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Spotlight Mark Kelly – April

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Spotlight On Talent

Engineering/Product Leaders

April 2024

Product Development Director – Lighting

Deeply experienced results driven lighting product development executive within the Big Box channel. Successfully launched 100’s of items with retail sales of more than $50 million. Experienced in leading cross functional teams to achieve company goals. Sourcing and international travel to develop and determine factories. Collaborating with customers to design, develop and manage products to their individual needs. Proven results, highly motivated to exceed expectations.

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Marketing Manager – Lighting

Servant-leader who embraces extreme ownership with over 10-years in product/project management, operations, and marketing roles in lamps and industrial/outdoor lighting. Unique mix of consultative, customer-centric approach along with analytical capabilities which led to finding and maintaining a major customer who accounted for 40% of revenue while in sales and a 25% cost reduction on the largest volume line as a product manager.

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Senior Product Manager

15+ years of experience in lighting industry and academia, especially in human centric and IoT product design and applications. Experienced in electrical, optical, and thermal designs for lighting modules and indoor fixtures. Managed and built ecosystems for more than 8 product lines, brought more than $5M incremental revenue. Strong experience in energy codes, building regulations, and GUV products. Holding PhD, PMP, LC and WELL AP credentials.

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VP / Director of Global Quality and Program Management

An Executive with 20+ years of experience spanning various industries including Aerospace, Power Generation, Telecommunications, HVAC, Electronics and Life Safety. Revenues from $200M to $8B. Experienced in end-to-end quality, product development and manufacturing of LEDs, integrated circuits, and mobile device software integration. With a track record of building high-performing teams to resolve customer issues with a passion for excellence and commitment to exceeding customer expectations.

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About Mark Kelly

Mark Kelly is an Account Executive with Pompeo Group, specializing in recruitment for Engineering, Operations, and Contract positions for lighting manufacturers, distributors and energy service providers. His foundation in leadership was cultivated through his experience in the US Navy, GE, Seoul Semiconductor and Leff Electric. Mark earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and has over 20 years of technical and commercial expertise.

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