Jodi Albaitis, MS, CFRE, has been working in the nonprofit field for more than 20 years. She has served public school districts, colleges and universities, and a wide range of community-based non-profit organizations as a fundraiser, grant writer, communications specialist, strategic planner, program designer, and more. She lives in Grand Rapids, MI, with her husband, Steve. Between the two of them, they have three college-aged kiddos and one goofy rescue dog.

Join us as Ross Reida shares information on financing your LED Lighting upgrades with FREE MONEY!

Ross has been funding projects 30 years! He plays a role in transforming energy efficient projects, which have been frustrated by budgetary issues, long sales cycles, and low close rates due to the upfront project cost. Innovative financing has elliminated those challenges and made LED Upgrages frictionless! 

Cindy Blumenfeld from Engineered Tax Services brings a fun & informative discussion on the latest & greatest tax incentives. Cindy discussed the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) sec.179D Tax Deductions, Disposition of retired assets, Cost Segregation studies, R&D Tax Credits & more! Learn how the these recent tax law changes may help you secure more jobs, and increase your / your clients ROI.

Dave is the Electrical Supervisor for Odawa Casino in Michigan. He was on the leading edge of (lighting based) energy savings, and an early adopter of LED as well. Dave has also found many other ways to save energy, cut carbon emmissions, and more. He's a passionate leader in the field and speaks to many other folks in his position in other casinos. Great to hear his stories of success! 

Ramesh worked as a researcher doing fundamental and application research at the Lighting Research Center in the earlier part of his Career.. He moved on as Optical design engineer at Kurt Versen (now part of Hubbell brands) and got them using LED’s in their downlights. Ramesh took up a Product management role at Maxlite a little over 6 years ago, and managed to grow their indoor industrial and commercial line significantly. He was the key inventor of the c-Max control system that we've also discussed recently and also integrated c-Max into 7 product lines. Fun fact.. Ramesh and his wife both have the same educational background with the same degrees.. she is more of a designer and worked at Zumtobel. She does not work in Lighting anymore. Brought to you by the LED Source Franchise business. 

Brendan leads MaxLite’s global manufacturing and supply chain strategy, including inventory planning, quality, assembly, distribution and opportunity capture. Prior to joining MaxLite, Brendan advanced through leadership positions in operations, product management and engineering at Acuity Brands’ Mark Lighting, Philips Lighting, Lockheed Martin and United Defense. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Penn State University and MBA in finance from Temple University.

On Episode 20, Brendan joins us to discuss: 

• Congestion at the ports causing delays
• Impact of seasonal surges on capacity
• Cost of shipping impacting prices
• IC chip impact
• Counter measures

Stephen heads up outdoor products for leading brand, MaxLite. He's with us today to discuss a lot of things LED - but especially the latest launch of MaxLite's M-Series fixtures, featuring c-Max controls. 

Mark Jewell and his company, Selling Energy, is the hands down leader on sales training within the energy savings and LED lighting industries. He once again shares ideas that can benefit ANYONE in the space, and get you on your way to higher learning and higher earning... especially following this crazy pandemic! Brought to you by LED Source® Franchise business system. 

Umesh Baheti is SVP for Product, Engineering and Supplier Relations for MaxLite. In his capacity, he oversees product development and roadmap for the entire MaxLite product portfolio and bringing new innovation to market. Umesh brings strong industry and technology perspective on innovation with his past experiences with enterprises including Philips Lighting and Amazon. Umesh has led the innovation team for MaxLite C-Max controls, a unique and leading integrated controls solution. Check it out!