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Joel A. Spira, founder, chairman, and director of research of Lutron Electronics, headed the list of electroindustry leaders recently honored by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) at its annual conference. Spira, who has dedicated his career to what he calls “the magic of lighting,” is the recipient of the 2010 Bernard H. Falk Award, [...]

Leucos USA has announced that Liz Bock, formerly of Artemide, has been appointed to the position of Midwest Regional Sales Manager. Bock, who is based in Chicago, will be responsible for leading sales and marketing efforts across all of the company brands (Leucos, ITRE, FDV and Luxit) in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota. [...]

WAC Lighting President Shelley Wang has appointed Timothy E. Vislay to Western Regional Sales Manager. Vislay served as National Sales Manager for Maxlite and Minka Lavery, a division of Minka Lighting. He also worked as Product Development manager for MINKA and was Store Manager for EXPO Design Center and Lamps Plus. In his new position [...]

LED company Lunera Lighting, Inc. has announced that former Hewlett Packard and Lumileds executive, Karen Owyeung, has joined Lunera as its new CEO. Owyeung brings with her nearly 20 years of marketing, operations, and general management experience in the LED industry. Owyeung began her career in LED technology at Hewlett Packard’s Optoelectronics Division. She held [...]

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has presented Jonathan Speirs of lighting design firm Speirs and Major with a Lifetime Achievement Award – the highest accolade within Scottish architecture. To date, the award has only been conferred on four other individuals. Congratulations, Jonathan! It’s an honor well deserved.

Starting today, Aldo Kamper is succeeding Dr. Rüdiger Müller who, after heading the optoelectronic semiconductor business for 22 years at OSRAM and formerly at Siemens, is retiring. Kamper started his professional career at OSRAM in 1994 after completing his business administration studies. Between 1999 and 2006, he held executive positions at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors in [...]

Steven Rosen, President of Available Light, a lighting design firm working worldwide in the fields of museum exhibition, architecture and corporate communications, has announced that Dan Gerstenhaber has joined the firm. Dan, along with Principal Bill Kadra, will be responsible for operating the Special Event and Trade Show division of Available Light. For the past [...]

Westinghouse Lighting has appointed John Broughton to the position of National Utility Program Manager. Previously, he worked for D&R International, the Department of Energy and MaxLight. As National Utility Program Manager, John will be responsible for administering and promoting utility incentive programs with Westinghouse Lighting’s customer base in retail, commercial and industrial channels. He will [...]

Litetronics International has announced that Joe Colant has joined the company as its National Sales Manager. In his new role, Joe will be responsible for developing a national network of sales representatives, manufacturer’s representatives, and distributors and promoting and developing positive relationships with contractors, distributors and retail and commercial business owners.