CEDIA Expo 2019

Michael Heiss
Principal
M. Heiss Consulting


Michael Heiss has over to forty years of experience in guiding the development, production and marketing of new technology products and services. Well versed in both professional and consumer electronics, he has held management, marketing and technology development positions for leading hardware and software firms such as Harman International, Rank Video, NBC Television, as well Spectradyne, the originator of pay-per-view hotel movie services and Home Video Corp., the first nationwide direct-to-home video software rental service. He is the author of four books on video technology and is a frequent panelist, seminar moderator and lecturer at industry conventions around the world. A leading journalist covering the professional and consumer electronics industries, Michael is a contributing editor and feature writer for Residential Tech Today as well the US Correspondent and a monthly columnist for HiddenWires.com. A member of numerous engineering, technical and communications societies, including SMPTE, SBE, IEEE, SID and ATAS, he is also member of the Order of the Iron Test Pattern with the Dignity of General. Named to the inaugural class of CEDIA Fellows, Mr. Heiss is an active participant in their activities and served two terms as a member of CEDIA’s Board of Directors. Born and raised in New York, he lives in Sherman Oaks, California with his wife, Leslie Nathan, AIA. As a California licensed architect, Leslie can “Stamp” building plans, so Mike is also a California Notary Public so that he may “stamp” things, too.

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