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6 JUNE 2017
Changing of the Guard at Halco Lighting Technologies
Khalil named CEO and Cook retires but remains on the board
NORCROSS,
GA - Halco Lighting
Technologies announces
that Fawaz Khalil will be
taking the helm as the
company's Chief Executive
Officer, following the
retirement of its CEO, Kim
Cook. Both Fawaz and Kim
will continue to serve on
the Board of Directors at
Halco. only continue with the
Cook's career at
Halco has spanned more
than 24 years. The first
13 years of her career
were spent in sales roles
including National Sales
Manager and VP Sales
and Marketing. In 2005,
Cook was promoted to
Chief Operating Officer.
She became President in
2012, followed by CEO in
2015. During her tenure,
Cook was instrumental in
Halco's impressive growth
through her leadership,
channel strategy, and major
Eaton Announces Winners of 40th Annual SOURCE Awards Lighting Design
Competition
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Honorable
Mentions: Karpinski
Engineering, Cleveland,
Ohio, and designer Marian
K. Perez, LC, MIES, for the
lighting design of the Erie
County Historical Society,
Watson-Curtze Mansion
and Carriage House in Erie,
Pennsylvania; Receiving
two awards, Lighting
Design Innovations,
Batavia, New York, and
the design team of Paul D.
Mercier, MS, LC, IALD,
MIES and Kimberly R.
Mercier, MBA, PE, P.Eng.,
LEED AP, MIES, for
the lighting upgrade at
Whitehead Hall at the City
of New York Brooklyn
College, Brooklyn, New
York, and for the lighting
design of the 1st Street
SW Underpass in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada; RNL,
Denver, Colorado, and
designers Rachel Fitzgerald, Ph.D., assistant professor
MIES, IALD, LC, LEED AP
BD+C and Jeanette Zagone,
LC, for the lighting design
of the Metro Division 14
Expo Light Rail Operations
and Maintenance Facility in
Santa Monica, California.
Student Category
- Winner: Hazel Chang
from Appalachian State
University, Boone, North
Carolina, for her conceptual Morris was under the
lighting design of a music
recording company’s sports
product category launches.
"After being promoted to
CEO in 2015, I continued
our focus on identifying
and leveraging industry
trends to ensure continued
success. In recent years, the where he delivered a
industry has undergone
significant technology
shifts in both lamps and
luminaires, which will
introduction of IoT in
the lighting space." Cook
said. "The decision to
step down required much
introspection and careful
consideration. In light
of where the industry is
heading it was clear that I
needed to step down and
let Fawaz take the reins for
this next phase of growth
and success for Halco," she
concluded.
Khalil brings
both lighting industry
experience and managing
aggressive growth in diverse
stadium skybox, titled
Sonata Music Classical
Skybox. A past winner
in 2014 and honorable
mention winner in 2015,
Chang was under the
instruction of Jeanne
Mercer-Ballard, M.A.,
associate professor in the
Department of Applied
Design, Interior Design
program and D. Jason
Miller, AIA, NCARB,
assistant professor in the
Department of Sustainable
Technology and the Built
Environment.
Honorable
Mentions: Elizabeth
Hundley from Appalachian
State University for her
conceptual lighting design
office building project,
titled Incandescent.
Hundley was the winner of
last year’s competition and
was under the direction
of Hessam Ghamari,
in the Department of
Applied Design, Interior
Design program, as
well as Jeanne Mercer-
Ballard; Emma Morris,
also from Appalachian
State University, for
her conceptual lighting
design restaurant project,
titled "Bloom" a Turkish-
American Restaurant.
direction of Mercer-
Ballard; Marissa Sexton
from University of
industries from early stage
startups to Fortune500
companies.
Most recently, he
was President - Purafil,
at the Filtration Group
successful turnaround
of a global business
delivering 3x market
growth and 30% profit
growth in a year through
strategy development and
disciplined execution, while
driving lean principles
across all functions,
including sales, marketing,
product management,
operations, finance and
customer service.
Prior to his role
at Purafil, he was Vice
President and General
Manager for Vertical
Markets and IoT solutions
at Acuity Brands where
he was responsible for
developing the overall
business strategy, top
Missouri-St. Louis and
Washington University,
St. Louis, Missouri, for
her healthcare facility
project, titled Healing
Light - The Green Health
Center. Sexton was under
the direction of Thomas
P. Collins, P.E., adjunct
professor of Electrical
Engineering; Emily Miller
from The University
of North Carolina at
Greensboro, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for her
conceptual eatery project,
titled Element. Miller
was under the direction
of Amanda Gale, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of the
Interior Architecture
program at the university;
Kassondra Hauck from
Central Michigan
University, Mount Pleasant,
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line revenue, creating
value-added vertical
market solutions, IoT
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applications, and remote
and field delivered services,
ultimately, transforming
the business profile and
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While at Acuity Brands,
he also managed the full
P&L for the Industrial
division which includes
high and low bay
luminaires, emergency
and exit lighting, modular
wiring and daylighting
solutions for various end
markets. Before joining
Acuity Brands, Fawaz spent
eight years with Danaher
Corporation, a global
science and technology
company. Khalil served the
company in manufacturing,
marketing and general
management positions.
His key accomplishments
Michigan, for her project,
titled The Community Teen
Center. Hauck was under
the instruction of Julie Qun
Zuo, associate professor
of Interior Design in the
Department of Human
Environmental Studies at
the university.
Award of
Recognition: Abigail Chin,
Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, for
her restaurant project,
titled Gourmasia. Chin
was under the direction
of Kevin Woolley, Ph.D.,
assistant professor of
Interior Design in the
Department of Art
and Design at Purdue
University.
The professional
winning firms, Tec Studio
Inc. and Robert Singer
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core growth and share
expansion in a shrinking
market by developing
segmentation, pricing
and digital marketing
capabilities. Additionally,
he was the subject-matter
expert across Danaher for
value-added solutions and
service commercialization
best practices.
Khalil holds a BS
in Computer Science from
the National University of
Computing and Emerging
Sciences in Pakistan and
an MBA from the Darden
School of Business at the
University of Virginia. He
and his family reside in
Johns Creek, GA.
For more
information, visit:
www.halcolighting.com.
and Associates, Inc., each
received a $5,000 monetary
award. Student winner
Chang received $2,000
and each of the Honorable
Mention professionals and
students was awarded $500.
All winners were presented
with a crystal trophy and
offered an invitation to
attend a complimentary
class at the SOURCE,
Eaton’s state-of-the-art
lighting educational center
located in Peachtree City,
Georgia. The students’
instructors are also invited
to attend a class.
For information
about this year’s 41st
Annual SOURCE Awards
competition, please visit:
TheLightingResouce.Eaton.
com.
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