CEDIA has announced three of its individual award recipients for 2026, celebrating outstanding careers that have been defined by innovation, leadership, and long-standing service. Peter Lyngdorf has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (LTA), and Dave Tkachuk and Gordon van Zuiden have been named this year’s Fellows.

The company said that these awards recognize individuals who have helped shape both CEDIA and the wider professional smart home industry.

CEDIA said Peter Lyngdorf has left an impact on the audio industry and remains committed to exploring new frontiers in audio technology. Lyngdorf founded HiFi Klubben, the successful retail chain now spanning more than 100 stores, as well as established brands including Steinway Lyngdorf, Lyngdorf Audio and DALI. He also co-founded Purifi.

His work has helped drive advances in loudspeaker, amplifier and room-correction technology, including Equibit technology, which transforms the PCM audio data on a CD or any other digital source into the PWM signal of a switching power amplifier and drives the loudspeakers directly. Lyngdorf also helped develop RoomPerfect alongside its chief architect and creator, Jan Abildgaard Pedersen – the world’s first 3D room-mapping technology.

Through strategic partnerships, including the creation of Steinway Lyngdorf in collaboration with Steinway & Sons, he helped elevate residential audio and home cinema into the luxury market, demonstrating how technology and craftsmanship can work together to create impactful experiences.

“Throughout my career, I have believed that technology should always serve the listener,” said Lyngdorf. “Every innovation has been driven by one simple goal: helping people experience music and film as naturally and authentically as possible in their own homes. When we introduced our first multichannel systems in North America, we knew the CEDIA community was the right partner because exceptional products only reach their full potential in the hands of exceptional integrators. To receive this recognition from the professionals who have brought our innovations to life for so many homeowners is truly one of the great honors of my career. I see this recognition not as the end of a journey, but as encouragement to keep asking what is possible.”

CEDIA said Dave Tkachuk’s work has always been centered on technology, engineering and music. He previously served as president of Tkachuk Associates and later held senior design and engineering roles with several AV integration firms. Tkachuk is also the founder of Symbol Logic. He has decades of experience as an installer, designer, engineer, consultant, instructor and product developer.

He served as co-chairman of the CTA/CEDIA Systems Documentation Work Group for the development of the AV Architectural Drawing Symbols Standard, ANSI J-STD-710, and has worked with CEDIA committees on technology and certification. He was named CEDIA’s 2011 Volunteer of the Year.

Gordon van Zuiden was the founder and president of cyberManor, one of the nation’s first custom electronic integrators to focus on IP network-based technologies for the home. van Zuiden was the past chairman of the CEDIA Technology Council and served on CEDIA’s Board of Directors for six years. He developed the certified CEDIA ESD course on Digital Home Electronic Solutions and has consulted on the development of COMPTIA’s HTI+ Network Certification program.

van Zuiden has taught courses or been a panelist on digital home entertainment and networking solutions at national trade shows, including CES, CEDIA Expo, EHExpo, CE Pro Summit, NKBA|KBIS, IEEE and internationally in digital home expos in Russia, the Netherlands and Mexico over the last decade.

“I am honored and humbled to receive the 2026 CEDIA Fellow Award,” said van Zuiden. “Throughout my career in home integration, CEDIA’s volunteers and staff have been more than colleagues — they have been my extended professional family. When I look at the remarkable individuals who have been named CEDIA Fellows over the years, I am deeply grateful and proud to have my name added to that distinguished list.”

CEDIA said all three honorees will be recognized at the CEDIA Smart Home Awards global ceremonies.