Digital began prewire services on a 20,000 square foot estate home in the Phoenix area.  Using triple the number of technicians that normally to do the work, Digital went to work pulling twelve miles of combined phone, data, audio/video, automation and security/surveillance wire throughout  the home. "While twelve miles of cabling may sound like a lot, it's  consistent for a home of this magnitude" says Thomas Bechtel, of Digital Home Lifestyles... "This home requires various levels of technology to operate the subsystems. Interconnections, both wired and wireless, form the behind-the-scenes nervous system that serves as the system backbone." Once prewire is complete, and the drywall goes up, the Digital team performs a final integrity test on the wires before final connection and commissioning of audio/video source equipment.

Employee Spotlight: Dan Pena

Chief Residential Technology Designer

Dan completed his bachelor of fine arts at UofA. He moved to California where he went on to work on his master degree in film production. During that time Dan set his sites on the professional Audio/Video consulting field. Dan has achieved many prestigious Pro A/V industry certifications, and has received a number of distinquished service and performance awards. Dan continues to hone his seventeen years of Pro A/V design, sales and installation experience by attending current CEDIA and CES continuing education courses. Dan currently serves in the role as Digital's Chief Residential Technology Designer, where he has resided for the last five years.

Relax, and leave the black boxes to us!

Employee Spotlight: Thomas Bechtel

Principal-Sales and Marketing.

Thomas Bechtel brings extensive sales and management experience within the technology industry, and has held senior management positions at Avnet Inc, ACE Hardware as well as the ACE Hardware Phoenix advisory board.   Thomas previously held the responsibility of Vice President of Sales and Operations for the Avnet Asia supply chain management organization, and the Avnet pan-Asia electronic device programming center.  Experienced in new and startup operations, Thomas has consulted on complex supply chain management projects with IBM, Compaq, Motorola, Nokia, Texas Instruments, Ericsson, Ford, Cisco and H/P.  Mr. Bechtel most recently co-founded two award winning ACE Hardware retail locations in Phoenix. Thomas's expertise in customer service, technology project management, operations, supply chain management, and communications will greatly assist the DHL team in delivering exemplary value and service to its customers.

Making a decision on buying home technology can be a daunting effort.  There are endless choices, and a vastly wide range of price points. The key is to find the right combination of functionality, performance and value.

Most of our clients don't buy technology often (especially for a new home).  The customer typically educates themselves on the latest products, then attempts to place value on each aspect of the purchase. It's a confusing but necessary process. At Digital, we remove the confusion. We use a method known as 'value engineering' to make sense of the purchase. This is a collaborative process that combines our product knowledge, installation experience, and the customer's direct input on what's important.  

Value-based engineering produces a high degree of assurance in meeting the clients functional, performance and economical goals.  The result offers the customer meaningful alternatives, and keeps their primary goals front and center.

One way to think about this process is to imagine two dials that we can turn.  One dial represents performance (or function), the other price.  Our objective is to find the right combination of both.  This is the formula for successful technology projects which finds that sweet spot between price AND performance. More than just a process at Digital, value engineering is at the core of our "philosophy" in understanding our customer's needs. The result...Happy clients!

Employee Spotlight: Glenn Peacock 

Principal. Lead Designer and Project Manager

Glenn Peacock has  over 30 years of experience in commercial communications systems specializing in sound, video and data communications.  His experience began in audio recording and television broadcast systems and facilities.  During the late 1980's, this experience expanded to include installed medium and large venue commercial sound and video reinforcement systems, video/audio teleconferencing, data network AV delivery systems, cable TV, distributed sound and control systems.  Glenn's experience includes Lead Designer and Project Manager for the Arizona Bio Design Institute, a research facility comprised of high tech laboratories, and core support facilities that bridges industry, government and academia to foster biotechnology, Information Technology, material science and environmental research.  Glenn recently completed designs for the Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley, The UC Santa Barbara Pollock Theater, and Lucky Strike Bowling in Phoenix.