Cutting Edge Installs

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this special highlight episode, host Merv Campbell revisits some of the best conversations from previous episodes with pros across the stone, tile, and glass industries. From jobsite safety and slab handling to customer service, training, craftsmanship,...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with the team from AVSONS Kitchens & Bath for a practical, behind-the-scenes conversation about what it really takes to run a successful family-owned countertop business from start to finish. From templatin...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast — brought to you by Omni Cubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Woody Sanders, owner of DW Sanders Tile & Stone Contracting in Marietta, Georgia, whose career in the industry spans over four decades. From starting as a teenage tile setter to leading a thriving cont...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Jeremy Sax, Deputy Executive Director of the National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA), for an insightful conversation about leadership, education, and the future of the tile industry. With more than tw...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Ashley Cline of MR Davidson, a long-time recruiter in the glazing and construction industries who’s redefining what good recruiting actually looks like. Instead of chasing résumés, Ashley focuses on relati...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast — brought to you by Omni Cubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Billy Britt III, third-generation owner of Britt & Tilson Glass in Asheville, North Carolina, to share a powerful story of devastation, faith, leadership, and rebuilding after a hurricane destroyed the...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Greg White, a veteran glass professional whose career spans major airport projects, stadium work, fabrication leadership, and decades in the trades. From getting his start as a general contractor to managi...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Katy Devlin, Chief Content Officer at the National Glass Association, for a wide-ranging and deeply insightful conversation about the future of the glass and glazing industry. From workforce development an...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast — brought to you by Omni Cubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. Host Merv Campbell sits down with Geoff Shellard, Regional Architectural Design Manager at Guardian Glass, for a wide-ranging and deeply insightful conversation about education, community, and the evolving responsibilities of the glazing industry. From Geo...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Andrew Lejeune (of Glass Art Design in Minneapolis) to unpack what it really takes to run a custom glass shop that says “yes” to the weird, the complex, and the high-end. Andrew shares how he went from fir...

Welcome to another episode of the Cutting Edge Install Podcast — brought to you by Omni Cubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Russ Payne, tradesman, business leader, and host of The Talking Tradesmen podcast. What starts as a light-hearted Irish-meets-English conversation quickly turns into a deep, honest discussion...

Welcome back to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed — where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Brandon Maestas, whose inspiring journey into the glazing world is anything but ordinary. From overcoming addiction at 15, to learning how to drive a rack truck on the fly, to becoming a leader known for i...

Welcome to another episode of the Cutting Edge Install Podcast — brought to you by Omni Cubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode of the Cutting Edge Install podcast, host Merv Campbell sits down with Darand Davies, Founder and CEO of Black Line Glazing in Oregon. With over 40 years in the glass industry, Darand traces his journey from sweeping shop floo...

Welcome to another episode of the Cutting Edge Install Podcast — brought to you by Omni Cubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell sits down with Alana Staffel, a rising voice in the glazing world whose journey into glass is anything but ordinary. From managing electricians and plumbers, to being “poached” at a trade show, to suddenly...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of Omni Cubed, sits down with Ryan Shoemaker, founder of Champagne Glass & Door, to talk about what it means to build a company from the ground up with heart, purpose, and craftsmanship.  Ryan shares his jo...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between. In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of Omni Cubed, sits down with Rich Katzmann, Executive Director of the Rockheads Group, to talk about the evolving landscape of the stone fabrication industry—and what it takes to lead through it.  Rich shares...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omni Cubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between.   In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of Omni Cubed, sits down with Stuart Amidon, founder & CEO of Page50, for a no-fluff conversation on building brands, earning trust, and growing profit the patient, human way.   Stuart shares his journey...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by OmniCubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between.   In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of OmniCubed, sits down with Nathan Parsons, founder of the Porcelain Slab Company. Nathan will give us all his insight on his journey, challenges, and success using porcelain material.   Nathan goes through h...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by OmniCubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between.   In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of OmniCubed, sits down with Keith Daubmann, co-owner of My Architectural Glass and the well-known My Shower Door brand. Keith shares his remarkable journey from a family crisis to building an award-winning gl...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by OmniCubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between.   In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of OmniCubed, is joined by Alex Buechel, Creative Director at LearnGlazing.com. The two look at the changing landscape of training in the glass and glazing industry, comparing traditional on-the-job methods wi...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by OmniCubed—where innovation meets installation and everything in between.   In this episode, host Merv Campbell, General Manager of OmniCubed, is joined by Syndi Sim, Director of Sales and Business Development at Q-railing. The two dive into Sydni’s 12-year journey in the glass and glazing industry—a journey she describes as “an absolut...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omnicubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in-between. If you spec, fab, or install glass—or want a career in the trades—you're going to want to listen to this episode. In this episode, Mervyn Campbell sits down with industry fixture Andrew Haring—CMO at FHC and creator of the “Not a Glass Nerd” brand—to unpack his g...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omnicubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. Host Mervyn Campbell, the general manager of OmniCubed, looks for the experts and pros of the industry, inviting them to important dialogues about all things stone work.   In this episode of Cutting Edge Install Podcast, host Merv Campbell sits down with second-g...

Welcome to the Cutting Edge Install Podcast, brought to you by Omnicubed, where innovation meets installation and everything in between. Host Mervyn Campbell, the general manager of OmniCubed, looks for the experts and pros of the industry, inviting them to important dialogues about all things stone work.   In this episode, host Merv Campbell discusses with Yader Sanchez about how a granite counte...