Egret Consulting is celebrating 25th Anniversary in 2024!

Egret, Inc. was founded by Ted Konnerth and incorporated on November 2, 1999. Ted leveraged his experience in the lighting industry as an independent rep and then VP of Sales at Cooper Lighting to launch Egret. Ted purchased a franchise from Management Recruiter’s Inc. (MRI) and opened Egret’s office doors November 15, 1999. Egret began specializing in Lighting manufacturers and then started serving Electrical Distributors. Egret was awarded the Rookie of the Year office from MRI in 2000 and won multiple additional awards through 2003.

The business name was changed to Egret Consulting Group in 2002 and left MRI in 2004. Egret rapidly grew to become the largest and most successful search firm in the electrical industry.

Ted Konnerth retired from Egret Consulting in 2019. Egret was purchased that year by Brooke Ziolo. Egret has thrived under Brooke’s leadership and continues to grow at an exceptional pace. Egret has expanded over our first quarter century to focus on virtually every vertical in the electrical industry.

Egret Consulting currently focuses on Lighting Manufacturers, Lighting Rep Agencies, Lighting Design, AE & MEP Firms, ESCO’s and Contractors, Electrical Distributors, Wire and Cable Manufacturers, Tool Manufacturers, Power Distribution Manufacturers & Rep Agencies, Industrial Automation, Building Automation, Renewable Energy Technologies, Utilities, Cybersecurity, Software Programming, and IT.

Egret Consulting’s value proposition throughout our 25-year history has always been our unmatched market expertise and absolute honesty and ethics. Egret values the relationships that we’ve built over our first quarter century with our exceptional client partners and the outstanding industry talent that we have the privilege of speaking to every day. Egret was founded on the famous phrase “Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

We are grateful to have served the electrical industry for the past 25 years and look forward to our next 25 and beyond!

Industry Recruiters – Return on Investment

You have an urgent hiring need. One of your top performers left unexpectedly, or you need to replace an under-performing team member. In either case, you realize the role needs to be filled in a timely manner and with a stronger candidate that can solve the challenges the predecessor faced to further grow your business.

The value of working with Egret Consulting?

You clearly acknowledge the value in working with a professional recruiter that specializes in your industry. In the case of Egret Consulting; the electrical industry. You realize that nobody knows your marketplace better than Egret. You recognize that we identify who your competitors are, understand your go to market strategy, know the technologies involved in your products and can effectively identify, attract, and land the candidates that are both a professional and cultural fit for your organization. Easy, peasy, right?

Brooke

National Accounts Manager – Remote – 5192

Operations Director – IL – 5202

Specifications Regional Sales Manager – CA -5204

Jim

Product Engineering Manager – VT – 5126

Product Manager/Architectural Lighting Products – NY – 5160

ESCO National Sales Manager – Remote / West – 5206

Western Regional Sales Manager – Southern California – 5218

National Account Manager – MRO – California or Remote – 5219



Cass

Inside Sales – Northern Suburbs of Chicago – 5161

Regional Sales Manager – New York City – 5179

Quotations – Virginia – 5186

Outside Sales – East Coast, Virginia – 5187

Inside Sales – CA – 5189

Customer Service – California Remote – 5208

Jacque

Lighting Designer – Chicago or Denver – 5096

Senior Lighting Designer – Denver – 5115

Lighting Designer – Chicago – 5162

Jr/Mid Lighting Designer – Denver, CO – 5163

Inside Sales – DC or Miami – 5211

Lighting Project Manager – Montreal – 5220

Pete

Project Manager – Long Island, NY – 5131

Quotations – NY – 5133

Account Manager / Inside Sales – LA area – 5141

Project Manager – IL – 5203

Promotions

Colette Fleming - Executive VP of Sales & Marketing, New Star Lighting

Courteney Cox - Senior HR Specialist - Talent Acquisition, Lutron Electronics

Emily Hughes - Sales Supervisor, Lutron Electronics

Jane Slade - Principal, Speclines

John Persky - VP of Sales Operations, New Star Lighting

Johnny Bubert - Vice President of Controls and Integration, Legacy Lighting

Kayla Galecka - Lighting Sales Operations Group Leader, Landscape Forms

Lou Calvo - Vice President of Sales, Kenall

Luke Renwick - Senior Principal, SmithGroup

Madison Schroeder - Operations Manager, TMC Sales, Inc.

Paige Rivero - Senior Lighting Associate, Power Design, Inc.

Rashad Harper - Product Manager - Standalone Controls, Current Lighting

Sona Bill - VP of Marketing, Solais Lighting

Job Moves

Alison Thibaut - Outside Sales Rep, Lightspec, LLC

Allison Norgaard - Specification Sales, Forman & Associates, Inc.

Ann Limon - Inside Sales, SLG Lighting

Brenda Lowell - Specification Sales, Performance Lighting Systems

Brian Baker - Sales West Texas, NEXGEN Lighting Solutions

Brian Roth - VP of Development, Lighting Services, Inc.

Daniel Batista - Regional VP of Sales, Coronet LED

Daniel Bunch - Key Accounts, GENLED AgiLight

David Kelley - Sr. Director of Specification Sales, Pinnacle Architectural Lighting

Drew Leadford - Design Engineer, Lumos Architectural Lighting

Drew Roberts - VP, Southeast Region, Current Lighting

Dylan Sambrano - Western Regional Sales Manager, ZLEDLighting

Elena Kushinskaya - Western Regional Sales Manager, PMC Lighting

Elise Benedict - Lighting Designer, Patdo Light Studio

Evan Lepore - Northeast Regional Sales Manager, Lumascape

Gary Perez - Inside Sales, SLG Lighting

Gil Fabian - Outside Sales Rep, L.A. Lighting

Glenn Horstmann - Regional VP, NLS Lighting, LLC

Guy Esposito - VP Regional Sales Manager, Acuity Brands

Jackie Aller - Outside Sales, Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting

Jackson Salter - Outside Sales Rep, Triangle Lighting Solutions

Jamie Doerbecker - Project Manager, CS Illumination

Jason Buckner - Central Regional Sales Manager, Lumenwerx

Jason Schaffer - Director of Specification, Keystone Technologies

Jennifer Conley - Area Manager & Specification Manager, United Electrical Sales

Jim Colantoni III - Head of Sales, Leadsun USA

Johnathan Maxwell - Application Engineer, KSA Lighting & Controls

Jonathan Coombe - Quotations, FRM Lighting & Controls

Juan Arango - Outside Sales Rep, FRM, Inc.

Karina Lysenko - Lighting Designer, Gwen Grossman Lighting Design

Kat Bicknell - Sr. Lighting Designer, AE Design

Kathy King - Inside Sales Rep, L.A. Lighting

Kevin Smulski - Business Support Manager, Leotek

Lance Hollner - President & CEO, MaxLite

Mark Eckroth - National Specification Sales Manager, GlobaLux Lighting

Matt Hutches - Project Manager, FRM Lighting & Controls

Michael Bell - Inside Sales Support, Eiko

Michael Maltezos - Assistant Vice President, Lighting, WSP

Myesha Villamar - Inside Sales Rep, L.A. Lighting

Nikki Nichols - Infrastructure Project Manager, Meade

Paige Papley - Specification Sales, WOW Lighting & Controls

Patrick McGraw - Specification/Technical Sales Representative - East Coast, Intermatic

Pete Caraviello - Management of Outside Sales and Business Development, AYO Lighting

Shaun McNeil - RSM, Organic Lighting Systems, Orgatech Architectural Lighting

Steve Glenn - Director of Sales, North America, Lumascape

Thomas Barnes - Director of Sales, Bulbrite Industries

Tim Newell - Regional Sales Manager, Valmont Industries

Tracy Miller - Showroom Channel Sales Manager - West Coast, Legrand, North America

Tricia McGrath - Regional Sales Manager, New Star Lighting

Wade Johnson - Director of Business Development, MaxLite

Yavor Kolarov - Chief Revenue Officer, Eiko 

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/