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Robertson Worldwide announces the hire of Thomas Horgan, to the position of Director – Solid State Lighting.  He brings more than 20 years of experience in LEDs and Lighting.  He has held various management positions in engineering, product marketing and business development.

This reinforces the Robertson Worldwide strategy to be a leader in LED Drivers and energy saving lighting solutions.

Thomas can be reached at thorgan@robertsonww.com or 708-293-4303

 

Jim Smith, (949) 632-2339, prolighting@juno.com, uniquely qualified lighting senior sales professional who is self motivated, goal oriented, with a proven track record of consistently being able to achieve sales goals.  Able to perceive/capitalize on market opportunities to launch successful new ventures. Accomplished, highly focused and expert at project design, implementation and delivery.  Over 20 years experience in sales management.

Boyd Corbett, former Director of Sales for Traxon Supply USA is seeking an exciting new sales management career opportunity.  Boyd has over thirty years of extensive experience directing the sales of architectural lighting and control products via specification by lighting designers, architects and engineers through sales representatives. Boyd has also excelled as a sales representative and as a director of educational programs.  He can be reached via email at fiberlux@comcast.net or 224-578-9388.

Lightech Inc has promoted John Daly, President, to the additional role of VP Global Sales.  In addition to his duties as President, John will be responsible for  Hong Kong and Europe.   

David S. Vukovich, former Northeast Regional Sales Manager for LSI Industries is seeking new sales management career opportunities. He has extensive product experience with LEDs, Modular Wiring and Sports Lighting. David has over 10 years in the agency business as well. He can be reached via email @ dsvukovich@gmail.com, or (610) 322-6541.

Joe Janisch, formally of Cooper Lighting and Juno Lighting, has been named Program Manager at CREE.  He can be reached at joe.janisch@yahoo.com.

Gary E. Smith, former principal of Spectrum Sales of Cleveland, OH is seeking new sales management career opportunities. His agency represented GE Lighting Systems, Lightolier, Qualite and NexLight Controls among many others. During his prior executive tenure with Venture Lighting as Director of OEM Sales and Director of New Technology marketing, he excelled in sales team management, new technology product development/rollout and sales channel partner presentations.  He has expertise in the energy saving/retrofit markets and emerging technologies including LED and plasma.  He can be reached at gary4specsales@aol.com, 440-413-9065 or through Linkedin.

Jim DeLong, LC is seeking opportunities in the sales and sales management area.  He is skilled in all aspects of business development and management and in building relationships with Fortune 500 customers to deliver measurable results.  He has 25 years experience in sales management and in selling lamps, ballasts, and architectural lighting to architects, engineers, lighting designers, and specifiers through distributors and lighting agencies.  Contact 770.985.3371 or jamesdelong@comcast.net

 

Ralph Genova has been named Sales and Marketing Manager with the Trace-lite division of Barron Mfg. effective 1/4/2010.

Effective December 7, 2009 Joe Consigli has accepted the position of Energy Solutions Specialist for Rexel representing the North East Division.  In his current role he will be responsible for the sale of energy efficient products to electrical contractors, ESCO’s, and end users in the industrial and commercial marketplace.  In addition to supporting the development of energy solutions for channel partners and customers through Rexel’s extensive network of branches, contractor, and end user customer base, he will aid in providing education and resources for the organization on the region’s broad offering of utility rebate incentives.



Doug Paulin
LC CLEP is networking for a marketing position with an LED Outdoor manufacturer.  Recent position as Director of General Illumination for Leotek Electronics has broadened my in-depth knowledge of lighting technology to include LED luminaires.  Contact 312-550-6028 or dougpaulin@yahoo.com

Wendy Kaplan has been named Eastern Regional Sales Manager  of LightWild.  She can be reached at wkaplan@lightwild.com

SLV Lighting North America, Inc. names Steven J. Parker, LC  as President.  Steve is extremely well known in the lighting industry and brings a proven track record for leadership, integrity  and business development.  SLV Lighting North America is based in Tampa, Florida.

SLV is known as one of the most successful and fastest growing European manufacturers of contemporary luminaires and is recognized for their excellent logistics concept as well as comprehensive catalogs, which are now 694 pages. SLV’s products utilize halogen, fluorescent, HID and an extensive offering of LED light sources.

SLV was founded in 1979 is based in Ubach-Palenberg Germany and has subsidiaries in associates in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong and Russia.  There are 170 employees globally. The majority shareholder in the SLV group is HgCapital, based in London and Munich.

Steve Parker can be contacted at: steve@slvlighting.com or (813) 334-0017


Halco Lighting Technologies® announces the hire of Kristoff Byrd to the position of Product Analyst.  Byrd will be reporting to Director of Product Development David Nelkin in the appointed position. 
Byrd brings over five years experience in operation management and marketing to the Halco team. As a Product Analyst, he will be aiding in Halco’s product development through researching industry trends and new technologies as well as testing and analyzing Halco products.



SELUX 
 Corp., Highland, NY has promoted Claus Kinder to Vice President of Operations and Engineering. 
He has a strong executive and operational management background, and  holds a BSEE in Electrical  
Engineering from NJIT  and an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Charles Bryan joined Spring City Electrical MFG. Co. as Regional Sales Manager, formerly of Se’Lux International Lighting. Please contact him at cbryan@springcity.com.

David Schreiber, executive chairman of Lightech, Inc. has recently announced the appointment of John Daly as president of Lightech Electronics North America, Inc.  John brings 18-years of lighting experience working for industry leaders, including GE, Venture, RAL and Philips.  John’s experience with Color Kinetics in solid-state lighting will dovetail nicely with Lightech’s LED driver and power supply offering.  John will be starting August 24th and can be contacted at johndaly@lightechinc.com. 

John Delany has joined Insight Lighting as National Accounts Manager. John comes to Insight from Philips/Daybrite where he served as Sr. National Accounts Manager. Prior to that John was Midwestern National Accounts Manager for Cooper Lighting. John will be based in Chicago and traveling nationally promoting  Insight Lighting's products and services.  John can be reached at 606-306-9343 or e-mail him at JDelany@insightlighting.com

Thomas (Tom) Byrnes, formerly with Lightolier San Francisco is exploring new opportunities in the lighting industry and can be reached at tbyrnes1@att.net Thomas Byrnes,  217 Darby Ct.  Petaluma, CA 94952. 707-241-5708

Steve Farley, formerly of Cooper Lighting and GE Lighting, has joined Spring City Electrical Mfg. Co. as Western Regional Sales Manager.  He can be reached at sfarley@springcity.com or (720)201-9720. 

David Baum formerly of Martin Architectural, has joined Lighting Science Group Corporation as Director of Global Project Management, with responsibility for their Public Infrastructure markets and products.

Teresa Bair has accepted a marketing position with Eye Lighting (a subsidiary of Iwasaki Electric) in Mentor, Ohio.  Contact Information:  Teresa.Lynn.Bair@gmail.com or phone 404.825.3721. 

David A. Brown has taken a new position as National Sales Manager with WJM Poles. Contact Information: david.brown@wjmpoles.com, (586) 713-8688 (cell).

 

Tom Lenard is in transition after 21 + years with Cooper Lighting. Tom is a Regional Sales Manager in the lighting products industry. His specialty is building long term profitable relationships and has a background  in five markets segments:   commercial, industry, residential and most recently in the DOT and utility markets. Tom has been in sales management the entire time; includes, sales and product training with independent sales agents and end users; distributors, contractors, lighting designers and specifiers. Problem solving, follow-up and follow through is what he is best known for.

 

Contact information:

phone: 678-423-9861, cell 404-664-9363

e-mail:   tomlenard@numail.org

 

Gene Lindemann has been named Executive Vice President of Monmouth Lighting Corporation located in Hamilton, NJ


Teresa Bair
is currently seeking marketing opportunities in the lighting industry.  Teresa has 8+ years of marketing experience and extensive industry knowledge in LED product development.  Teresa worked on LED product development, commercial, and consumer products
at Cooper Lighting for 5 years prior to returning to Cleveland. Please email her at Teresa.Lynn.Bair@gmail.com or phone 404.825.3721

Michael Bandel
has
accepted new employment as Electrical Engineer with Heatron Inc, (http://www.heatron.com/), at their LED Design Center in Arlington Heights, IL

Jason Davis,
  has been in specification sales in Las Vegas for the last 5 years. Due to the economy he was just let go from his job and is in search of new employment. He has letters of recommendation from his former employer and customers. If you have something for a hard worker, good salesman give him a call at 702 449-6149


Ed Mackiewicz
, with over 25 years of innovative design engineering of lighting products including LED, emergency and EXIT signs, track, recess, and hazardous locations.  Formally 14 years with Cooper Lighting and 12 years with Kenall Lighting.  Currently seeking a new opportunity in product development.  He may be reached by E-mail: edmack225@comcast.net

Jeffrey Stahl is no longer employed by Stan Deutsch Associates n Long Island City, NY. After months of deliberation he has decided to start his own company. JMJS Associates LLC. An environmentally friendly General Contracting firm. If you wish to contact Jeffrey his cell phone number is: 646-462-2940 and his email is jeffreydstahl@gmail.com

 

Rob Colgan

 

Rob Colgan has been elected Chairman of the National Lighting Bureau

 

 

Cooper Lighting has appointed Ted Brickenden to the position of Central Area Vice President.

Permlight Appoints Chris Primous to Direct East Coast Led Light Engine Sales for Brillia(TM)

Bert Oberhansley Joins BK/Teka

 

Brian Ditchek retired on October 1, 2008 from Osram Sylvania.  He was the Vice President and General Manager of the Electronics and Controls Business Unit since 2004.  In his 27 years of service, he held such positions as the Director of R&D for the General Lighting Division and the General Manager for the Fluorescent Business Unit.  He may be contacted at bmd10108@gmail.com

 

Robert (Bob) Kruger, formerly with SISTEMALUX USA is exploring new opportunities in the lighting industry and can be reached at rkruger95765@yahoo.com    Robert Kruger,  6205 Goldeneye Ct.  Rocklin, CA 95765  916-718-0107


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