Ann Reo New Chief Development Officer for Zumtobel Americas

Reo will oversee the company’s business growth in both North and South America.

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Lighting manufacturer Zumtobel has announced that Ann Reo has been appointed Chief Development Officer for the Americas. Reo, who is trained in both architecture and lighting design has worked in the industry for more than 20 years. Her interest in luminaire design emerged while working for the electrical engineering department of an architecture firm, which involved a fair amount of custom luminaire design. In 2002, she established io Lighting, and the company was soon recognized as a leader in the LED luminaire category. Cooper Lighting (now Eaton), acquired io in 2007. Prior to joining Zumtobel, Reo was senior vice president of product development at Soraa.

At Zumtobel Americas, Reo will be responsible for “growing the business in both North and South America.” She will also expand “Zumtobel’s regional lighting applications capabilities” and help advance the company’s product development. This is particularly critical as Zumtobel, like many global lighting companies, pushes to reduce, and even eliminate variations in product introduction times in different world regions. Over the past few years, the company has made a concentrated effort to develop new luminaires jointly between its U.S. and Austrian teams in Highland, N.Y. and Dornbirn, Austria, respectively.

In a prepared statement Kevin Maddy, CEO of Zumtobel Americas said, “For the past three years, we have been laser focused on new product introductions and improving our U.S. operations now tracking at a consistent 98% on-time delivery. The result has been double-digit growth rates here in the Americas. I see Ann joining our team as the next critical step toward rapidly growing the business in both North and South America. I am honored to have someone with the demonstrated track record and caliber of Reo join the Zumtobel Americas team.”

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Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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