Gary began his career in the audio business as a young lad, “helping” his father, a sales rep for various audio manufacturers. Gary continued to work in the Cleveland area with his father through high school installing commercial audio systems, setting up and running live sound for various concerts, and finally, installing home audio and video systems. He then moved to Columbus, Ohio where he spent eleven years designing, installing, servicing, and programming high-end, residential audio and video systems. After moving back to the Cleveland area and spending another two years of “doing it all”, Gary decided to focus on the integration of residential systems and joined the ControlWorks team and achieved the level of Crestron Certified Programmer .