Our History In The Audio Visual Industry
Jane and Dennis Woodhouse founded CTI in 1988 as a privately held audio visual firm. Throughout its history, CTI has grown to include multiple locations throughout the United States. CTI has also expanded its services from a local reach to a global customer base.
Today, CTI is a leading custom audio visual systems integration solutions specialist that offers a wide variety of services to customers from around the world.
| 1988 | Company founded in Saint Louis, Missouri by Jane and Dennis Woodhouse |
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| 1991 | CTI formally establishes company headquarters in Saint Louis, Missouri |
| 1997 | John Laughlin joins company as Vice President |
| 2001 | Acquires Visual Works KC location and expands into Overland Park, Kansas |
| 2003 | Expands operations in Memphis, Tennessee |
| 2004 | Expands operations in Omaha, Nebraska |
| 2005 | Expands operations in Peoria, Illinois |
| 2006 | Acquires Visual Works Wichita location and expands operations in Wichita, Kansas |
| 2008 |
Acquires VMI in Saint Louis, Missouri John Laughlin acquires 49% of company ownership and Jane Woodhouse retains the other 51% Dennis Woodhouse Retires |
| 2009 |
Headquarters relocated to larger facility in Saint Louis, Missouri John Laughlin named President, Chief Executive Officer Expands operations in Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2011 |
Expands operations in San Jose, California Jane Woodhouse Retires John and Mary Laughlin were named Owners of CTI |
| 2012 |
Acquires Media Images in Saint Louis, Missouri CTI refreshes company logo |
| 2013 |
Asset Purchase of Pratt Audio Visual out of Iowa Acquires United Visual, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois Expands operations in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities, Milwaukee, and Chicago Acquires St. Louis Audio Visual in St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2014 |
Expands operations in Phoenix, Arizona Expands operations in San Francisco, California |
| 2015 |
Acquires UNAVP and expands event solutions in the Chicago and Milwaukee area Acquires Industrial Audio Video and expands operations in Houston |
| 2016 | Expands operations in Austin, TX |
| 2017 | Asset Purchase of ECS in Davenport, IA |
| 2018 |
Asset Purchase of AVSIGroup And Expands Operations In Houston CTI Has Rebranded TVS Of Detroit To CTI Asset Purchase of Digital Meeting Solutions (DMS) And Expands Operations In Indianapolis Expands operations in Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2019 |
Asset Purchase of Comprehensive Technical Group (CTG) in Atlanta, Georgia Asset Purchase of Techteriors, Expands Operations in Milwaukee |
| 2021 |
CTI Acquires AVNation Media, Inc CTI expands operations in Oklahoma City CTI opens new Seattle office Acquired AVPG (Audio Visual Professional Group), increasing the capabilities of our live events team in Houston, TX |
| 2022 |
CTI acquires ProVideo, increasing our capabilities in the Columbus and Toledo, Ohio markets Expands operations to New York Metro region with office in office in Lyndhurst, New Jersey Expands operations to Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 2023 |
Expands operations to Research Triangle with new office in Raleigh, North Carolina Expands operations in Northern Arkansas with office in Bentonville Expands operations in Washington, D.C. Conference Technologies, Inc. rebrands as CTI and launches a new website at cti.com CTI celebrates its 35th anniversary |
| 2024 |
CTI aquires Vistacom, Inc. of Allentown, PA, expands NOC and Control Room practice nationwide and globally through the PSNI Alliance Acquires Digital Technology Solutions Inc. of San Antonio, TX, CTI’s fourth office in the state Acquires Advanced Systems Integration (ASI) of Minneapolis, Minnesota, CTI’s first office in the state, serving the greater region Expands operations in Birmingham, AL |
| 2025 |
CTI acquires Delta AV of Portland, OR, expands Control Room expertise. Acquires MP Productions of Little Rock, AR. Acquires Lightwerks and expands operations in San Diego, CA and Boise, ID Acquires Candeo Vision and expands operations in the United Kingdom. Expands operations in Tampa, Florida. |
