ABB Lighting (Belvidere, N.J): This manufacturer of LED luminaires has hired Guy Esposito as V.P. of sales. Esposito joins ABB Lighting after three years with Fulham, as V.P. Sales - energy solutions. Prior to Fulham, Esposito worked...
Franklin Empire (Montreal): Sean Bernard is now contractor sales manager – Ontario. He previously held the position as contractor sales manager – GTA. Bernard will lead the contractor sales and quotes teams responsible for all of Ontario excep...
OSRAM (Danvers, Mass.): Grant Wright has been appointed CEO/CFO of OSRAM Americas and president and CEO/CFO of OSRAM Sylvania effective July 1. He succeeds Jes Munk Hansen who was appointed CEO of the recently formed Lamps Business Unit...
Halco Lighting Technologies, Norcross, Ga., said Rob Freitag is joining the company as director of Product Development. Freitag has over 25 years of product and marketing management experience, most recently as VP of marketing for EYE Lighting...
Southwire (Carrollton, Ga.): Southwire Co. today named Rich Stinson as its president as the company begins a transition in leadership. Stinson, now group president of electrical systems and services for Eaton Corp., will join Southwire on Oct...
Burndy/Hubbell (Manchester, N.H.): Hubbell recently announced the following leaders to its Burndy and Harsh & Hazardous businesses within its Hubbell Construction & Energy (HCE) Group. David Smith has been named V.P. and general...
W.W. Grainger Inc. (Lake Forest, Ill.): DG Macpherson assumes the newly created role of COO of Grainger, effective Aug. 1. Most recently, Macpherson was senior V.P. and group president, Global Supply Chain and International. As part of...
Buckles-Smith, San Jose, Calif., has hired several summer interns this year. Charles Ojoko and Nathan Gottheil will be assisting the marketing team, while Parth Sukhadia and the returning Zach Nobriga will be focusing on business development...
Schurter Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Schurter will change management effective July 1. Bruno Schurter, president and CEO will retire after 33 years of heading up the privately held company, which is a subsidiary of Schurter Holding AG, founded in...
Summit Electric Supply (Albuquerque, N.M.): Thomas Klemp is now CFO and V.P. of finance for Summit Electric Supply. He was recently the V.P. of finance and administration for a division of Layne Christensen, a global water...