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Michael A. Bauer
President/CEO & Director |
Effective January 1, 2006, Mr. Bauer became our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bauer joined the Company in October 2004 as the Company’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing and served in that position through December 31, 2005. Mr. Bauer became a director of the Company in January 2005. He was elected to fill a vacancy on the board of directors. Prior to joining the Company in 2004, Mr. Bauer served as an executive consultant to General Electric, Lighting Systems division and owned and operated Pro Lighting, Inc., a sports lighting systems supplier. From 2000 to 2002, he served as Vice President of Sales for Lighting Corporation of America, a nine-brand division of US Industries, Inc., based in Spartanburg, South Carolina and from 1998-2000 as Vice President of Sales for Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE) based in Elk Grove Village, IL. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Bauer oversaw the Lumark, McGraw-Edison and Cooper Utility brands for Cooper Lighting. Mr. Bauer began his career with General Electric's Lighting Division in 1988 and held various roles in operations, product development and sales management. |
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Gary Langford
CFO |
Appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective January 5, 2009. Prior to joining the Nexxus Lighting team, Mr. Langford most recently owned and operated two small businesses and served as Chief Controller for ePValue.com, a joint venture between Sun Microsystems and Accenture. Previously, from 1998 to 2000 he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Hartwell Industries, Inc., a $150 million manufacturer of apparel, uniforms and sportswear and as Treasurer for Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., a $1.1 billion manufacturer and distributor of home textile products from 1995 to 1997. He also served as Assistant Treasurer of AGCO Corporation from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Langford began his finance career with Andersen Consulting in 1986. |
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Mike Brown
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Euronet Worldwide |
Mike Brown co-founded Euronet in 1994 and has served as its chief executive officer ever since. He is also chairman of Euronet's board of directors since 1997. He is actively involved in the day-to-day operations of Euronet while overseeing the Company's business strategy, financial performance and the growth of the business across all markets.
Mr. Brown is an accomplished entrepreneur with 30 years of combined experience in the computer software and electronic payments business. In 1979, he founded Innovative Software, which merged in 1988 with Informix, a leading provider of advanced database software technology. During his time at Informix, he served as president and chief operating officer as well as president of the workstation products division. Annual revenues of Informix grew from $70 million to $170 million by the time Mr. Brown left the company in 1990. In 1993, he was a founding investor of Visual Tools, a company that writes and markets component software for the growing Visual Basic and Visual C++ developer market. Sybase Software acquired Visual Tools in 1996.
Mr. Brown received a Master of Science in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1997 and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1979. He currently serves on the boards of Bank of Blue Valley, Kansas and Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. |
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Chris Richardson
Former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Schneider Electric / Square D – North America |
Chris Richardson brings over 34 years of global experience in electrical product manufacturing, sales, marketing and product development with a multi-billion dollar company to the Board of Nexxus Lighting. Prior to his retirement from Schneider Electric in 2004, Chris served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer of Schneider Electric’s North American Operating Division which included the well known Square D brand of electrical distribution products. Chris continued to serve as a Director on the Schneider Electric SA (Paris Stock Exchange: SU.PA) Board of Directors until 2006.
Prior to being named CEO, Chris served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 1999 and Vice President of Operations from 1995 to 1997. Chris has also served as Vice President and General Manager for Square D’s UPS Strategic Business Segment and as President of EPE Technologies. Chris is a U.S. Air Force / Vietnam War Veteran and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Iowa State University in 1971. |
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Anthony Nicolosi
Director
Senior Vice President Volvo Financial Services, LLC
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Mr. Anthony Nicolosi became a Director of the Company, effective August 1, 2003. He was elected to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors. Mr. Nicolosi is the Senior Vice President of Volvo Financial Services LLC., publicly held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with annual revenues of approximately $29 billion. Prior to joining Volvo Financial Services LLC, Mr. Nicolosi was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Volvo Finance North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Ford Motor Credit Corporation since 2001. Mr. Nicolosi joined Volvo Finance North America in October 1998, as Vice President Operations. From January 1997 through October 1998, Mr. Nicolosi was General Manager of the New Jersey Market Area with Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. Prior to joining Volvo Cars of North America, Mr. Nicolosi worked for the public accounting firm N.L. Fish & Company of Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Mr. Nicolosi is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants. |
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Brian McCaan
Director, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer
ADVA Optical Networking, Inc.
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Mr. McCann became a director of Nexxus Lighting in October 1995. Since 1996, Mr. McCann has held successive positions with ADVA Optical Networking, Inc., a manufacturer of optical networking systems used for high-speed metropolitan area telecommunication and enterprise networks. Currently, Mr. McCann is serving as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer of ADVA AG Optical Networking and President of ADVA Optical Networking, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of ADVA AG in Munich, Germany. Prior to joining ADVA Optical Networking in 1996, Mr. McCann was the Director of Sales and Marketing for 3M Corp, Specialty Optical Fiber Group. |
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Edgar Protiva
Director
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Mr. Protiva became a director of Nexxus Lighting in March 1994. From 1968 to 1979 Mr. Protiva was engaged in the commercial banking industry. From 1980 to present Mr. Protiva has been engaged in various merchant banking activities, doing business as K.C.L. Associates. |
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Fritz Zeck
Director
Past President
Cooper Lighting
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Mr. Zeck became a director of Nexxus Lighting in January 1999. From 1994 until retiring in December 2002, Mr. Zeck served as President of Cooper Lighting, Inc., a manufacturer of lighting products. From 1985 until 1994, he served as Vice President of Sales for Cooper Lighting. Mr. Zeck joined Metalux in 1976 where he was Regional Sales Manager for the Central portion of the United States. He founded Lumark Lighting in 1978, which was a division of Metalux. |
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