Sponsored By: TCP With Ellis Yan 6/1//2020- Lighting Episode 137(Full Version) – Ellis Yan 37:15 The King of Lighting, Ellis Yan, returns to the main series and he brought Lesley Matt, Senior VP of Sales at TCP along with him. They share their current virtual lunch and learn series, and the company’s own rebate and … Read more
Sponsored By: Satco Nuvo With Tyler Gildin 5/25/20 – Lighting Episode 136(Full Version) – Tyler Gildin 37:19 We’re taking a short break from our usual lighting dork topics this week to chat with Tyler Gildin about his documentary The Starfish, which profiles his grandfather’s journey from Nazi Germany to Sweden, across the USSR, and over … Read more
Sponsored By: Satco Nuvo With Tom Beckett 5/18/20 – Lighting Episode 135(Full Version) – Tom Beckett 46:37 Tom Beckett and some colleagues in his side of lighting spent three years setting up an ANSI certification for flashlights, and once they were done they turned that team into the Portable Lights American Trade Organization to maintain … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone With Ruskin Hartley & Brian Liebel 5/11/20 – Lighting Episode 134(Full Version) – Ruskin Hartley & Brian Liebel 46:11 In April, the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Dark Sky Association released a joint statement on the five practices to best confront light pollution. We’re here to speak with IDA’s Ruskin Hartley … Read more
Sponsored By: Energy Focus With Mark Lien 5/4/20 – Lighting Episode 133(Full Version) – Mark Lien 55:13 4-time guest Mark Lien returns to act as the lighting industry’s very own futurist. We discussed the ease of charting the direction of change as opposed to predicting its pace, the marking of epochs, where our particular businesses … Read more
Sponsored By: Energy Focus With Brenda Puckett 4/27/20 – Lighting Episode 132(Full Version) – Brenda Puckett 38:02 Westlite’s Brenda Puckett knows that there’s no constant in our industry but change, and that if you can’t be an agent for change your company won’t thrive. We joined her at her office earlier this year to chat … Read more
Sponsored By: McWong International With Karl Platzer & Fred van Lierop 4/20/20 – Lighting Episode 131(Full Version) – Karl Platzer & Fred van Lierop 52:56 We’ve noticed a spike in requests for UV lamps and fixtures recently and aside from reading the side of the box over the phone, we don’t have a clue what … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone With Michael & Greg 4/13/20 – Lighting Episode 130(Full Version) – Greg & Michael 9:47 Keeping this one short and sweet this week. Michael and Greg share stories about selling while under quarantine orders. It’s a surprisingly good time to upgrade systems or relamp a facility. Get on the phone and let … Read more
Sponsored By: NAILD With Tim Taylor 4/10/20 – Special Episode (Full Version) – Tim Taylor 15:41 Light Efficient Design’s CEO Tim Taylor is our guest today. He talks about starting his company, his current supply chain issues, and his ideas about lobbying the US Congress for lighting infrastructure projects as a form of economic stimulus. … Read more
Sponsored By: NAILD With Rebecca Costa 4/7/20 – Special Episode (Full Version) – Rebecca Costa 1:15:21 Sociobioligist, futurist, and author of The Watchman’s Rattle and On The Verge, Rebecca Costa is here to help us take a big step back to view the pandemic’s effects on not just our jobs, but society. She and Michael … Read more