classes. Certified Lutron Residential Lighting Designer, Crestron Control Professional Certification for Designer and Installation. Imaging Sciences Foundation Certification as a Calibration Technician. Member of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.  Low Voltage Contractor License for the State of Georgia.

Michael Landry, Architect

Mr. Landry is able to provide architectural expertise as well as build out services designed specifically to showcase your product. His attention to detail is unsurpassed and he enjoys working with his clients to provide spaces which provide a unique blend of function and eye appeal. Mr. Landry is licensed in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and New York. 

His work has been showcased in several publications. Among them are a feature article in Luxury Home Magazine and the cover and accompanying articles on two occasions as the cover of Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications.

Mr. Landry has been the recipient of several awards during his professional career. The Best Showroom Award for his work at the Atlanta Gift Mart is one of them.

Andrew Galbert, Construction Specialist / Builder

As President of Level, Plumb & Square Inc. and an Atlanta residential builder for 15 years, Andrew has shaped his business around the quality relationships he has formed with clients and industry professionals. His clear communication style and exceptional knowledge of construction products, materials, installation and project estimation has proven to be the right formula.

He not only manages the day to day operations of his company but is personally involved in all aspects of his projects including hands-on craftsmanship in most trades, project management and consulting and, of course, client, and employee management.