John V. Campanella, CTS-D, is President/CEO of MDCI of Manalapan, NJ. Campanella was one of the first recipients of the CTS-D designation. He has been designing systems for more than 23 years and has completed more than 2,500 projects. His career spans four disciplines of the AV industry. Starting in 1981 with Blonder Tongue, he helped engineer and oversee manufacturing of some of the first pay-per-view systems equipment. In 1984, he joined Smith-Meeker Engineering and was involved in the design and integration of AV systems for FORTUNE 100® companies. Campanella joined Shen Milsom & Wilke in 1986 as head of the newly formed company's audiovisual design consulting department. In 1997 he formed MDCI, a company that provides design engineering and control system software for corporations, educational facilities and residential projects.
Campanella is chair of InfoComm International’s Independent Programmers’ Council and an InfoComm Academy Senior Faculty member. He is actively involved in CTS-D certification development and the creation and delivery of InfoComm International's design curriculum.