Inside Multifamily Access Control: Recent Episodes
Lee Odess
A weekly discussion about the multifamily vertical, physical access control, smart locks, and technology. Brought to you by The Inside and sponsored by Salto Systems
In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with Bryan Lonergan, Business Development at Blue Rim Networks, a company that helps owners and managers of multi-unit real estate properties revolutionize their internet offerings.
During their conversation, the three discuss:
• Blue Rim Networks' services and background
• Who Blue Rim works with
• How streaming has changed the way we all consume content
• How this has changed the way property developers and managers offer residents internet access
• The impact IoT devices on property developers and managers' networking needs
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with Jennifer Hones, Key Account Team Manager at Milestone Systems. Throughout the interview the three discuss the difference between an "open" security system and a truly open system. Jennifer also tells us about Milestone's open APIs and SDKs.
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In this episode of IMAC, hosts Lee and Colin are joined by Andrew Goldfarb of Goldfarb Properties and Walk In.
During their conversation the three discuss
• Andrew's background, Goldfarb Properties, and Walk In
• The Real Estate/ Access Control Market
• Making self-tours more convenient
• Trends Andrew thinks will stay post-COVID
• How Walk In works
• The Electronic Lock market's role in self-touring
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IMAC EP 25: Access Control and the Booking Economy
In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with Damon Mintzer, CEO of Dack, Inc., a company that builds complete software solution for optimizing guest experiences.
During the conversation the following is discussed:
• David's background
• How Dack got started
• What Dack, Inc. does
• What the booking economy is
• How Dack provides an exceptional guest experience
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are joined by Steve Davis, CEO of Operto, a hotel and rental property guest experience company.
During their conversation the three discuss:
• Operto's background and products
• Operto's property automation tools
• What motivated the foundation of Operto
• Operto's sophisticated IoT ecosystem and capabilities
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are discussing how recent news will impact the multifamily access control industry and what will our next gen access control look like?
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IMAC EP 22: Latch Goes Public
In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are talking about the latest news on Latch going public.
During their conversation Lee and Colin discuss:
• Latch going public
• What this means for the multi-family access control industry
• What most access control companies should be thinking in the wake of the news
• The next moves companies need to be making
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are starting up their conversation this year with a look at smart lock technology in the multifamily access control industry.
During their discussion the two highlight:
• What's going on in multifamily with smart locks?
• The benefits of smart lock technology
• How each building's tenants will determine the value of each of its doors
• Viewing our doors as an ecosystem
• The data that can be collected from connected doors
• How the definition of safety is ever-evolving
• How our industry can stay flexible in the changing landscape
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IMAC’S first episode of 2021 is here! In this brief episode, Lee Odess shares some exciting news on what’s to come on the IMAC podcast, topics he and Colin will be discussing, and more!
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In this brief episode of #IMAC, Lee Odess is giving us some hot takes on what’s going on in Multifamily Access Control, as well as some of his predictions on what is to come in the progressing industry.
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are discussing what they think will happen in the upcoming year, 2021, in the world of multifamily access control!
During their conversation, Lee and Colin talk about:
• How this year has changed our industry’s e-commerce and predictions for what we can expect in 2021
• How our sales and marketing strategies will change in the new digital world
• Opportunities in new business models
• The environment for new entrants into the market
• Maintaining the human side of sales and partnerships
• Predictions for the multifamily access control market
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with the Co-Founder and CEO of Salto Systems, Javier Roquero.
During the conversation Lee, Colin, and Javier discuss:
• Javier’s background
• What Sustainability means to Salto
• How Salto implements eco-friendly initiatives
• Salto’s purpose in the security/access control industry
• Maintaining an equilibrium between the give and take of Earth’s resources
• Some of the things Salto does to give back to the planet and its hard working team
• The role our industry plays/ can play in sustainability
• Where our industry can focus more on sustainability
• Salto’s internal sustainability initiatives
• What Javier thinks has driven Salto’s success
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Continuing their conversation on sustainability, Lee and Colin sit down with John Allen, owner of a boutique, industrious general contractor and design/build firm Allen Built, Inc.
During their conversation, Lee, Colin, and John discuss:
• What can help incentivize builders to take on more environmental initiatives
• The challenges manufacturers have in attempting to develop multifamily homes and buildings with more environmentally friendly processes
• What building firms think about as they look at environmentally friendly materials and products
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are continuing their conversation on sustainability for the month of November.
During the conversation Lee and Colin discuss:
• How connectivity can play a large role in helping or hurting the environment
• How we can make sustainability a strong point for marketing
• What is more manageable- online or offline systems?
• Where the opportunities lie for us to add sustainability to the industry
• Sustainability data we should be concerned about
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are spending time this month on sustainability and environmental when it comes to access control and smart locks in the multifamily space.
During the conversation Lee and Colin discuss:
• Building products with sustainability in mind-longer lifetimes
• Avoiding and eliminating waste
• Avoiding the use of hazardous material
• The materials we can avoid using in order to improve on sustainability
• Offsetting power consumption in the manufacturing process
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are reflecting on SNG’s recent “Megatrends” discussion, and how they cab be/ are being applied to the multifamily access control industry.
During the conversation Lee and Colin discuss:
• Artificial intelligence and use cases for multifamily access control
• How we can take data and use it to make smarter decisions and products
• Cybersecurity in multifamily access control
• Mitigating cybersecurity risks around multifamily IoT devices
• Driving value around predictive analytics-data on forced entry, maintenance, etc.
• Connectivity and IoT of everything in the multifamily industry
• Cloud computing and what the trend says about the multifamily and access control industry
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are speaking more on different applications and use cases within the multifamily smart technology industry and what has changed since the pandemic.
During the conversation Lee and Colin discuss:
• The blending of safety, security, and convenience in product technology
• How will smart access technology change to meet today’s needs (doors, lockers, storage)
• What is going to become more important to consumers when it comes to smart technology
• What features and data will now be prioritized by manufacturers, systems integrators, and developers
• New multifamily regulations
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are sitting down with Mark Zikra of CA Ventures.
During the conversation the three discuss:
• Designing buildings for maximum impact with innovative technology
• The importance of user experience and finding different ways to approach access control technology
• Exploring new products and services
• What CA Ventures puts value in
• How CA Ventures evaluates fads and new technology
• Establishing a culture of innovation in your organization
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin are sitting down to talk about ButterflyMX’s recent funding of $35 million dollars from investors.
During the conversation Lee and Colin discuss:
• ButterflyMX’s raise of $35 Million Dollars from investors
• The driving force behind the multimillion dollar raise
• What it means for the future of the multifamily space and visitor management
• The evolution of the resident experience
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee sits down with Business Development Manager of Arize, Mira Malek. During the conversation Mira introduces Arize, an all-inclusive platform that provides convenient, connected, and secure living for the multifamily industry.
Arize also looks to empower property managers to increase operating income by improving operational efficiencies and reducing expenditures through smarter digital key distribution, real-time incident alerts, and more.
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee is interviewing his fellow cohost, Colin Depree on Salto Systems.
During the conversation Colin gives us some history on how Salto began, how they got to where they are today as one of the biggest multifamily lock providers, and their vision for the future.
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with Felicite Moorman, CEO and Founder of Stratis IoT. Right off the bat of being acquired by RealPage, Felicite tells us about some of the exciting initiatives the company is now able to focus on due to the acquisition.
Felicite also discusses Stratis IoT’s drive toward a total-package IoT solution that delivers a superior user experience, from “Sidewalk to Sofa,” and the future of Multifamily.
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with Jeff Kok, Chief Innovation and Information Officer at Mill Creek Residential.
During the conversation, the three talk about new tech in the multifamily/ residential industry, as well as how we can all work toward creating solutions that will actually add value and make a positive difference to end users.
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin discuss the most recent news on Stratis IoT being acquired by Realpage, as well as what it could mean for the multifamily access control world.
Our hosts also have a more “mainstream” conversation about #mfac locks and gadgets.
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In this episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin dive into the benefits and disadvantages of all types of multifamily credentials; from the key to today’s latest technology like pin codes and smart keys. Their conversation also leads to predictions about what we may see in the future.
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In this episode of IMAC, our hosts Lee Odess and Colin Depree take a look at the last Multifamily Access Control trends. What will stick? And what is just a fad? Check it out to get their takes on what’s here to stay.
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In this week’s episode of IMAC, Lee and Colin sit down with Ben Brichta of The X Company to discuss how the use of open architecture could improve multifamily experiences, and why they’re partnering with open software companies.
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Building your solutions in a way that allows you to always be able to add updates and features (whether it’s firmware or software updates) and how the cloud is making it easier and more applicable.
In the first episode of Inside Multi-family Access Control (IMAC) our hosts, Lee Odess and Colin Depree talk about future-proofing residential locks and building future products with “purpose”.
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When we launched Inside Access Control earlier this year, Kevin Kelly's 2008 article about 1000 True Fans, which I first heard about from Seth Godin's blog creatively titled "Seth's Blog," had a significant influence.
The basic idea of both is to focus on 1000 active followers of your concept, content, product, etc. With that, you can build a business.
So, we kicked off Inside Access Control and started to dig a mile deep versus a mile wide into ideas, content, interviews, and more.
We also had the vision of rinsing and repeating that model for overlapping technology solutions like visitor management (which gave birth to Inside Visitor Management) and verticals, like multifamily.
Meeting the Customer Where They Are
It is about the idea of meeting the customer where they are. Everyone has different interests, and those interests overlap with different solutions, markets, verticals, geographic regions, technology, and more. Our various platforms give whoever you are, whatever interests you have, and from whichever part of the market you serve, value-added, actionable, and thought-provoking content.
The Multifamily Access Control Market
Over the past five years, the multifamily industry has been in the midst of a technology revolution. It is the poster child for "software eating the world," and access control is front and center. Right now, there is a ton of information, subject matter experts, and interest all over the place. It is nearly impossible to know where to go to find out relevant and updated information on access control as it pertains to the multifamily market. So we created a center and platform for the market to learn, collaborate, and provide their insights.
What to Expect of Inside Multifamily Access Control
You can expect to see the same level and frequency of thought-provoking content via our many vehicles:
Website: www.imac.com
Articles
Newsletter: Weekly
Podcast / Videocast: Weekly
Webinars: Quarterly
Social: We are active on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
And much more
Our Goal
The goal is simple, but the task at hand is large. We want to be THE resource the market goes to for access control and multifamily news, information, ideas, and content.
A Community Effort
Inside Multifamily Access Control is a community, and it is going to take everyone engaged for our goal of being THE resource to be achieved. With that, we are excited to announce that Salto Systems has agreed to be our first patron and partner with this endeavor. As with our other patrons and partners on our sister sites, they have shown, through actions, the support of original and thought-provoking content that centered around being honest, forward-leaning, celebrating the past, and an eye towards progress is important. We are thrilled to have them on board with us!
Thank You
Thank you for joining us on this journey, and as always, please contact us if you have feedback, ideas, or are interested in participating. We are proud and happy to be doing this with you.