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About Tarrant Lighting

People

that's what Tarrant Lighting spends it's energy cultivating. Leading edge technology and comprehensive product knowledge are assets every lighting company promotes ... but here we believe those are hardly adequate without the right people. It starts at the top. Our two managing partners come with great credentials but more imporatntly with a heart for problem solving service.

Nick Baker (Managing Partner) brings an impressive level of business management and turn around to Tarrant Lighting. Having served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager for Thomas Lighting he also brings significant experience in the lighting industry. Nick is over all operations and serves as the company CFO.

 

  

 With almost 30 years experience Ken Reinhard (Managing Partner) has held key management positions with Thomas Lighting, Cooper Lighting, and  Devoe Lighting. Even as managing partner he is regularly hands on in daily design and sales issues. As a member of the Illuminating Engineering  Society, and a Lighting Certified (LC) Professional Ken knows every aspect of the lighting industry and brings a depth of lighting knowledge to the  company. 

 

 

 

Paul Lake (Director of Business Development) has been both on the retail and on the supplier side of the fence. With architectural design, lighting design, project management and marketing experience Paul helps the company stay in front of the customers. He also continues to manage certain customer accounts and is the "go to" guy for innovative lighting concepts.

 

Mark Langston (Sales Manager) comes from the lighting manufacturing side and spent many years with Lightolier. He is the expert in applications and is the guy to go to when you need to know how to develop a lighting system or make a system work. Mark is also an excellent lighting designer and is well versed in the latest lighting technology

 

 

Tracy Herring (National Services Manager) is the heart of our national maintenance and services  operations divisionTracy oversees the lighting maintenance programs and service contracts for Tarrant Lighting’s maintenance customers throughout the United States including Canada and Puerto Rico. Tracy is the person for developing and implementing any type of national maintenance or service program for your retail needs.

 

 

 

Brett Johnston (Operations Manager) has an MBA from the University of Hawaii and worked for Tarrant Lighting before he went off to college. He brings a lot of business savvy to our distribution process and is in charge of all warehouse , inventory and distribution functions for the company. Brett is the go to guy for insuring we have product on hand and out the door on time … every time.