#171 A Pint With Ray Molony

Sponsored By: Satco With Ray Molony 1/25/21 – Lighting Episode 171(Full Version) – Ray Molony 59:05 The last time Lux Review’s editor, Ray Molony appeared we promised we’d have a beer with him when we met again. LuxLive might be cancelled, but we still did pour a round before starting to talk about business travel … Read more

#159 Non-Compliance is the Only Way

Sponsored By: Satco With Nigel Harvey 11/2/20 – Lighting Episode 159(Full Version) – Nigel Harvey 56:33 Nigel Harvey is the Chief Executive at Recolight, a lamp recycler in the UK. We wanted to know how effective extended producer responsibility programs really are and whether or not they’ve hit a limit on the number of compliant … Read more

#155 When Your Ship Comes in It Will Dock at the Order Desk

Sponsored By: Satco With Bryan Colligan 10/5/20 – Lighting Episode 155(Full Version) – Bryan Colligan 48:59 Bryan Colligan founded Atlas Lighting in his basement in 1977, it didn’t leave that basement until 1999 when host Michael joined the company. Greg takes the lead asking questions about forty years worth of changes to the lighting industry, … Read more

#146 Business Dynamics: Acquisitions, Agents & DLC

lighting Al Uszynski

Sponsored By: Satco With Al Uszynski 8/3/20 – Lighting Episode 146(Full Version) – Al Uszynski 35:17 Al Uszynski returns as a podcast guest to speak about his perspective on and his personal history in the lighting industry. Launching Inside.Lighting to keep track of rep agencies, but ended up writing news to keep the site relevant. … Read more

#135 Familiar Discussions Made Portable

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

#128 You Have to Live with the Fixture

Sponsored By: Satco Nuvo With Frank Guastella 3/30/20 – Lighting Episode 128(Full Version) – Frank Guastella 27:35 Frank Guastella, Director of Operations at Revco Lighting invited us into his showroom to talk about working with residential clients. He gets an interesting mix of homeowners and contractors walking through his showroom every day. And what we … Read more

#122 Kicking it Old School

Sponsored By: Satco Nuvo With Brian Brandes 2/17/20 – Lighting Episode 122(Full Version) – Brian Brandes 43:51 This week we sit down with Brian Brandes, Senior VP of Product Development at Satco and this episode really is about the nuts and bolts of his job. We talk about end-to-end projects, market research, the creation of … Read more

#108 The Dope Scientist

Sponsored By: Satco Nuvo With Neil Mattson 11/11/19 – Lighting Episode 108(Full Version) – Neil Mattson 32:38 Neil Mattson, PhD, is a professor at Cornell’s School of Integrative Plant Science, a greenhouse extension specialist, and this episode’s guest. Joining Michael and Greg from the floor of HortiCann in Denver, we start our chat with the … Read more

#103 The Succession of the Louisville Sluggers

Sponsored By: Satco Nuvo With The Nefouses 10/7/19 – Lighting Episode 103(Full Version) – Nefouses 56:15 The Nefouses of A-M Electric represent 45 years and 3 generations in the business. Michael and Greg met up with The Louisville Light Man and the Godfather of NAILD in their shop to talk about the pace of the … Read more