Professional Marijuana Grower May-June 2019 Issue | Page 37

Company Philosophy K eep the company innovative and agile, continually evolving to suit needs and demands, not trends and tech gossip. We approach solutions and partnerships and don’t lead merely with profits and corporate sales goals, but with compassion to grow with the industry and solve for the real issues by delivering the best products available on the market. Company Owner(s) and Senior Management understand the details of the organization and brand- ing for ILUMINAR Lighting. Shawn Brissette – CEO Company Products and/or Services Complete oversight of the Sales channel and develop- ment of the Commercial Division. Shawn works directly with wholesalers, commercial facility developers, field representatives, key industry personnel and developing Licensed Producers. This gives Shawn one of the best understandings of the current market trends and needs in the Cannabis Industry. Shawn enjoys working side by side with facilities daily and gaining a real-time understanding of their needs at the product level. As a veteran company, Shawn Brissette and ILUMINAR Light- ing can leverage flexibility and knowledge, delivering products that are in demand instead of pushing existing inventory that has become outdated. Shawn’s business model has more than 60% of his products custom built per order, which reduces inventory levels and keeps the business flexible to consumers and industry needs. Shawn Brissette has one mission statement; ask about the goals and potential obstacles of the customer, then custom tailor solutions to fit their goals and deliver a su- perior product without hurting their bottom line. Shawn has been in the Cannabis Industry delivering solutions and innovative lighting products for almost 20 years; his staying power has made him a well-known fixture in the industry and a go-to man for those in need of su- perior and reliable products and information. Shawn’s own words “I’m not here to burn bridges, I am here to build long-term partnerships” LED, CMH, HPS, MH, T5 and Lighting and Environmen- tal Controllers ILUMINAR Lighting is a lighting manufacturer of all commercially used indoor lighting products in the agri- cultural market. Indoor agricultural lighting has a wide variation of products that can be offered, and ILUMI- NAR Lighting is one of the few companies that provide lighting for every application. ILUMINAR Lighting internal team offers complete indoor and greenhouse lighting layouts and comparison studies for commercial applications. Their products span from HPS and CMH fixtures to the high-demand LED Fixtures. They will also be offering a new controller system to be released releasing Q2-Q3 of 2019 that provides the first lighting controller that will be able to control both DE (Double Ended) and CMH (Ceramic Metal Halide) fixtures and Eric Kerker – COO Eric works directly with marketing, sales and opera- tions to bring the entire business together in a modern tech-savvy world. Eric is the glue and the lines that connect everything, right in the middle of ILUMINAR Lighting and its parent company Luminous Planet, bring- ing new applications and technology into the business today. Any given day, you can catch Eric planning a product mind map with Shawn, writing copy for a magazine article, mapping out the pricing model for new products, aiding new employee training, or editing video for social media. Eric’s biggest passion is build- ing a new and innovative product in CAD and then 3D printing prototypes in-house so ILUMINAR Lighting can be first to market on a cutting edge new lighting fixture release. Eric has worked in several industries, giving him the ability to have a macro view of the industry and May/June 2019 GROW NEPTUNE’S HARVEST Professional Marijuana Grower • 37