A 10-year veteran of Denver-based American Lighting, Jennifer Kirkpatrick has been promoted to Director of Sales for Lighting Showrooms for the Prizm Lighting and Proluxe divisions. The company released an announcement that read, “Jennifer has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and has worked to make American Lighting a stronger company for the last 10 years — we are so excited to see her shine in this new role.”
DMF Lighting, the leader in modular downlighting in the custom integration channel announced the addition of Ellie Doherty as the new Western Regional Sales Manager on the DMF sales team. Passionate about lighting design, lighting fixtures, and lighting control engineering, Doherty’s goal is to utilize her expertise in intelligent lighting to make lighting easy and…
The saying, “Great minds think alike” could easily apply to two veteran commercial lighting reps who recently joined forces to create an organization serving their segment of the industry. The American Association of Independent Lighting Agents (AAIILA) officially launched last week after more than one year of planning.
Architectural lighting manufacturer CSL Lighting, a division of Hudson Valley Lighting Group, has partnered with three new agencies to represent and sell its product lines: The Lighting Digest will cover Illinois; Arizona Lighting Sales will cover Arizona; and CAL Lighting will cover Northern & Central California, as well as Northern Nevada. Each agency will carry…
By Linda Longo It used to be that the “success” of a trade show was measured in body count: how many people filled the halls, atriums, and showrooms. That metric has changed over the years — away from how many orders were placed on-site and more toward how many qualified buyers attended and expressed interest….
Yusen Associates and A.A. MacPherson announced their strategic merger, uniting two of the largest independent manufacturers’ representative agencies in New England and Upstate New York with a combined 183 years of service. The newly combined entity, Yusen-MacPherson Group, plans to harness the strength of each organization to better serve their manufacturers and distributor partners throughout their territories. Together,…
Medford, Mass.-based DesignLights Consortium (DLC) released a draft proposal detailing the first major updates in five years to its Solid State Lighting (SSL) technical requirements, as well as significant proposed revisions to its light pollution-mitigating LUNA program. The organization will also present a webinar on April 15 that details the draft SSL Version 6.0 and…
Casambi has named Ron Marcissuk, Jr. as Executive Vice President of Sales, North America. Leading provider of wireless lighting control solutions Casambi has just announced a change on its North American executive team. Ron Marcissuk, Jr. will lead Casambi’s North American sales organization, focusing on accelerating market adoption, strengthening strategic partnerships, and advancing Casambi’s position… Read More…
In this new role, lighting industry veteran Jeff Bristol will lead the company’s commercial strategy. New Jersey-based MeshConnect Controls has appointed Jeff Bristol as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to lead its commercial strategy and drive adoption of its controls platform among OEM fixture manufacturers. Bristol brings more than 30 years of executive leadership in the… Read More…