Jerry Flauto
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Senior Lighting Specialist For over 40 years, Jerry has worked for GE in a variety of lighting roles involving the design, engineering, manufacturing and application of halogen and high intensity discharge sources. Jerry specializes in industrial and outdoor lighting applications. He is a member of the Progress Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and has a Lighting Certified (LC) credential from the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions. |
Dave Korow
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Senior Lighting Specialist Dave has almost 30 year of service with GE. He came to GE as a student-co-op in HID engineering in 1981; he took a full time position in 1983 after graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree from Cleveland State University. In his career with GE Lighting, Dave has served as a Design Engineer for Metal Halide Lamps and as a Project Leader in Compact Fluorescent Lamps. The last ten years, Dave served as Product Service Engineer for HID lamps and ballasts and joined the Lighting Institute Staff in 2009. |
Mary Beth Gotti
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Manager, Lighting & Electrical Institute Mary Beth is the manager of the GE Lighting Institute and has over 25 years of experience with GE Lighting. She has held a number of positions in lamp technology and marketing, including Lamp Development Engineer for both incandescent and metal halide lamps, Senior Product and Application Specialist, and Manager of Lighting Education. She has BS and MS degrees in Physics and earned her MBA in 1992 from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Mary Beth is active on several committees of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and served on the Board of Directors for 5 years. She is Lighting Certified (LC) by NCQLP (National Association on Qualifications for Lighting Professionals). |
Joe Howley
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Manager, Industry Relations and Environmental Marketing Joe is Manager of Industry Relations and Environmental Marketing for GE Consumer and Industrial. He has over 20 years of experience with GE and has worked in several technical marketing positions. Joe has an Architectural Engineering Degree from Penn State University and an MBA from Lake Erie College. He is past Chairman of the Lamp Section of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and Chairman of Electro-Federation's Lamp Committee in Canada. In addition, Joe is the past Chairman of the ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 National Building Energy Code Lighting Subcommittee and is a member of the Energy Management Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). |
Gary Huggler
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Training Specialist Gary brings many years of sales experience and product knowledge to his role as training specialist in the Electrical Distribution area. Gary joined GE as a Sales Engineer in 1993 after many years in sales with other companies. He then held other roles at GE including Systems Engineer and Specification Engineer. Gary has a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Distribution from Clarkson University. |
Cheryl Maenza
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Lighting Specialist Cheryl Maenza is a Lighting Product & Communications Specialist who has been with Lighting since 1987. As product specialist, she interacts with customers, sales people and product management on a daily basis, answering technical questions and communicating product information to our sales force and its customers. Cheryl publishes a newsletter targeted to the specification community and plays a key role in the coordination and communication of events relating to the prestigious GE Edison Award. Having been with GE more than 30 years, she has a diverse background in various GE businesses and has held positions in sales, purchasing, customer service, and marketing. Cheryl is also a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). |
Bill Neely
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Senior Electrical Systems Specialist Bill has worked in the electrical field for more than 30 years. Over 24 years of that time has been with General Electric. During that time, he has held positions as an Electrician, Distributor Sales Manager, Automation Sales Specialist, Field Sales Engineer and Training Specialist. He most recently became a member of the GE Lighting and Electrical Institute at Nela Park in Cleveland Ohio. He designed, developed, and presented over 300 "on the Road" classes over the past 10 years. Bill is a graduate of the University of Louisville Speed Engineering School with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and holds Professional Engineering credentials in both Mechanical and Electrical disciplines. |
Sri Rahm
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Senior Lighting Specialist Sri Rahm, M.S.(Physics); M.B.A., joined GE Lighting in 1980 as a Physicist in the Metal Halide Engineering Department. Between 1987 and 1999 Sri worked in a number of different capacities in the Lighting Industry including engineering, marketing, training and consulting, and returned to GE in 1999 as a staff member at the Institute. He teaches Physics as a part-time faculty member at Case Western Reserve University. Sri is Lighting Certified (LC) by the NCQLP and is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) where he serves on the Papers Committee. |
Roy Sierleja
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Senior Lighting Specialist Roy has worked for GE for over 30 years in the lighting business, including positions in product engineering, manufacturing and marketing and sales. He was formerly the Manager of GE's Product Testing and Evaluation Laboratory where he was involved with all phases of fluorescent, HID and incandescent product testing including photometry, colorimetry, and life testing. Roy has been a speaker at a number of conferences including Lightfair, IES, NALMCO, PRSM, FMI and NAESCO. He specializes in discharge lamp/ballast systems and energy saving strategies in lighting. Roy is a graduate of Cleveland State University, a member of IESNA and holds a Lighting Certified (LC) credential from the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) |
Mike Smith
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GE Ballast Manager Mike Smith has been with GE since 1994. Prior to that, he spent 14 years with General Motors as a Facilities Engineer, where he provided new building designs and retrofits of existing electrical and lighting systems. He is a frequent guest speaker at the Institute, and teaches part-time at Sinclair College. He is on the Advisory Board for Adams Wealth Group and the University of Dayton Industrial Board for Engineering. |