President
The Training Dept.
The Training Dept. originally provided residential technology consulting and training to major consumer electronics companies including IBM, GE, Honeywell, HP, Compaq, Microsoft, Consolidated Edison, AT&T, Cox Communications, Apple, Bose, Lucent, and more. In 1997 the company expanded to provide classroom based training courses to companies involved in custom electronics design and installation in the residential and light commercial markets. Created over 15 technical seminars and workshops from one-half to two days in length. Courses were given at trade shows, conferences, schools, distributors, and manufacturer locations in North America, Russia, China, Turkey, and Europe.TDS launched its video based training courses in 1998 to the residential technology installation industry and consumers and became a leader in video based training materials and classroom delivered instruction with over 15 full length DVD based training courses. A sample is available at https://tinyurl.com/TTD-ChannelIn 2001 I became a CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) Certified instructor, CEDIA Top-10 Instructor, and taught hundreds of technical courses at CEDIA University, CEDIA Expo, and other industry events through 2008. Also hired to developed CEDIA’s “Boot Camp” training courses for beginning and advanced custom installers.