Volume 10, Issue 17 — September 12, 2013
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Networking in the Home: An Integrator Opportunity
By Aaron Gutin Access Networks
For the past 10 years, there has been a consistant proliferation of network dependant devices enriching our everyday lives. You know the list: televisions, Apple TV and iDevices of all kinds, Blu-ray players, lighting control systems, shading systems, etc. As a result of this mass adoption of the IP standard across all categories of consumer electronics, our niche community has experienced first hand the resulting strain placed on the residential local area network. According to the CEA’s 15th Annual Household CE Ownership and Market Potential Study in January 2013, the average American household had 6.8 network connected devices (2.6 per person). Certainly the homes our industry services are well above this average.
As consumers begin to search for a better IT solution than what they have puchased at the local big-box store, our industry has a unique and rare opportunity to provide these consumers with an advanced solution that not only outperforms their current solution, but positions your company as that client’s vital resource for all things network related.
So, what practices must we adopt to become successful IT service providers to the affluent? What steps do we need to take to further integrate a comprehensive IT solution into our operations?
Networking has and will continue to be one of the primary differentiating factors between the CEDIA channel and big-box stores. As new network-connected devices are released and consumed, our community will be asked to provide a network solution to support them today and in the future. For this and many other contributing factors, it is paramount to offer our clients an enterprise-grade networking solution.
While the list of manufactures that claim to offer enterprise-grade solutions seems to grow on a monthly basis, the true list of enterprise-grade networking manufacturers is short. Companies like Cisco Systems, Aruba Networks and Juniper, among others, manufacture products that are robust, long lasting and offer a vast array of tools that allow their equipment to be molded by a certified IT professional to fit any networking environment. Unlike the simple guided user interface (GUI) you find on over-the-counter networking appliances, enterprise-grade networking appliances provide the necessary configuration and diagnostic tools required to properly program a solution and to resolve challenges as they present themselves.
This collection of engineering tools is commonly referred to as network visibility. Network visibility makes service issues easier to manage and therefore, provides a swifter path to resolution. Adopting the use of high level network appliances is the first step to developing a comprehensive, serviceable IT solution that will be prepared to support the project well into the future. The next step will involve your support staff. Over and over again studies have shown that the United States has fallen behind much of the western world in our creation of educated IT professionals. The resulting vacuum of talent has corporate entities of all sizes paying higher base salaries than most integration companies can pay their top employees. This makes finding affordable talent extremely difficult. Moreover, developing an in-house IT department will take some time, some money, some IT certifications and some real world experience. However, there are several viable paths available for our community to follow. For example, Cisco Systems offers a comprehensive curriculum that, if followed, will provide the student with a wealth of knowledge not only about networking as a science, but offers a path to learn and apply best practices throughout your support organization. These classes are available at most community colleges, online and from private schools, like DeVry University.
Over the next three to five years, consumers everywhere will be looking to install sophisticated IT solutions in their homes. Over-the-counter networking solutions are quickly being overwhelmed, slowing down and/or failing, leaving consumers frustrated, and therefore, open to better solutions. We are already seeing reports from CE professionals indicating a more than 20 percent uptick in IT related sales. This will not stop in the near term, but rather, will accelerate. The CEA predicts over 400 million network connected devices will be sold in 2013, up from 25 million in 2003 – a 1,600 percent increase over 10 years. What is required to maximize your earning potential as this growth continues to accelerate is a comprehensive, well thought out networking solution that outperforms, outlasts and exceeds your clients’ expectations.
In order to develop such an offering, you need to evaluate your available options for product, education, and staffing. You should begin by taking a survey the offerings currently available on the CE and IT markets, evaluate their positive and negative attributes and then make a reasoned decision on the right path forward for your company. What better opportunity to begin this process than CEDIA EXPO? There will be several vendors available to you under one roof, ready to demonstrate and explain their offering, how it will help your business and how you can make money in the networking category with their products and services. This affords you a rare opportunity to personally review each offering, ask the appropriate questions of product specialists, review the cost/ benefit ratios of each offering in total and move forward in capturing new business.
Alongside of the product demonstrations, there are several networking related classes to attend. The curriculum is designed to address the fundamental skill sets required of today’s CE professional and should be a great place to get started.
Whether your company is small or large; whether you service the high-end of the market or not, networking is here to stay. It is my opinion that this is the greatest earning opportunity to come our way since the advent of the DVD and the home theater boom began. But unlike DVD, literally every house on the block needs a network. The question is: How many of those homes will be your clients?
Aaron is the vice president of sales and marketing at Access Networks, a leading provider of advanced, enterprise-grade, plug-and-play networking solutions for the automated residence. Learn more at www.accessca.com Leave a Comment
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Fun With Relays
By Lee Distad
rAVe Columnist
If you’ve spent any time at all in AV then you will be familiar with control interfaces that are commonplace to the CE channel: IR control, IR over RF and, if you’ve worked with automation systems, serial control — RS232 and RS485.
But being a true integrator means being able to, you know, actually integrate diverse home subsystems and control them all, including devices that, on their own, aren’t smart enough to understand control protocols.
That is where the humble relay comes into its own. Relays, while simple, are what allows you to control anything the client wants to be able to control.
Here’s how simple relays are: They’re just switches, and they either make or break an electric circuit when given an input.
Let’s break it down even further. The simplest and easiest relay function for you to grasp is well known, and present in almost every residential household: a thermostat and a forced air furnace.
A thermostat is a controller that monitors air temperature. When the air temperature drops below a programmed level, the thermostat closes the relay connected to the furnace motor, turning it on. When the air temperature reaches the programmed level, the thermostat opens the relay, and the furnace turns off.
Got that? Congratulations, you’re practically an expert now!
There are many types, and are widely used in industrial applications to control things like pumps and valves. The two main types that an AV pro will likely adopt use an electromagnet to switch a circuit between open or closed, or solid-state relays that have no moving parts, using instead a semiconductor device triggered by an impulse to change states.
There are three basic relay functions of which an AV pro can make use. Normally-open contacts switch a circuit on when they’re activated. Normally-closed relays switch a circuit off when they’re activated. And change-over, or double-throw relays control two different circuits — one that’s normally open and one that’s normally closed.
Knowing this, you now have the tools to automate electric devices that lack any other control interface, such as the pump on a garden fountain or a hot tub, or a garage door opener.
The possibilities are quite literally endless.
Controlling the relays themselves is simple. Automation vendors like Crestron include relay outputs in many of their controllers, as well as standalone modules that incorporate serial control of multiple relay outputs.
Not only that, relays are available from many vendors in a wide variety of size and control option configurations. If one is required with fairly unique specifications, it can usually be inexpensively sourced from a local electrical supply company, or most likely the Internet. Leave a Comment
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Creating Balance… and Still Learning
By Gina Sansivero Relampit
In two of my previous posts (here and here), I had discussed my position of combining Sales & Marketing into a cohesive group through consistent detailed communication and collaboration. After discovering that sales people are consistently poor intra-company communicators and marketing people can be annoyingly persistent (LOVE both my sales and marketing roles at RelampIt), we implemented some strategies to try to balance the strengths and weaknesses of each of the departmental personalities so that they would continue a successful co-habitation of my front office floor. And it has been successful. We are still frequently tweaking our Sales-Marketing cooperation, but it has helped our company understand how to approach new business, strengthen existing business relationships and develop better processes and analysis for sales growth.
In a manufacturing environment (and likely in distribution as well), we have another unique configuration which can cause an information transmission imbalance within the company. This imbalance, like with neurotransmitters in the brain, causes malfunctions, inefficiencies and drama if left unchecked. From where does this imbalance stem? It is an “us vs. them” issue that we see between the sales and production departments. The scenario usually goes like this: A sales person (SP) gets a call from his (or her) client asking for tracking. SP goes to Support for tracking. Support doesn’t see tracking and so goes to Shipping. Shipping doesn’t see that order shipped and so goes to Manufacturing Supervisor (MS). MS slinks his little butt up to the front, anticipating the firing squad that is most certainly waiting for him. MS says something very obvious, hoping it is innocuous enough to keep him out of trouble like, “that order hasn’t shipped yet.” The response from sales is typically swift and severe — something about needing to keep clients happy, progressing into a mountain of reminders that sales brings in the money and manufacturing can’t hold things up. MS leaves, feeling defeated and with an increasing animosity toward the arrogant, self-interested, higher paid, babied SP who doesn’t understand what it takes to get his orders out. The MS goes into the back, the SP goes into the front and all of a sudden it’s the Jets vs. Sharks in the concrete jungle calling out weapons and not even remembering the origin of the war. And then the fun really starts…
In order to minimize the “us vs, them” seesaw, we have to get creative. We have tried the company BBQs (which are always fun), company trips to baseball games, pot luck lunches, holiday parties, birthday celebrations — you know, all the fun stuff that companies traditionally do to bring employees together for team building and relationship strengthening. We even did a treasure hunt and costume party for Halloween one year. Those activities are fun and our employees are grateful. Everyone seems to enjoy each other’s company during them. It seems to work for a short time. But my partner and I really wanted to create a more lasting balance between the “front office” and the “back office” so that when mistakes happen (and they absolutely will happen), the animosity is minimized. So we started to strategize, talked to other small business owners and formed our own solutions based on our discussions. So far here is what we have come up with as company-wide policies and/ or practices (not specifically for the manufacturing and sales departments):
1) Empowering creates ownership: If there is a problem, we talk to both departments about how we can prevent the issue from happening again. Rather than focusing on blame, we focus on empowering the departments to come up with solutions so that they can take ownership of the revised process.
2) Taking a walk: Often, division within the company stems from knee jerk (emotional) reactions to problems perceived as easily avoidable yet completely detrimental to a relationship with a client. Asking the irritated employee to take a walk around the block or a drive to Starbucks to cool down a bit can reduce the chance of escalation.
3) Encouraging open communication: Most people don’t like confrontation. When an issue arises, often there are a lot of angry words muttered under one’s breath, rather than to the perceived opponent’s face. This creates prolonged feelings of resentment and bitterness, rather than productive communication. Like an itch that you keep scratching — it is slow to heal. Bringing feuding employees or departments to the table to confront the problem will, in theory, allow them to hear the other’s point of view and hopefully result in a respectful conclusion. Sometimes it is necessary to include a mediator in these open table meetings to ensure that there isn’t a breakdown of communication. It is not easy to truly listen to someone, have them hear you, remove blame and focus on solutions, and come to mutually agreeable position. It takes practice. During these sessions, the real reasons behind the confusion or problem may come out, resulting in a better understanding of each other’s responsibilities and roles.
4) Being strong: As company owners, executives and managers, sometimes we just have to put our foot down. Whining about another department is ALWAYS unacceptable. Resentment reduces productivity and overall office morale. It becomes a disease. It has to be stopped. Even more unacceptable is trying to recruit allies to support the cause against another employee or department. Even top producers have to be reprimanded for this type of behavior- and repeat offenders may not be the right fit for your team even if they are your super star.
Sometimes you just have to part ways with those who can’t let go of the “us and them” fight and assimilate into a “team” mentality. Division within the company, if left unchecked, will hinder growth, development, innovation and employee retention. I can’t even claim to follow our own policies about this 100% of the time (although I do take every opportunity I can to make that Starbucks run). This takes practice and a conscious effort to remove personal feelings and emotions from a professional situation. Admittedly, a lot of the issues we see are human nature or personality issues that can occur in any environment at any time. I used the Manufacturing vs. Sales scenario as the example because of the very real differences in the roles, structure, wages and work spaces that typically add to the visible and invisible divisions which can be a catalyst for some inter-departmental issues. I am interested to know your feedback for creating union and balance within your own company… How is it handled and what type of success have you had? Leave a Comment
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CEDIA to Offer Training on New HDMI 2.0 Specification at CEDIA EXPO 2013
CEDIA has announced an addition to the training lineup at CEDIA EXPO 2013 aimed to help home technology professionals understand the just released HDMI 2.0 Specification.
The HDMI 2.0 update course will be held on Thurs., Sept. 26 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Home technology professionals who attend this course will have the opportunity to get an exclusive update straight from Jeff Park, technology specification manager, HDMI Licensing, LLC. Park will provide the inside scoop on the specification, technology, and product/installation implications of this latest addition to the HDMI world.
In addition, CEDIA Fellow Michael Heiss will moderate the session, taking questions from attendees via Twitter though the use of the hashtag #EXPOHDMIUpdate.
CEDIA members who have taken advantage of the training pass can add this course at no additional cost. A la carte fees for this course are $49 for CEDIA members and $79 for non members. CEDIA EXPO 2013 will be held Sept. 25 – 28 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Registration is open at www.cedia.net/expo Leave a Comment
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Sony Intros New 4K Projector at IFA
At IFA, Sony announced two new projectors — the 4K VPL-VW500ES and a 1080p 3D home projector, the VPL-HW55ES.
The VPL-VW500ES home cinema projector has been introduced to expand Sony’s 4K home cinema range. It will sit alongside the VPL-VW1000ES, Sony’s first 4K home cinema projector, which was launched in January 2012, and be “priced lower” than the VPL-VW1000ES, which is priced at $25,000.
The VPL-VW500ES offers DCI based 4K (4096×2160) resolution. In addition, the projector has the latest HDMI standard, HDMI 2.0, to accommodate 4K at 60p content. The VPL-VW500ES also features a 4K upscaler that the company is calling “Reality Creation,” for upscaling 1080p Blu-Ray content. It is specified at 1,700 ANSI-lumen brightness and with a 200,000:1 contrast ratio.
The VPL-VW500ES is compact and has a front air exhaust cooling system. Its flexibility means it is cable of projecting large distances without having to alter the projector’s position in the room. The projector uses a 2.06 zoom powered lens with a wide shift range which removes the requirement for additional platform extensions in ceiling mounts. A built-in RF transmitter provides further installation flexibility with a strong wireless signal for wider coverage.
Sony is also introducing a new 3D, 1080p projector, the VPL-HW55ES, which is an update to the VPL-HW50ES, which was announced last year. It is specified at 1,700 ANSI lumens and 120,000:1 contrast radio and has an approximately 5,000-hour lamp life.
Both projectors will be available starting at the end of October. For more information about the VPL-VW500ES, click here. For more information on the VPL-HW55ES, click here. Leave a Comment
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Home Awareness and Energy Management Company enerG to Launch at 2013 CEDIA Expo
Home awareness and energy management brand enerG Corp will officially debut at CEDIA next month. The company’s Home Awareness System (utilizing the Z-Wave platform) allows homeowners to control, customize and automate all connected devices in the home and receive important system notifications on their Android and iOS devices.
The enerG starter package consists of a gateway hub, a thermostat and two smart enerG switches at an MSRP of $429, with additional fees for integrators’ installation and enerG’s monthly service plan (starts at $29.99). The system can easily be expanded to include lighting control, garage door access, keyless entry and wireless HD viewing.
Homeowners manage the operation of their connected devices at the enerGhome.com portal. There they can monitor how much energy has been consumed by device and the whole house in both watts and dollars based on their specific utility provider. This allows them to set energy goals, and accordingly, make adjustments to improve consumption.
The company’s mobile app mirrors the portal, making the system readily available on the go. For example, the homeowner can monitor energy usage, adjust thermostats and view video from the app, even opting to select and view multiple locations.
The system incorporates Geo-Fencing, a technology that makes it possible for the homeowner to define rules or to adjust settings when people leave or approach the home (for example automatically adjusting HD-viewing or temperature, etc.). The technology uses GPS in the homeowner’s smartphone to trigger the settings.
You can learn about it or become a dealer for it here. Leave a Comment
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Crestron Adds New 3 Series Controllers
The new DIN-AP3 and DIN-AP3MEX 3-Series control processors from Crestron are designed for DIN rail mounting. Both work with Crestron DALI ballasts and LED drivers for commercial lighting projects and have native support for BACnet/IP. BACnet/IP is a direct interface to third-party building management systems over Ethernet that simplifies integration with lighting and other building systems, including HVAC and security. The DIN-AP3 provides bidirectional RS232 COM ports and four IR/serial ports that allow for the integration of everything from a remote-controlled fireplace to advanced security systems.
The DIN-AP3MEX comes equipped with an integrated infiNET EX wireless gateway. For retrofit projects and applications where wiring can’t be installed, infiNET EX offers an effective and economical wireless solution. Crestron infiNET EX is a wireless mesh network technology in which each device on the network is a transmitter and receiver, making communication faster. infiNET EX devices include Crestron thermostats, shade motors, and Cameo wireless keypads, dimmers and switches. The DIN-AP3MEX also integrates with the new INET-IRCOM and INET-RYIO infiNET EX control modules to communicate with RS232, IR and relay controlled devices on the same wireless mesh network.
The DIN-AP3 and DIN-AP3MEX can be found here and here, respectively. Leave a Comment
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RTI Now Shipping T2x Wireless Controller
Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) announced today that it’s now shipping the fifth generation of its popular T2 wireless control interface: the T2x.
The T2x features a flush-mount, edge-to-edge 2.8-inch color TFT LCD touchscreen interface that is customizable via RTI’s Integration Designer software, while providing users with improved gesture support for actions such as swiping through scrolling lists. The unit offers 47 programmable hard buttons for common control functions, integrated grip sensors to wake up the remote and an accelerometer to provide movement control.
The T2x also includes three built-in wireless modes. In addition to integrated 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet, the controller features RTI’s dual-RF platform, which supports both 433-MHz RF for one-way control and 2.4-GHz ZigBee for bidirectional communication with RTI processors and supported third-party electronics. The T2x includes support for programming updates via the wireless LAN, and offers standalone IR control with a broad IR transmitting frequency range.
The T2x lists for $899 and here are all the specs. Leave a Comment
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Savant Intros Self-Configuring Remote
Savant Systems introduced this week the Wi-Fi-based Savant Universal Remote. This remote is designed to control an entire AV system, including distributed audio, lighting, climate control and other features within a residential or commercial setting. Similar to Savant’s existing user interface options, the Savant Universal Remote is self-configuring once connected to the network, eliminating the complex programming associated with competitive products.
The Savant Universal Remote supports a menu of screens for controlling services throughout the home or workplace, and because it utilizes Wi-Fi connectivity, users can control devices without pointing or aiming — no direct line of sight is required like with regular IR remotes (though of course, problems with your wireless system means problems with the remote).
Features include:
- Full color 1.7-inch display accommodates custom buttons, text and graphics
- Bright, backlit keypad buttons
- Thirty-five assignable/programmable buttons with common navigation and transport buttons
- Two-way feedback from compatible devices using Wi-Fi and Savant Solutions
- Customizable and programmable
- Wide Wi-Fi transmission frequency range
- Field upgradeable firmware
- Customization via RacePoint Blueprint design tool
The Savant Universal Remote will become available next month. List price is $499, including charging dock.
More information on Savant’s user interfaces can be found here. Leave a Comment
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Salamander Partners with Leon to Debut In-Cabinet Loudspeaker
Salamander Designs has announced the unveiling of an integrated loudspeaker accessory engineered to fit any of the Synergy and Chameleon cabinets. Co-developed by Leon Speakers, Salamander’s new integrated solution elegantly conceals a high performance loudspeaker behind attractive cloth grills within the A/V cabinet, eliminating the need for bulky in-room speakers and unsightly wiring. It will list for $999.
In addition to being custom tailored for each cabinet, the Salamander integrated speaker solutions also come equipped with sturdy brackets that facilitate up-and-down rotation of the loudspeaker to optimize performance for any room or seating solution.
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Richard Gray Power to Debut IP-Addressable Power Strips
Richard Gray’s Power Company (RGPC) will launch a new version of its IPAC-8 Remote IP Power Management System at CEDIA. The IPAC-8 provides IP-addressability and remote monitoring capabilities to power management systems. Designed for virtually any residential or commercial environment or application, IPAC-8 features on/off remote (IP) control of eight individual AC power outlets and local monitoring with an easy-to-read RMS current meter display that provides a quick visual indication of the load, reducing the risk of overloads and tripped breakers. On/off sequences can be defined and power can be remotely monitored via meter, web or RGPC’s free bundled software, and Http, Https, SNMP, DHCP and UDP protocol is supported. The system includes user-defined alarm thresholds for warning and overload, and event alerts can be delivered via email, trap or audible alarm.
IPAC-8 requires no additional mounting hardware, is ihiji invision compatible and there are no port forwarding or extensive network configuration requirements. It can be put in a rack (1RU) or wall mounted. This list price is $1,000 USD.
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SANUS to Debut New HDTV Wall Mounts at CEDIA
SANUS will reveal its new line of Premium TV Wall Mounts at CEDIA EXPO 2013, highlighting what the company says will be an intuitive and simple installation line.
Built with the consumer in mind, SANUS says the Premium Series unites form and function with high-quality materials, superior finish and an intuitive, simple installation template. The entire line, offering eleven models, include a magnetic level and stud-finder tool, fully assembled interface and pre-installed finger tightening fasteners that eliminate the need for tools, and reduce installation complexity, while ensuring that the TV is properly positioned.
The installation process is made easier with key-holed wall plate and quick release tabs for tool-less set up. An easy-to-follow instruction manual, as well as audible safety locks that are heard and felt during installation, give consumers the reassurance of a safe and secure connection, without having to search for the correct hardware.
The Premium Series allows the installer to make adjustments to level the TV after it is already mounted to the wall. There’s also a television kick-stand that can pull the TV away from the wall to allow all cables to be routed into the back of the TV after it has been mounted.
Premium Series features eleven mounts accommodating 13-inch to 80-inch flat panels up to 125 pounds (57 kg) in fixed-position, tilting, full-motion and full motion plus SKU assortments, offering solutions for any situation, all with the same simple installation process for significant time savings for installers. The Premium Series will be available worldwide in October, 2013 and the MSRP range is from $29.99 to $349.99. SANUS is here. Leave a Comment
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Sony Launches 4K Streaming Movie Service
Available only in the U.S., Sony’s new Video Unlimited 4K streaming video service requires a 4K media player, dubbed the FMP-X1, that lists for $700. But the media player not only streams 4K movies and TV shows, but it also has 2 TB of storage — enough to store 100 hours of 4K content. Rental prices range from $3.99 per TV show episode to $7.99 and up for 4K movies. You can also buy a movie for unlimited watching for $29.99. Content available currently includes 70 movies (from Sony Pictures, of course), as well as some TV shows such as Breaking Bad.
Sony’s Video Unlimited 4K is the world’s first network video service with full-length feature films and TV shows in 4K Ultra HD and Sony says that there will be over 100 titles to choose from by the end of the year. But, one weird feature (or non-feature) is that the Sony 4K Ultra HD Media Player (FMP-X1) is only compatible with Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs?!? Huh?
Ports include one HDMI 2.0 port, an SD card slot and built-in Gigabit Ethernet. Here are the details. Leave a Comment
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D-Tools Adds Native iPad Quoting App
D-Tools, Inc. announced this month that the company will unveil a new IOS-based iPad companion app for its flagship product, SIX 2013. Available in Q4 for partners worldwide, this new release adds mobile quoting capabilities that enable ProAV and HomeAV integrators to generate quotes natively on an iPad then bring them into SIX 2013 for further project design and management.
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THIEL Audio Hires Mark Mason as Director of Product Development
THIEL Audio has appointed Mark Mason as the company’s new director of product development. Mason represents the first in-house engineering presence for the brand since the passing of Jim Thiel in 2009. Mason has spent nearly a decade as the design team manager at PSB.
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