Jim, a Crestron Certified Programmer, has worked in a variety of fields related to the control system market since 1984. He has spent time in the broadcast video production, security, industrial process control and energy management industries. It was only after running his own custom audio/video shop that he realized his true love was control system design and programming. Wearing one big hat instead of many small ones was the driving force behind forming ControlWorks Consulting, LLC. Working with Crestron products since 1992 Jim saw the opportunity to provide design and programming services to the ever growing residential and commercial integration market.

Bob received his degree in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and worked in the electronics industry for two years before returning to school for two more years at the University of Miami to work toward a masters in Music Engineering. After leaving Miami, Bob returned to Cleveland and began working in the custom installation and programming industry. He is a Crestron Certified Programmer and has been working with Crestron products since 1993 in the Cleveland and Boston areas. Bob now heads up the Boston ControlWorks office.

Lincoln 's interest in electronics was fostered at Chaparral High School in Temecula, California, where he served as technical director for the campus television station and supported various events in the campus performing arts center. Prior to moving to Ohio to pursue his love of winter weather, he studied Computer Science at California State University San Marcos where he joined the Classroom Technology Services team to design, engineer, install, and program audio-visual equipment installations for the campus.

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.

Steve's interest in electronics started when he was in his early teens. He pulled apart old stereos and VCRs just to see how they worked, and loved to build speaker enclosures with his high school friends. After graduating from High School Steve served in the Air Force for 7 years as a heavy equipment mechanic in Massachusetts, Montana, and Saudi Arabia. Upon leaving the Air Force, Steve was introduced into the custom installation industry. He started out with pre-wires then moving into trim and rack wiring. In 2003 he dove into learning as much as he could about Crestron programming and GUI design and has been hooked since.