Q-TRAN Appoints Shannon Markey Western Regional Sales Manager
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. ---Q-TRAN Vice President of Sales and Marketing Gean Tremaine has announced the appointment of Shannon Markey to Western Regional Sales Manager. Q-TRAN is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality, power supply systems, transformers and components for low voltage lighting systems.
In his new position, Mr. Markey will work closely with lighting showrooms and electrical distributors, lighting designers, engineers, architects and other lighting professionals in the specification community, throughout the western region of the U.S. His territory will include: Hawaii; Alaska; Washington; Oregon; California; Nevada; New Mexico; Arizona; Utah; Colorado; Idaho; Montana; Wyoming; North and South Dakota; and Minnesota. Mr. Markey will be in-charge of developing and overseeing a rep-based sales force to better serve customers and specifiers in the west.
Shannon will support our west coast distributors and specifiers by developing our sales rep force and hosting Q-School sessions, and AIA continuing education seminars," explained Mr. Tremaine. "He will also deliver technical product presentations, on-site training of transformer and power supply systems, and internal staff training."
Mr. Markey's email address is Shannon@q-tran.com, his office phone is 203.367.8777 and cell phone is 971.212.4207. He will be based in the Portland, Oregon area.
Prior to joining Q-Tran, Mr. Markey served as Specification Sales/Controls Specialist for Pacific Lighting Systems, Inc., during the past 11 years. He worked in both the Seattle and Portland Markets.
Mr. Markey has earned his LC (Lighting Certification) from the NCQLP (National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions), and a LEED AP distinguished accreditation from the USGBC (United States Green Building Council). A member of IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America), he graduated with a B.S. Degree in Journalism/Business Administration from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
About Q-Tran, Inc.
In 1993, Q-Tran, Inc. was founded by John Tremaine, an accomplished lighting designer who was born into a family of lighting entrepreneurs and innovators. He began his career with The Miller Company, a firm acquired in the 1930's by his great grandfather, who founded the National Electric Lamp Association (NELA) before selling it to John's grandfather. In the early 1920's NELA became General Electric's lamp division in Cleveland, Ohio, and was later transformed into a prestigious research institute that is still thriving today.
The Miller Company, a lighting company specializing in fixtures used for commercial, industrial and institutional applications, was sold to John's grandfather, Burton, Jr., who sold it to John's father, Burton, III, and it is where John cut his teeth before starting a lighting design practice in 1980. In 1985 John opened Primo, a high-tech lighting showroom based in South Norwalk, Connecticut, that offered a creative alternative to functional lighting and eventually gave birth to Q-Tran.
Q-Tran was established to fulfill a need in the lighting industry for flexible remote transformers that eliminate noise and heat while enhancing the quality of light output. Operating with the mantra "EnlightenedThinking®," Q-Tran has pioneered innovative transformers and power supply centers to provide safety, reliability, performance and convenience. It was the first company to develop an entire power supply center designed specifically for low voltage lighting.
Over the years, Gean Tremaine, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Jordan Nodelman, Vice President of Operations, would take their place by their father's side, helping to build Q-Tran's product line and presence throughout the industry. Today Q-Tran is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality, power supply systems, transformers and components.
For more information, contact:
Q-TRAN, INC.
304 Bishop Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06610
T. 203.367.8777
F. 203.367.8771
Website: www.q-tran.com
Email: info@q-tran.com
