It’s LightFair month!!! To kick things off, we thought it would be a good idea to introduce you to the SLP team members who will be at the show. Make sure you stop by booth #1139 to say hello!

Will Barron
Will is a Regional Sales Manager at SLP. He’s been part of SLP for 11 years. His first three years at SLP Lighting were in the IT department where he was one of the network administrators that maintained five different facilities. After leaving the IT department, he became the Regional Sales Manager for the West Coast where his territory includes every state west of Missouri as well as Canada and Mexico. Over the past 10 years, Will has developed an in-depth knowledge of SLP’s Citadel enclosures, louvers, lenses and eggcrates. One thing that he enjoys about his job is meeting new people and exchanging ideas to build a long-lasting relationship. He will be at LightFair from May 18th through the 26^th. Please stop by and say hi!

Steve Blake
Steve is our Director of Sales. He has been working at SLP Lighting since 1985 (38 years) and has attended every LightFair since the inception in 1990, making that a total of 33 LightFair events. He has met a lot of good people over the years and has enjoyed many travel trips over the years including international travel. We look forward for you to stop by the SLP Booth #1139. We hope to see you there! Be safe. Be well.

John Campbell
John is one of SLP’s Design Engineers. He has been in the lighting industry for 18 years, designing lighting fixtures and components. John is a vital member of SLP’s Engineering Team, and is good for coming up with ideas and solutions on the fly. He also has a great knowledge of manufacturing processes. His background includes architectural and industrial lighting.

John’s interests include collecting and making Christmas lights, vinyl records, working with old electronics and computers, and making various creative items. His passions are basically anything involving either light or sound, and playing video games! He can also quote almost any old funny movie you can think of! He is married and has three young children.

Craig Gravatte
Craig is one of our Regional Sales Managers. He’s in his 24th year with SLP. When he’s not on the road traveling his territory, you can usually find him with his golf group, The Ballwin Bandits, hacking it up on one of the many St. Louis courses. He can’t wait to see everyone in The Big Apple this year! If you have a chance, stop by Booth #1139 and say, “Hello!”

Sarah Kentner
Sarah is one of our Customer Service Representatives. She has been with SLP for almost two years now and handles our Northeast, Midwest and Texas territories. This will be Sarah’s first time attending LightFair and her first time travelling to New York.

Sarah is a mother of three and a bonus mom to three more. She enjoys gardening and tending to her menagerie of chickens, horses, one dog and one cat. When not at SLP, you can typically find her either at a base/softball field, soccer field or volleyball court. She really enjoys spending time with her family, especially going to baseball games with them.

Rob Kloepple
Rob is SLP’s Engineering Manager. He has 15 years of experience in manufacturing operation management, and 18 years in engineering and new product development management.

Rob has a passion for disruptive technology, investing and the entrepreneurial spirit.

Rob enjoys fly fishing, rock climbing, hiking, scuba diving and fitness training. He is also a proud family man.

David Koller
David Koller became the Managing Director of SLP in 2002 with a background in engineering and finance. He feels the SLP Team is a great group of people who work hard, have respect for everyone and know how to have fun. He is looking forward to seeing everyone in New York.

Lindsey Koller
Lindsey is the Director of Corporate Strategy & Business Development at SLP’s parent company, Koller Enterprises. She joined us in March of this year and has a passion for problem solving through her background in management consulting at the Boston Consulting Group. Lindsey holds business degrees from The Wharton School and the Kellogg School of Management.

Outside of work, Lindsey enjoys playing pickleball with her (almost) husband. She loves to bake, paint, and travel with friends and family. She is excited to experience her first LightFair with our many industry veterans!

Patrick Kuenz
Patrick is our Strategic Partnership Manager. He has been a part of the SLP Lighting Team for 33 years. After attending 25+ LightFairs, he still looks forward to it, as if it was his first LightFair! “Where else can you see people in the lighting industry that, you don’t get the pleasure of seeing on a regular basis?” When Patrick isn’t promoting the SLP product line, you will find him coaching and/or refereeing soccer or playing golf. Come by booth #1139 to see our new AlumiBay!

Justin Mueller
Justin has been the Plant Manager at our Sullivan location for over a year now. He brings over 25 years of manufacturing experience as well as a background in engineering to the team. Outside of SLP, Justin enjoys travel and adventure. He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys fresh and saltwater fishing.

Charlie Oldani
Charlie is another one of SLP’s Design Engineers. He brings 16 years of lighting experience to SLP’s team. He actually began his lighting career at Guth Lighting working under Rob Kloepple! Charlie is a valuable member of the SLP engineering team. He has a very thorough knowledge of SLP’s product line, as well as manufacturing equipment and capabilities, including additive manufacturing.

Charlie was born and raised in St. Louis and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from St. Louis University. He is an avid pool player and has won pool league trips to Las Vegas for his skilled play. He is also an avid Cardinals fan. Charlie enjoys monitoring his investments and will joke that he only has approximately 6,730 days until his retirement.

Casey Philpot
Casey is SLP’s Manufacturing Engineer at our Sullivan location. He oversees our gear tray/board tray production as well as our wireguard production. Casey designs all custom wireguards that are requested by customers.

Casey graduated from UCM in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Tech and spent his first three years after school working in a final assembly plant where he learned more about mechanical processes and manufacturing procedures.

Casey grew up in Sullivan. In his free time, he likes to golf, hunt, play guitar and go on float trips.

Meaghan Steele Swanson
Meaghan is the Marketing Manager at SLP. She has been with the company for almost two years now and is responsible for SLP’s marketing tasks. Meaghan works on many types of projects both solo and on teams. Meaghan maintains SLP’s digital and social media presence and coordinates a number of company events…tradeshows being one of them 😉

Meaghan enjoys travelling, cooking, photography, painting, drawing, St. Louis sports and spending time with her family and friends. She also finds insurmountable joy in sneaking up on the Sales Team and annoying Craig Gravatte as much as possible.

Craig Traverson
Craig is one of the newest members of the SLP Team, joining last summer working on Business Development. Craig has been working in lighting for the past 14 years, starting as an ESCO salesperson and Production Manager. He has worked his way through sales, engineering and development roles at fixture and component manufacturers. He is excited to be at SLP, as he has worked with us and the product since the start of his lighting career. SLP is a great place to be and the team is incredible!

Outside of work, Craig enjoys spending time with his family and performing volunteer activities. He volunteers at the local fire department as a fire fighter and EMT. He also teaches CPR courses to the department and community. He volunteers with the Maryland Defense Force where he will soon be appointed the Medical Training Officer for the state. For the past several years, with some unfortunate breaks, he volunteers at a work camp in West Virginia with his church community where he works with a team of up to 100 people repairing and rebuilding the homes of those in need in rural West Virginia.