Egret Consulting would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to those who partnered with us this year. Your trust and collaboration have been instrumental in our shared success, and we are excited to continue building on this foundation in the year ahead. For those we haven't had the pleasure of working with yet, we invite you to join us in 2025. Together, we can explore opportunities to achieve your goals and drive meaningful results.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas, a joyful Holiday season and a prosperous New Year!

Brooke, Jim, Cass, Jacque, Pete

Egret Consulting celebrated our 25th Anniversary with an incredible team dinner in Chicago on Friday, December 6th.

We were joined by Egret Consulting's founder, Ted Konnerth, who took a leap of faith in 1999 and launched what would become the largest and most successful Executive Recruiting Firm serving the Electrical Industry.

Egret is proud of what we’ve accomplished in our first 25 years. We are trusted daily to advise and guide our client partners as we help to build and grow their companies through talent acquisition. We help the amazing candidates that we work with to better their lives by placing them into opportunities that significantly contribute to their personal and professional growth.

The work we do comes with tremendous responsibility and enormous challenges.

In the end, we simply love what we are privileged to do every day!

Recruiting is a people business.

This photo represents more than employees and their families gathering and / or recognizing 25 years of Egret Consulting’s accomplishments and contributions. Egret Consulting is far greater than a team of professionals striving for, and exceeding a common goal. We are a family. A family that shares genuine appreciation, affection, dedication, and respect for one another. A group that collectively has a ton of fun and is proud to have helped shape the Electrical Industry for the past quarter century!

Please join us as we navigate our next 25 years…Our successes cannot be realized alone…Let’s do this together!

Happy 25th Anniversary, Egret Consulting!

Careers: Remote Work and Relocation

Articulate your incentives and benefits

Things have obviously changed significantly in employment trends since 2020, so I thought I would take a “recruiter’s perspective” look at the numbers based on my placements in the lighting industry over the last 16 years to provide some concrete evidence. As suspected, since 2020, relocations have decreased and remote positions have increased. 

Account Manager / Inside Sales – LA area – 5141

Manufacturing Engineer – Mid-Atlantic Region – 5263

Specification Regional Sales Manager – West – 5281

Design Engineer – IL – 5285

Design Engineer – FL – 5300

Sales Manager – Remote – 5306

Project Engineer – Remote – 5307

Inside Sales / Quotations – On site North New York City – 5316

Applications Engineer, TN – 5323

Quotations – NY/Hybrid – 5324

Regional Sales Manager/Specifications – West – 5327

Engineering Project Manager – ON, Canada – 5328

Promotions

Alyson Harney - Brand Experience Manager - Connected Systems, Genlyte, Signify

Amanda Rodriguez - Product Manager, Nicor

Angelie Schaefer - Lead Estimator, Linx Lighting & Controls

Beatrice Witzgall - Head of Software, Siemens

Blaise Olafson - General Manager, Intelligent Lighting Controls, Cooper Lighting Solutions

Cody Derby - Area Leader (Northeast), Lutron Electronics

Conor Redding - Regional Sales Manager, South Central, Steinel America, Inc.

Daniel Melnyk - Architectural Sales Manager Lead, Acuity Brands

Holly Blake - VP of Sales, Kuzco Lighting

Joseph Borrelli - Quotations, SeaTac Lighting & Controls

Khwanrudee Samranvedhya - Senior Designer, Tillett Lighting Design Associates 

Kristin Graessle - Specification Sales, Illuminate NY

Kyle Seabolt - VP of Sales, LEDCONN Corp

Lauren Johnson - Talent Development Specialist - Operations, Lutron Electronics

Maddie Zyck - Sales Representative, Lutron Electronics

Matthew Fowler - Northwest Regional Manager, LEDVANCE

Mike Nesdill - President, Pulse Products

Nino De La Rosa - Principal, CAL Lighting

Reza Khosh - Sr. Manager Design Engineering, Acuity Brands

Ricky Lopez - Director of Customer Experience, Archipelago Lighting Group

Ryan Linton - Senior Associate, ME Engineers

Shane Wilkinson - Planning Supervisor, BEGA North America

Spencer Pidgeon - National Business Development Manager, Cooper Lighting Solutions

Tori Sanford - Director of Product Management, Acuity Brands

Job Moves

Ahmet Alasyali - Specification Sales Director, JAW Lighting

Alex Katz - Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Verozza Lighting

Anastasia Citsay - Area Sales Manager, Current Lighting

Austin Young - Northeast Regional Sales Manager, Nova Flex LED

Bob Pressler, III - Sales Director, USA, Soluxio Lighting

Braulio Zenteno - Project Director, Studio Atomic

Calvin Akers - Principal, Kore Lighting and Controls

Chad Luttrell - Director of Sales, Lighting, John Carter and Associates

Chelsae Bauknecht - Lighting Design & Client Solutions Manager, Illuminate

Claudio Stornelli - Cordelia Lighting Inc.

Colin Inderwish - Lighting Studio Lead, AE Design

Crissty Carrington - Director of Sales, Tarrant Lighting

Curt Good - Sales Representative, The Lighting Agency

Daniel Grumney - Regional Sales Manager, Red Sky Lighting

Denise Rumsey - VP of Business Development, RENO Lighting

Dennis Vogel - Senior Lighting Designer, Wynn Design & Development

Derek Marion - Field Services Engineer, Electronic Theatre Controls

Emily Freed - Project Manager, ERT Lighting

Jeffrey Bristol - VP, Lighting Division, NEMRA

Jeremy Pivnick - Senior Lighting Designer, AKLD Lighting Design

Jessica Esce - Sales Support Specialist, Bay Lighting

Joeli Collins - Applications, JAW Lighting

John Martello - Inside Sales, ALR

John Murphy - Sales Manager, New Horizon Lighting

Josh Hancock - Regional Sales Manager, NICOR Lighting

Kelly Davis - Outside Sales Representative, Illuminate NY

Ken Lager - Specialty Lighting, Repco II

Kevin Kallenbaugh - Vice President Sales Operations, EIGHT3SIX

Kyle Leighton - Central/West Regional Sales Manager, Peachtree Lighting

LaPhonso “Rob” Robinson - Quotations, JAW Lighting

Lee Marshall - Controls Specialist, Lightspec

Leigh Gice - Functional Marketing Manager, WAC Lighting

Lexi LaVanchy - Specification Sales Representative, BEGA North America

Liberty MacDougall - Senior Associate, Senior Lighting Designer, Stantec

Luke Fritz - US Sales Manager/FAE, Sosen USA, Inc

Marie-Pier Jodoin - Specification Sales Manager, Atrium

Mark Jenson - GM, Hossley Lighting & Power Solutions

Mark Killoran - Director of Distribution Sales, Canada, Acuity Brands

Mike Felton - Vice President - Ohio Valley, JAW Lighting

Mike Scheidt - Director of Contractor / Distributor Sales, JAW Lighting

Nathan McLeod - Chief Strategy Officer, Halco Lighting Technologies

Naz Argun - Project Manager of Construction, American Eagle Solutions

Patrick Williams - Operations, JAW Lighting

Raul Guevara - General Manager, Mercury Architectural Lighting

Robert Dempsey - Sales Director, Elemental LED Inc.

Russell Pierce - Specification Sales, Bell & McCoy Lighting and Controls

Steve Farley - Western Area Sales Manager, Current Lighting 

Sydney Luper - Senior Lighting Designer, John Cullen Lighting

TJ Lobmeyer - Controls Quotations, Bell & McCoy Lighting and Controls

Trinidad Valdez - Specification Sales Representative, David Silverman & Associates

Wayne King - Regional Sales Manager, Current Lighting

President / Executive Recruiter

Brooke has been recruiting in the lighting industry since 2008. Her expertise includes recruiting in lighting manufacturing, lighting design, ESCO’s and rep agencies with positions ranging from mid-level to C-Suite / Executive level in sales, marketing, engineering, operations, product management, lighting design, etc. Brooke is also a member of the IALD Affiliate, IES, WILD, NAILD, NAED and The Pinnacle Society.

847.307.7127

bz@egretconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightingrecruiter/

Executive Recruiter

Pete joined Egret Consulting in 2023 as a Lighting Industry Recruiter. He is responsible for conducting professional searches for entry-level to C-Suite-level roles, including Inside / Outside Sales, Quotes, Project Management, Branch Managers, etc. for Lighting Distributors nationwide, as well as lighting manufacturers. 

847.305.3146

ps@egretconsulting.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petesanjuanlightingrecruiter/