ABOUT US

Mike Park

Born and raised in Washington State, Mike attended Central Washington University where he received a Bachelors of Art in Music Business. His love of music and technology led him to an internship at a local recording studio and eventually to Full Sail Center for Recording Arts in Orlando, Florida, where he received a Specialized Associates Degree in Recording Engineering. After returning to Washington he started his career in the Custom Electronics Industry where he has been for the past 10 years, working in every position from installer to designer and personnel/project management. Mike has received the Certified Professional Installer I Certification under the CEDIA program and holds a Limited Energy Journeyman License for the State of Washington.

Duane Nicholas

Duane Nicholas started with a background in Industrial Automation. During his 6 years working for an east coast company, he worked throughout the country managing projects in several cities involving installation of control systems and visual feedback systems. Duane has been involved in the custom home automation industry for the last 4 years. This has involved everything from pulling wire, design of projects and Project Management. Duane has attained his Master Electrician License for Limited Energy and is the Administrator for Media Design Solutions, Inc. In his continued educational pursuits, he has received the Certified Professional Installer I Certification under the CEDIA program.

Erik Yurkanin

Erik attended Washington State University where he took a variety of business and technological courses. After WSU, Erik attended Full Sail Center For Recording Arts in Orlando, Florida, where he too received an Associates of Science in Recording Arts. A long lasting interest in music, electronics and acoustics has led Erik to work in fields ranging from car audio to professional recording studios to home integration where he has worked for over two years as an installer and lead technician. He is a Limited Energy Journeyman and has also attained his CEDIA Professional Installer Level 1 Certification.  He will continue to learn and grow with the company and industry.

Nick Nelson

Nick started in the electrical industry at age 18.  He contracted with the Postal Service installing and maintaining automated, material handling equipment around the country for 3 years.  Nick then joined an apprenticeship program with a Puget Sound electrical company.  For the next 2 years he attended school at night while installing equipment in hotels, amusement parks, and retail stores.  Knowing that his passion was in automation, Nick took a job working in the Home Automation industry.  He has been in this industry since 2000, while attaining his Low Voltage Journeyman’s License in 2002.  He has several industry product certifications and is working towards his CEDIA Professional Installer Level 1 Certification.  Nick has a long term goal of being a business owner.  Nick was born in the Seattle area and has a passion for sports and the outdoors.

David Zarate

David brings 13 years of troubleshooting and electronic experience. A native of California, he first lived in Seattle to attend the Art Institute of Seattle, earning a degree in Videography. He then went on to serve his country as a sergeant in the United States Army, providing encrypted voice and data communications. After leading a team in the beginning of the Iraq war, David chose to revisit his love of the audio video field and attended Full Sail in Orland, Florida. Having earned his degree in Recording Arts as class Valedictorian, he was off to California to work in the largest independent audio post production company in Los Angeles. During a lull in the movie business, David turned his hobby into his career and started working for a high end audio video company in Santa Monica. He received his CEDIA Professional Installer Level 1 Certification during his first year and is now working on his Low Voltage Journeyman’s License for Washington State.