Christ Surunis

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Technical Specialist | POE based Daylight Management + Networked Light Controls @ Mecho
long island city, new york, united states
About Christ Surunis

Combining Advanced Lighting Control [ALC], Internet of Things [IoT] and POE expertise with a foundation career in commercial interiors - Christ [pronounced: Crist] offers a unique ability to bring light-to-life by defining the value of quality lighting from perspectives of occupant and owner ‘experience’ - utilizing familiar language - to underscore the inherent benefits of managed-light for all applications, scopes and budgets, elevating the relevance of controlled light. [Scroll down to Project Case Studies and Videos for full understanding of the breadth and ability to influence outcomes and results.]Christ presents a multitude of noteworthy commercial, institutional, hospitality, healthcare and residential [light control] projects, to enable mutual understanding of functional, code-compliant and aesthetically pleasing ALC solutions.Beyond the traditional and obvious: In today’s market, the ability to coherently present the value-proposition and potential capabilities of controlled daylight is an essential skill Christ offers, bringing new interest by specifiers and corporate decision makers alike.As an opportunity creator, Christ applies intuitive understanding of a technical subject to bring higher levels of interest and value for all applications - even where light control has most often been overlooked as superfluous, too expensive or overly-complex Christ's action oriented approach enlightens understanding of ALC potential thru effective demonstration of form, function, energy savings and operational efficiencies across design/construction/implementation teams using jargon-free language to transform a perceived-technical subject into an understandable and common-sense."ALC Business development is both an art and craft which generates abd repeats opportunities." Christ produces meaningful results by reliable, consistent follow thru on behalf of employers, customers, clients and co-workers. Beyond transactional selling, Christs’ passion for light creates customer-pull, lasting relationships and repeat sales through confidence and a trust-building style at all levels of interest, influence and outcomes.Most importantly, Christ brings a passion for light, daylight and human factors associated with automation to inspire others to re-think and invest in ALC as an essential part of intelligent buildings and business success - always - with end-user satisfaction and quality assurance as indispensable ingredients!

Christ Surunis's Current Company Details
Mecho

Mecho

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Technical Specialist | POE based Daylight Management + Networked Light Controls
long island city, new york, united states
Website:
mechoshade.com
Employees:
43
Christ Surunis Work Experience Details
  • Mecho
    Technical Automation Specialist
    Mecho Jan 2023 - Present
    United States
    Expanding the market for uPOE + POE Shading + Lighting Controls.In this role I am delighted to join Mecho + SWF as the recognized world leaders in daylight management and automated shading to advance another industry first, combining PoE technology over Ethernet data/communications and power via a CAT5/CAT6 network, low voltage infrastructure - to facilitate common sensors and equipment with other essential building systems - for a sustainably conscious, efficient and ubiquitous wiring approach to a scalable solution suitable to any room, suite, building, campus or organization- as part of the next generation of unified network and IoT ready intelligent building automation. Let’s Go Mecho!
  • Market Development-Sales Growth Driver For Innovative Building Controls + Daylight Management D
    Lighting Controls - Sabbatical - Sales + Marketing Specialist
    Market Development-Sales Growth Driver For Innovative Building Controls + Daylight Management D Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
    Northeast, Usa
    A time to adapt to new surroundings and reflect on the next step of a strong, passionate and principled career in the visual environments.
  • Cal Lighting
    Sr. Controls Specialist
    Cal Lighting Apr 2015 - Jun 2021
    San Ramon, California, United States
    Key account responsibilities, demonstrating ongoing and exponential sales growth by supporting the needs of end-users, specifiers, contractors and lighting salespersons with interest in network lighting control standardization. More specifically, championed customer-facing engagement with Apple, Adobe, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Charles Schwab, Stanford University, Uber, Union Bank, Visa and other Fortune 100 clients using the Enlighted control solution, by ensuring quality design and installation, often including supplemental BMS/BACnet/vLAN/API integration support. Offering a unique approach to customer care at all levels of interest and influence- beyond light controls - to include knowledgeable spec support of related automated shading, AV and IOT categories. All efforts in this consultative role - as a Senior Controls Specialist - were centered around the primary objective of creating customer loyalty thru satisfying end-user experience, ensuring occupant comfort and acting as the enterprise customer’s advocate, by working closely with specifiers, contractors, commissioning agents and ongoing [day 2] facility manager-building engineer engagement - to ensure understanding, acceptance, and full utilization of solutions - thereby generating recurring sales cycles thru building, campus and overall organizational standardization.
  • Crestron Electronics
    Regional Market Manager, Controls
    Crestron Electronics Nov 2011 - Nov 2014
    California Based,North West Region, United States
    Regional Manager for the Pacific Northwest states, including 11 agencies throughout Northern CA, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Alaska. In this role I was responsible for sales growth and market expansion of the Crestron Brand in general, and lighting controls, including automated shading, specifically - as well as encouraging integration of these solutions with BMS and AV at all levels of interest and phases of specification thru construction. Utilizing a high level of competency in communicating to the acute interests/needs of stakeholders [ir: specifiers, contractors, distributors and sales agents alike] was essential to developing specifications, competitive sales opportunities and navigate the many challenges associated with complex transactions and leading edge technological acceptance.
  • Lutron Electronics
    Sr. Lighting Controls Specialist - Education
    Lutron Electronics Aug 2009 - Apr 2011
    Northern California Based, With Western Regional, Usa Responsibilities
    With a professional and personal passion for visual aspects of the built environment, Christ’s multi-faceted experiences were the optimal foundation for this unique role as an educational presenter of lighting controls and automated shading to architects, engineers, lighting and interior designers. Beyond the traditional, left-brained analytics of light control Christ’s presentation style aimed to inspire and catalyze the creative right-brain interests of specifiers and consultants to visualize the dynamic potential and human-factor benefits of electric and daylighting control solutions.
  • Lutron Electronics
    Vertical Market, Hospitality Specialist
    Lutron Electronics Jul 2008 - Aug 2009
    National Role, Vertical Market Specialist, United States
    This market role, leveraged a foundation degree in hospitality design/consumer services, with prior interior design career and lighting control expertise - as a strategic key account representative to national hotel chains - including Hilton, Hyatt, Kimpton, Mauna Kea, St. Regis and W brands - as well as boutique inns and B&Bs throughout many years - before and following this dedicated role with Lutron. The primary objectives of this vertical included affecting perceptions of key stakeholders and decision makers to include light control and automated window treatments in new builds and renovations to enhance hotel experiences of guests and improve overall property efficiencies; Selling light controls + window shading innovations into both guest rooms and common area brand standard required complex strategic selling to influence and support early-adopter decision-making at many levels; helping define and over-seeing guest room mock-ups, demos and communicating the benefits of utilizing these solutions. This role later in career, similarly benefited my ability to sell into similar-parallel patient room opportunities, including a successful transaction with a Kaiser Healthcare state-of-the -art new facility in Central San Diego, CA [see below under project case study references].
  • Lutron Electronics
    Sr. Architectural Design Supervisor
    Lutron Electronics Jul 2001 - Jul 2008
    San Francisco Based - Northwestern Regions, United States
    Pioneered awareness and interest in low voltage automated shading combined with architectural light controls as an inherent component of interior design and specifications, influencing decision makers and early adopters to propose, purchase and procure automated window treatments in the interest of controlling glare and heat-gain, as well as for energy savings and occupant comfort as part of integrated building envelope design.
  • Sidemark
    Associate Director Business Development
    Sidemark Sep 2000 - May 2001
    San Francisco, Ca
    Architecture +Design Business Development
  • Metro Contract Group
    Director Of Design
    Metro Contract Group Jun 1993 - Aug 2000
    Oakland, California, United States
    Acting as Director of Design, led a core team of interior designers and sales associates in business development thru turnkey customer engagement utilizing quality Herman Miller solutions with other contract furnishing products, as well as floorcoverings, window treatments graphic solutions, working with commercial developers, Amtrak West, city government agencies, urban, community and senior housing market sectors. I undertook opportunities in all types of commercial design applications, and communicated concepts and solutions to a broad spectrum of stakeholders and decision makers. Through this long-term association, my passion and creative input helped propel the emerging success of this minority organization throughout and beyond the Bay Area commercial design and real estate circles. Project undertakings included commercial office, retail, hospitality, multi-dwelling, healthcare and professional sports facilities. I garnered valuable experience that, to this day, serves in strategic selling, and confident, self-assured presentations to designers and end-users on products and solutions that help advance and reinforce their interests and business purposes.
  • Metro @ Home
    Co-Founder, Urban Dwelling Furnishings Retailer
    Metro @ Home Jan 1998 - Jul 2000
    Jack London Square - Port Of Oakland, United States
    Conceptualized and co-founded this cutting edge home furnishings store in Jack London Square, Oakland California. While it lasted, this was a dream come true . . . and it is important to point out this career branch resulted directly from my employment and association with Metropolitan Contract Group. Regrettably, this visionary business opportunity was a victim of the Dot Com bust of 2000.
  • Contract Design Associates
    Commercial Interiors Account And Project Manager
    Contract Design Associates Sep 1985 - Jun 1993
    Oakland, California, United States
    Successfully developed skills in contract design and commercial furnishings market. Contract Design was once a well established design firm spun out of Western Contract, successful as a turn-key design firm and contract furnishings dealer, with my key responsibilities to C-level developer clients of large scale senior housing, urban apartment complexes and commercial tenant improvements. This is also where l first discovered a passion and developed expertise in automated window shading and advanced light controls, affecting later career trajectories.

Christ Surunis Skills

Lighting Control Lighting Design Account Management Lighting Sales New Business Development Business Development Product Development Interior Design Product Marketing Architectural Lighting Interior Architecture Strategy Management Crm Furniture Budgets Energy Management Trade Shows Marketing Strategy Marketing Communications Integrated Marketing Home Automation Solid State Lighting Selling Av Marketing Daylighting Hospitality Projects Event Planning Lighting Controls Crestron Home Theater Customer Relationship Management Cognitive Ergonomics

Christ Surunis Education Details

  • Indiana University Of Pennsylvania
    Hospitality Design, Interior Design Certification, Consumer Services
  • University Of California Extension Program
    University Of California Extension Program
    Ncidq Accredited And State Of Ca Certified
  • Churchill High School
    Churchill High School
    High School Dimploma

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Christ Surunis works for Mecho

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Christ Surunis's current role is Technical Specialist | POE based Daylight Management + Networked Light Controls.

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Christ Surunis attended Indiana University Of Pennsylvania, University Of California Extension Program, Churchill High School.

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Christ Surunis has skills like Lighting Control, Lighting Design, Account Management, Lighting, Sales, New Business Development, Business Development, Product Development, Interior Design, Product Marketing, Architectural Lighting, Interior Architecture.

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