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Governance & Bylaws

Governance & Bylaws

 

Ensuring the Board has strong and responsible leadership together with a wide range of skills.

The principal purpose of the governance committee is to monitor the balance of skills, knowledge, experience and diversity on the Board and the succession plans for CEDIA's leadership.

The committee has focused on ensuring that your Board has strong and responsible leadership together with a wide range of skills, knowledge and experience, which are critical to creating long-term value and success. 

The committee continued to take responsibility for the oversight of talent development and ensuring that a future talent pipeline is taken throughout the Group. 

 

CEDIA's Governance Committee

Alex Capecelatro

CEO - Josh.AI

Alex Capecelatro

CEO - Josh.AI

 

Alex Capecelatro is the founder and CEO of Josh.ai, a voice-controlled home automation system with a focus on artificial intelligence. Josh.ai utilizes a proprietary natural language understanding (NLU) engine with state-of-the-art home control integrations for a powerful smart home experience. Capecelatro's focus is at the intersection of elegant design, cutting-edge software, and purposeful hardware to offer transformational experiences. Capecelatro received his engineering degree from UCLA and currently splits his time between LA and Denver.

Galia Ben-Dor

Co-CEO and Founder – Wall-Smart

Galia Ben-Dor

Co-CEO and Founder – Wall-Smart

James Chen

Managing Director - Kordz International

James Chen

Managing Director - Kordz International

Jamie Briesemeister

Chairperson CEO and Co-founder - Integration Controls

Jamie Briesemeister

Chairperson CEO and Co-founder - Integration Controls
Jamie Briesemeister is chief executive officer and co-founder of Integration Controls in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. An avid speaker at conferences and seminars, Briesemeister often participates in panel discussions, presenting informative sessions, or offering Continuing Education Units to architects and designers. She serves as an advocate for technology considerations and collaboration in the design/build process and has written for Connected Design and Residential Tech Today. Briesemeister is a CEDIA Outreach Instructor (COI), avid volunteer, member of the Industry Relations Advisory Council, and previous chair of the Professional Development Advisory Council.
 
 


Katye McGregor Bennett

CEO - KMB Communications

Katye McGregor Bennett

CEO - KMB Communications

Matt Scott

President - Omega Audio Video, Inc

Matt Scott

President - Omega Audio Video, Inc

Rob Sutherland

Managing Director - Inspired Dwellings

Rob Sutherland

Managing Director - Inspired Dwellings
Rob Sutherland set up Inspired Dwellings 13 years ago, after seeing opportunity to bring corporate standards of infrastructure to the burgeoning home technology and entertainment market. Inspired Dwellings has grown steadily and now has 20 full time members of staff, delivering a wide range of project sizes and types, in the UK, Europe and the Caribbean. Sutherland was initially elected to the EMEA Board at the time of the Global Integration discussions. He became part of the EMEA Integration team and was subsequently elected to the newly formed Global Board. For the last year Sutherland has been the Deputy Chairman and also sits on the Executive Committee.