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Google PodcastHome Automation Podcast Episode #78: An Industry Q&A With Josh Christian
Building a standard
This week's home automation podcast features our host Ron Callis interviewing Josh Christian. Recorded live on Wednesday June 12th at 12:30 p.m. EST.
About Josh Christian
Josh is a home technology veteran, starting on the retail side of the industry in 1995. After leaving retail in 1998, he moved to a high-end custom integration firm in Los Angeles where he specialized in sales & marketing through 2014. In 2015 he worked even more closely with architects, builders, and interior designers as a low-voltage consultant and design engineer. Since early 2017 Josh is proud to run the Home Technology Association, the association that helps consumers and specifiers find the best-qualified home technology professionals.
Interview Recap
Here are some of the topics Ron had the opportunity to discuss with Josh Christian
- An overall update on HTA Certification, how many dealers are certified and what successes are they seeing.
- Discussion of the power of the HTA Technology Budget Calculator, how dealers are leveraging it
- Announcing that the Budget Calculator may now be embedded in a dealer's website
- Announcing that HTA Certified dealers getting a special tracking URL that will always list them at the top of the dealer finder
- Discussion of why a company certification matters
- Discuss what HTA is NOT (a listing service like Angie's List, HomeAdvisor, etc.)