John has over 41 years in the AV Industry spanning all disciplines of Design/Engineering/Consulting, Programming, Integration and Manufacturing. He is currently the Director, AV Sales and Engineering at PIVIUM in Phoenix, AZ. John has been involved in AV product manufacturing and integration at Blonder Tongue and Smith Meeker Engineering (1981-1986), Partner and head of AV Consulting/Design with Shen Milsom & Wilke (1987-1994), a Principal at Cerami Associates (1994-1996) starting their AV Consulting/Design division, a Founding Partner and CEO of MDCI (1996-2016) leading thousands of AV Design Engineering and Programming projects and a Founding Partner/CEO at I-Create (1996- present) IP intellectual properties, NFTs, video games. John was the Director of Engineering, CAD and Software Services for AVDG (2018-2021) whereas he helped and Directed the Engineering, Programming and CAD teams in the AVDG expansion in Los Angeles, Chicago, Tennessee and New Hampshire. John's historical project responsibility covers over 6000 completed projects spanning corporate, residential, education, government, and military environments to date. John is the co-author of the InfoComm CTS-D course developed in 1996 and the sole author of the 1st re-write/update in 2006 where he was awarded InfoComm Educator of the Year for 2006. John is a Masters Certified Crestron programmer having programmed Crestron systems since 1988 and was the very first third party programmer for Crestron. John is proficient in XCode, AutoCAD, Photoshop, DTools and many graphic development programs. CTS-D, CTS, Crestron Silver Masters, MTA-R, MSA-R, DMC-D, DMC-E, DMC-T, CTI, CSS-D, CSS-T CLC-C Certified.
I entered the AV industry in 2001 after a 20 year career in the software industry while based in Chicago, writing software tools for companies like Microsoft, Google and Oracle and executing more than a dozen M&A transactions building a network of software developers creating linguistic and search and retrieval tools.
In 2001, I started with AMX and "learned the ropes" in the AV industry meeting many integrators, manufacturers, consultants and end users, who collectively induced my passion for this industry. In 2010, I joined RGB Spectrum in Alameda, CA, and currently serve as the Chief Operating Officer overseeing all sales, marketing, development, operations, and IT functions of the company.
In my spare time, I am raising a pre-teen son and his two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, volunteer at AVIXA and do a fair amount of creation in the kitchen, most recently with a focus on southeast Asian cuisines and fermentation.
A driven business leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, passionate about people, interested in innovation and technology, and finding solutions that help transform and make a positive impact. I am fortunate to have spent 30+ years in a career that I love!