TerraLUX Appoints Lighting Industry Veteran Mark Verheyen to CEO

Verheyen, who has more than 20 years of sales and senior management experience in the lighting industry, most recently served as Senior Vice President of International Sales & Business Development at Universal Lighting Technologies, a division of Panasonic. Prior to that, Verheyen held the position of President at Vossloh-Schwabe Inc. where he played a key role in the merger into Universal Lighting. Verheyen started his lighting career in sales and management roles at Osram.

“We are extremely pleased to have Mark join us at TerraLUX during this exciting time for the company” said Anthony Catalano, TerraLUX company founder and CTO. “Mark’s vast knowledge and leadership experience in the illumination market will contribute tremendously to the rapid growth in development and sales of integrated LED light engines and modules that we will experience at TerraLUX”.

“TerraLUX is a smart company that is well positioned to assume a leadership role in the LED illumination market”, said Verheyen. “I am excited and honored to be joining. The combination of patented intelligent technology such as LEDSenseTM Thermal Management with thoughtful product execution of easy to integrate LED light engines enables us to deliver world-class LED performance and fast time-to-market for OEM lighting manufacturers and retrofit opportunities alike, and significantly contribute to the reduction of energy usage for lighting in the U.S. and around the globe ”.

Verheyen earned a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany. He has lived and worked in Germany, Thailand, Singapore, and the U.S. during his various lighting career roles.