John Thompson has more than 40 years of technical experience in the telecommunications industry and has been a BICSI-certified RCDD since 1997. As a contractor, John owned and operated a structured cabling installation company in the Mid-Atlantic region. Prior to joining Chatsworth Products, John was a consultant for a special systems design firm in Baltimore, MD that teamed with architects, MEP firms and worked directly with end users. In addition to assisting with AutoCAD design, John not only developed new construction specification documents, but served as a project manager for health care and higher education facilities projects across the United States. Since joining CPI more than 15 years ago, John has assisted in the design of both new and existing data centers ranging in size from just a few cabinets to many hundreds of cabinets.