Category: What I’ve Learned
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What I’ve Learned: Clifton Lemon
Chief Executive Officer, Clifton Lemon Associates President, IES San Francisco Section My grandpa always told me, ‘If you want to catch a fish, think like a fish.’ As we fished, I...
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What I’ve Learned: Daniel G. Salinas
President, Salinas Lighting Consult IES President 2013-2014 Marriage is teamwork. Everybody uses the term partnership, and it is. It’s not like one person leads--- you have to compromise and work together for...
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What I’ve Learned: Stan Angelo
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Westinghouse Lighting Corporation I was thrown into the family business at conception. I didn’t fall in love with it until I was able to contribute...
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What I’ve Learned: Peter Ngai
Lighting Industry Pioneer Aim high. When I was young, my father taught me to always set goals beyond what was comfortable for me to achieve. He said that goals should tax your...
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What I’ve Learned: Arthur Hatley
Vice President of Sales, Specialty Lighting Industries When I got into this industry there were no conglomerates— most of the lighting companies were small family-owned businesses. In the mid-seventies, the Keene Corporation...
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What I’ve Learned: Dawn Hollingsworth
Principal, Darkhorse Lightworks, LLC. Growing up, my grandmother was the most independent woman I knew. She worked hard and was self-sufficient until she reached her 90's. She knew my mother would have...
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What I’ve Learned: Bob Keimig
Vice Pdent of Sales, Nova Flex LED, Inc. Many years ago during an annual review, my manager said, ‘Your people perform so well because they want you to be successful.’ This became...
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What I’ve Learned: Rita M. Harrold
Retired –IES Director of Technology President of IES, 1985–86 Not only does each career move result in new and different skill sets, these learning experiences add up and build over time. Perhaps...
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What I’ve Learned: Cindy Thomas
General Manager of LED Sales,Alset LED We work for our families, not our companies. My father started a lighting company back in 1986 and that was my entrance to the lighting world....
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What I’ve Learned: Govi Rao
President & CEO, Noveda Technologies Growing up in India, one of my early realizations was to try to be innovative in getting things done----especially due to scarcity of resources. This also...
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