December 2007

Look at us grow!

PepperDash hired its 20th employee and broke $2m in annual services revenue as 2007 came to a close!  The A/V industry continues to grow, and so does PepperDash.  We are building our team, with each member developing his or her own expertise. Together we become a premier programming force, to help you deliver the best projects possible.

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November 2007

Salesforce.com Delivers for PepperDash

On average, PepperDash sends out about 110 quotes per month.  That’s five quotes every business day, and that’s a lot of quotes!  We have added Salesforce.com as a tool to track the journey of each of those quotes so that you get your pricing when you need it.  Getting you what you need, when you need it, is just part of what we mean by PepperDash having a “partnership mentality”.   But Salesforce.com also helps us understand and track patterns in our sales cycles, which in turn helps us with business planning and resource management.  It’s just part of our commitment to be the best programming partner in the business.

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October 2007

QuickArrow Software Adopted

Quick! Do you know who’s working on what, and what the status of your projects is at any given moment?  We do.  With QuickArrow software, our project management and calendaring processes have been significantly improved.  As the number of projects grows -- along with the number of our employees -- we use QuickArrow to track the in’s and out’s of them all.   We usually have more than 100 projects active at a time, so we’ve invested in software to make sure we are on top of them all.  We work hard to make our processes more efficient so it doesn’t look like hard work at all.

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September 2007

Nomination to InfoComm By-Laws Review Committee

PepperDash CEO, Howard Nunes, was nominated to InfoComm’s By-Laws Review Committee.  Their task will be to update the By-Laws to accommodate the governance changes under consideration by the InfoComm Board of Governors. Best of luck, Howard!

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Inaugural CEDIA Crestron GUI Gallery Wildly Successful

PepperDash presented their design expertise in the  first ever CEDIA Crestron GUI Gallery.   Placed in a prime location at CEDIA Expo, the gallery received thousands of visitors daily. The gallery kiosks demonstrate the skills it takes to design touch panel screens (as in, graphical user interface) for the residential control systems market.  Hailed as a smash hit, look for us again in Denver 2008.

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July 2007

PepperDash featured in CE Pro profile

PepperDash was featured in a lengthy article in CE Pro profiling our unique approach to control programming. The article featured extensive interviews with PepperDash COO David Huselid and President/CEO Howard Nunes. CE Pro focused on the PepperDash partnership approach, digging deep into the philosophy of our company, which has made us so successful. The online version of the article also included a number of screen shots from our residential touch panel templates and custom projects.

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June 2007

PepperDash exhibits at InfoComm07 GIU Gallery

PepperDash again exhibited its outstanding design capabilities at InfoComm07 in the second annual Crestron CAIP Design Gallery. Often referred to as the GUI (graphical user interface) Gallery, it is an attractive grouping of kiosks located just outside the main show-floor entrance. Each kiosk has an interactive display created by a CAIP (Crestron Authorized Independent Programmer). The GUI Gallery does a great job of showcasing the graphical capabilities of Crestron's premier CAIP members. But it also shows the industry the impressive growth in importance of third-party programming companies, which have thrived in recent years.

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PepperDash busy at InfoComm07

PepperDash has once again taken an active role at the huge InfoComm07 conference and trade show. The InfoComm conference is the one annual opportunity for everyone in the commercial AV industry to gather together and work on pressing industry issues. In addition to PepperDash being an exhibitor (see separate news item), our President/CEO, Howard Nunes, was there, participating in the Board of Governor's meeting, presiding over the Independent Programmers Council and Intellectual Property Rights Committee meetings, and attending a variety of other Council and Committee sessions as an active participant. In addition, PepperDash's Chris LaGarde once again taught a class in Photoshop. InfoComm07 was a smashing success as a trade show, but once again, thanks to the innumerable volunteers, many issues were explored and key decisions made while the industry was gathered at the conference.

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January 2007

AMX VIP program debuts, PepperDash among inaugural members

Responding to market demand for better access to high-quality programmers, control system manufacture AMX has created a new team to identify and certify the best AMX programming companies out there. Known as Valued Independent Programmers (VIP) third-party programming firms have to meet rigorous requirements before AMX will recognize them and recommend them to their dealers. PepperDash's role as a premier control programming firm was recognized by AMX when PepperDash was named to the initial list of VIP companies.

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