{"id":31979,"date":"2016-11-16T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=31979"},"modified":"2016-11-16T01:28:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T06:28:32","slug":"abb-lighting-officially-changes-company-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/abb-lighting-officially-changes-company-name\/","title":{"rendered":"ABB Lighting Officially Changes Company Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abovealllighting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ABB Lighting<\/a> has announced it has officially changed its company name to Above All Lighting. The &#8220;Above All&#8221; name helps create a distinct name for the company as it strives to improve in the LED lighting field.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nIn addition to re-branding the company, the Above All Lighting Board of Directors has announced other changes to the management team.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nGuy Esposito, who has worked for more than 35 years in the lighting &#038; electrical distribution industry, has been promoted to president of the company after serving as vice president of sales since the company&#8217;s inception. Concurrently, Hector Gannon has been elevated to VP of sales after serving as director of national accounts. That position will be filled by Paul Schooley, who was the company&#8217;s Eastern Region sales manager.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m honored and excited to serve as president of Above All Lighting. We have the people, the products and the leadership to accomplish whatever we set our sights on,&#8221; said Esposito, who spent more than three years with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fulham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fulham<\/a> before joining ABB Lighting in June 2015. &#8220;The culture we are developing will make us strong and the team we are building will help us to continue to grow this company in the coming years.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nResponsible for the Energy Solutions Channel at Fulham, Esposito created a new sales channel for the commercial and industrial energy efficiency market and experienced double-digit growth every year he was there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABB Lighting has announced it has officially changed its company name to Above All Lighting. 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