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Brett Kingstone
Chairman of the Board
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Mr. Kingstone is our founder. He was employed by us in a senior executive capacity from our formation in 1991 until December 31, 2005. He has been chairman of the company's board of directors since our formation in 1991. Mr. Kingstone resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on December 31, 2005, but remained the Chairman of the Board. From July 1999 through December 31, 2005, Mr. Kingstone served as our Chief Executive Officer and President. From November 1997 to July 1999, Mr. Kingstone served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From our inception to November 1997 he was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Since stepping down as our President and Chief Executive Officer on December 31, 2005, Mr. Kingstone has served as an independent consultant to Nexxus Lighting and has managed Max King Realty, a commercial real estate company he has owned since 1994. From October 1985 until January 1991, Mr. Kingstone served as an independent consultant in the area of fiber optic technology.
From December 1988 until October 1989, he served as President of Fibermedia Corporation in Boulder, Colorado. From January 1984 to August 1985, he was a partner in Kingstone Prato, Inc., a venture capital partnership in Boulder, Colorado. From August 1981 through December 1983, he served as Vice President of Sales of Gekee Fiber Optics, Inc. in Palo Alto, California. Mr. Kingstone is a graduate of Stanford University and the author of three books - The Student Entrepreneur's Guide (McGraw-Hill), The Dynamos (John Wiley & Sons; Koksaido Press) and The Real War Against America (Specialty Publishing Company). |
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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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John Oakley
Chief Financial Officer |
Mr. Oakley joined the company in May of 2007 as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Nexxus Lighting team, Mr. Oakley served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Home Meridian International. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Pulaski Furniture Corporation, a subsidiary of Home Meridian. He joined the furniture manufacturer and importer as Vice President and Treasurer in 2001. Prior to Pulaski Furniture, Mr. Oakley was Corporate Controller for Collins and Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc. from 1997 to 2001 and Senior Auditor for Arthur Andersen, LLP from 1992 to 1997. Mr. Oakley holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and also honorably served in the United States Navy |
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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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Anthony T. Castor III
Director
President & CEO
Katy Industries, Inc.
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Mr. Castor became a director of Nexxus Lighting in October 2004. He was elected to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors. Mr. Castor is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Katy Industries, a publicly held company with annual revenues of approximately $450 million dealing with both consumer and commercial products. Prior to joining Katy Industries in 2005, Mr. Castor was the president of Chromalox, Inc., a manufacturer of electric heating products located in Pittsburgh, PA. From early 2000 to 2002, Mr. Castor served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Morgan Group, Inc., a specialty transportation company. Mr. Castor joined the Morgan Group in a turnaround capacity and during his tenure the primary assets of the company were divested prior to liquidating the remaining assets of the company. The Morgan Group filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in 2002. From January 1998 until January 2000, Mr. Castor served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Precision Industrial Corporation, a worldwide supplier of capital equipment for processing metal. From 1993 until 1997, Mr. Castor was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hayward Industries, Inc., a worldwide supplier of pumps, filters, heaters and other accessories for the pool and spa industries as well as industrial filtration equipment. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Castor was Corporate Vice President of Crompton & Knowles Corporation, a supplier of specialty chemicals and process equipment and President of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingredient Technology Corporation. Mr. Castor previously served as a director of Super Vision from September, 1996 through May, 2003. |
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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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