I am not a CI nor a CEDIA member but this what I see as the problem.

1) if being a "CEDIA Certified Professional" means something and that is how you get the "highest level of excellence in the custom electronics industry ". how do I as a customer now what I am getting? if there is a company with 30 or more employees and only one of them is certified how do I know that I am getting the "highest level of excellence".

2) What happens with chain stores? can they just send one or two guys and have their chain be certified with that one person.

honestly if it is to mean anything, it would in the least need to be that every team leader needs to be certified. I cannot understand having a guy in the building (that might not even be working with installs) can mean that they are better.