DesignLights Consortium announces new Industry Advisory Committee members

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has announced that five new members have been added to the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC), a 15-member body of lighting professionals who provide advice and support for the mission and strategic direction of the DLC.

“The DLC is excited to welcome these new IAC members as we begin implementing significant updates to our Solid-State Lighting (SSL) and LUNA technical requirements and continue to promote implementation of lighting controls,” DLC Executive Director and CEO Tina Halfpenny said. “Along with the existing members, they bring breadth and depth of experience in lighting technology, and we look forward to collaborating with them in the months and years ahead.”

As outlined in the IAC’s charter, its members may include designees from up to four lighting manufacturers with the highest number of listings on the DLC’s SSL Qualified Products List (QPL), as well as designees from two small lighting manufacturers (fewer than 250 employees) with products on the SSL or Horticultural QPL; two medium manufacturers ( 250 to 1,000 employees) listed on the SSL or Horticultural QPL; three lighting controls manufacturers with products on the Networked Lighting Controls QPL; two lighting distributors; and two specifiers.

The following self-nominated and DLC-appointed industry representatives will replace outgoing IAC members: Tyson Taussig, lighting specialist at Broken Arrow Electric Supply; Greg Hermanowycz, director of project development at Wesco Energy Solutions; Francois R.-Moisan, co-founder and CTO at Sollum Technologies; Evan Smith, vice president of products and sourcing at Keystone Technologies; and Jennifer Shockley-Loose, operations manager at SiteLogIQ. Together, these new members represent lighting distributors, small lighting manufacturers, and specifiers, adding a broad range of market and technical perspectives to the council.

In addition to the new appointments, the IAC continues to include Michael Davidson, solutions architect engineer at Synapse Wireless; Stephen Irving, standards development leader at Lutron Electronics; Eric Miller, co-founder, CEO, and CTO of Avi-on Labs; Dan Wang-Munson, optics, test, and compliance manager at RAB Lighting; Jonathan Vollers, LC, senior director of engineering at Cree Lighting; and Bernie Erickson, CMO emeritus and key accounts representative. The council also includes designees from lighting manufacturers with the most SSL QPL listings: Michael O’Boyle, LC, technical policy manager at Signify; Mark Hand, vice president of engineering at Acuity Brands; Devin Jernigan, vice president of strategy, marketing, and innovation at Illumus; and Jeremy Yon, director of compliance and industry relations at Current Lighting.