Al is an experienced executive with over 25 years of experience in the lighting industry. He is the Principal of inside.lighting, an online media company that provides valuable resources to lighting industry professionals. Additionally, Al offers strategy consulting for select clients, and most recently served on the Advisory Council for Graham Partners portfolio company, Myers EPS.

Al has held several management roles with leading lighting companies including CEO of Traxon Technologies, a division of Osram; Area Vice President at Cooper Lighting Solutions; and VP of Sales and Marketing at NICOR, Inc. Al also served as an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University, instructing courses on Professional Selling and Public Speaking.

Al earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and went on to earn his M.B.A. in Management from Hofstra University.