Rod Stummer

3.3.11 | Elk Grove Village, IL | Schréder Lighting US General Manager John Camp has announced the appointment of Rod Stummer to Director of Business Development, responsible for developing Schréder's Owlet™ system of intelligent street and area lighting wireless controls across the US and Canada. Owlet was acquired by Schréder and is headed up by a team of engineers and designers from ABB, the Swiss building automation leaders, who were the original developers of the Owlet technology.

In his new position, Mr. Stummer will work closely with Schréder sales reps, DOTs, lighting specifiers and other luminaire manufacturers (OEM market) to integrate the OWLET telemanagement system to wirelessly controlling street and area lighting in municipalities, college and corporate campuses, and other outdoor environments.

Prior to joining Schréder, Mr. Stummer served as Vice President Commercial Sales and Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Philips Lighting, Hadco Division. In addition, he held the positions of Senior Product Manager for SELUX Lighting, Senior Vice President of Sales for Renaissance Lighting, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for North Star/Thorn Lighting.

About Schréder Owlet’s System of Intelligent Street and Area Lighting Wireless Controls

Schréder OWLET is a telemanagement system for monitoring, controlling, metering and managing outdoor lighting. Using open technologies and a secure connection to the Internet, street and area lighting can be controlled with technical precision, using modern web based applications. OWLET saves energy, reduces Greenhouse gas emissions, improves outdoor lighting reliability and lowers maintenance costs.

Each individual light point can be switched on or off, or dimmed at any time. Operating status, energy consumption and possible failures are reported and stored in a database with exact time stamp and geographical location. The system also meters energy use.

OWLET helps pubic lighting managers ensure the exact level of "The Right Light" for their application while improving reliability of outdoor lighting and reducing operating costs.

About Schréder Lighting US, a respected member of the Schréder Group G.I.E.

Located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Schréder Lighting US opened its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Addison, Illinois last year. Schréder Group G.I.E. was founded in Belgium in 1907, and has become an international organization with over 2,600 employees, in more than 40 facilities, in 30 countries and on 5 continents. Schréder Group G.I.E specializes in upscale, architectural and high performing outdoor lighting that is at the forefront of technological and aesthetic innovation. The members and affiliated companies of the Schréder Group share facilities and powerful, state-of-the-art tools for R&D, manufacturing, high-level photometric studies, and laboratory testing. Findings are shared within the group for the purpose of providing best options for the “the right light” worldwide.