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Ryan Galvin
CEO of Smart Home Designers APR-MAY 2014
he streetlights glimmer in the distance as the swarm of cars ascend to South Beach via MacArthur causeway. Two towering edifices with a curved glass design greet the oncoming traffic on West Avenue.
On top of the high-rise, the bright blue glow is emanating like an intergalactic spaceship that is looming over the night sky. Perched above however, is not a UFO from a galaxy far, far away, but a swanky penthouse wreathed in LED lights.
Responsible for this piece of futuristic display, are the home automation gurus Smart Home Designers Inc.
The driving force behind this company is Miami native Ryan Galvin who conceived Smart Home Designers Inc. a decade ago. Fueled by his exuberant passion for technology, Ryan mastered his craft while running a customer-centric technology integration business with over 25 years of expertise in working with high-tech electronics and luxury clientele.
Le CITY deluxe was taken aboard for a tour of the extraordinary dwelling that was transformed by the virtuosos of the home automation industry.
A gigantic display of flashing LEDs adorned the walls by the elevator of the two story penthouse loft at the Bentley Bay condominium towers that were built by the internationally renowned architecture firm Arquitectonica. However, the impressive panel of bright blinking lights is only a minuscule marvel of the home design. “Technology should only enhance one’s lifestyle and never complicate it,” says the technophile and the CEO of Smart Home Designer Ryan Galvin. Indeed, his company does just that. The Bentley Bay penthouse is not just beautifully decorated but also fully
automated for total comfort. With a touch of a button, be it on the iPad, iPhone or Lutron panel mounted to the wall, one could easily control the lighting, video surveillance, temperature, and even the window shutters of the entire property both from the inside or from any remote location. The total cost of the renovation amounted to $1million dollars– a small cost to pay for a tremendous gain.
Home automation is integral in every day life. “A lot of our clients invest into luxury real estate. After the renovations, they resell the properties. Most request a full-automation package. It’s really adding value to the end product. It’s turn key and ready to go for high-end buyers,” says the CEO of Smart Home Designer. “Home automation is integral in every day life. It has become autility like electricity, the Internet, or a home phone,”says Galvin who in 2002 started out as a programmer in this newly budding tech. As technology became more sophisticated, the demand for home automation soared. With the team of talented ten, the award winning Smart Home Designer Inc., caters to a wide variety of affluent clientele ranging from doctors, to lawyers and hedge funds, to professional athletes, and to some of Miami’s trendiest nightclubs and hotels. Although extremely prolific and successful in
their line of work, Smart Home Designer Inc., takes on only a handful of ventures at a time. “We work on about four to five projects a year. This way we produce top quality work,” says Galvin. In addition to high caliber work, Smart Home Designer made a name for itself for their one of a kind customer support by offering their clients around the clock call service and routine maintenance. “We always make sure that the software is upto-date and that everything is running smoothly. Moreover, we make sure that our customers get the newest technology out there,”remarks Galvin.
Currently, Smart Home Designer Inc., is working on installing a fully automated system on a 150’ Yacht with an LED lighting design that would liken the marine vessel to a space ship. “It is one of the greatest feelings to find a client who’s open minded and willing to get creative and have fun,” exclaims Ryan Galvin. “This is the second most interesting installation. The first one was a 3D theater and multi-zone system on a private Boeing 727 aircraft,” he adds.
Moreover, Smart Home Designer Inc. has a very glowing outlook on the future of the home automation business. “The next step for us is to perhaps work on full buildings, communities or even neighborhoods,” says Galvin. “All the new technological advances are quite exciting. There’s going to be more voice command automation and you see companies such as SONY developing patents of brain waves reading technology.But this is far stretching into the future.” Even though it sounds like science fiction in the present, this one day will become a reality