What’s Up ProSource with Jim Pearse

Recorded in Washington D.C., Jim is joined by fellow CTA Board Member & CEO of McIntosh Group Daniel Pidgeon. The two discuss the efforts the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is making to support technology & innovation in the political landscape, Daniel's journey from ProSource member to CEO of McIntosh Group, and what’s in store for the future of the ProSource x McIntosh Group partnership.

Recorded at the 2024 PRO / Power Spring Conference, ProSource CEO Jim Pearse discusses innovation & change with two Power-level ProSource members: Ryan Heringer, CEO of Sound Concepts, and Lee Travis, CEO of Wipliance. The trio share their thoughts on how integrators can continue to evolve their business by embracing new verticals and how ProSource helps facilitate channel growth & development.

On today's episode, we are joined by the PRO / Power Spring Conference keynote speaker, Peter Sheahan and ProSource member, Shawn Hansson from Logic Integration. Peter provides his insight on how he views the custom integration channel from a customer perspective. 

This week, Jeff Goldstein, Head of Sales for the CI channel at Sony joins Jim on the podcast. Goldstein talks about his time at Sony and provides some insight into how to think about Sony.

• Jeff gets more in depth about the various products at Sony including their Sony ES line. 
• Hear from Jeff on his insights for 2024. 
• Plus, Jeff gets a little personal and shares his families love for dogs and rescuing dogs. 

Get to know ProSource member Shawn Hansson, CEO of Logic Integration as he shares how he got into the custom integration industry. Hansson discusses his successes (and failures) as a 20+ year business owner and also gives listeners some insight into the vendors and processes that have helped him be a great business owner. 

In this week's episode, we catch up with the President of Premium Audio Company, Tommy Jacobs. Jacobs discusses the direction of the company, including the lineup of speakers in the Klipsch line. 

Today we hear from ProSource member, Henry Clifford, owner of Livewire. Did you know that not only does Henry run Livewire, but he also founded and stood up what we know as ProSource New Tech Training and ProSource Project Management Bootcamp in Richmond, VA? Henry provides us some insight into what goes into standing up the training facility. 

Welcome back to the "What's Up ProSource" podcast. In this episode, we will hear from Troy Dunnington, Owner of Lightworks as he talks about the story behind Lightworks and the evolution of his business as he found his niche in the industry. Dunnington provides some great insight on how to run a successful business in the ever-changing custom integration industry. 

Screen Innovations CEO Kim Parker sits down with ProSource CEO Jim Pearse at the Screen Innovations headquarters in Austin, Texas. Parker discusses the operational improvements at SI that have been made over the last few years including how they overcame the challenges they faced in quality, production and staffing. 

Welcome to the What’s Up ProSource Podcast. This podcast is dedicated to the custom integration members where ProSource CEO, Jim Pearse, will bring you insights from vendors, ProSource members, industry trends and more. In the first episode, we hear from JC Murphy, President of Savant as he and Jim discuss the direction of Savant and their new power category.