{"id":5800,"date":"2021-02-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/news\/lightspec-sw-ontario-press-release-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:54:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T18:54:19","slug":"jeff-porter-coo-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/news\/jeff-porter-coo-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Lite appoints Jeff Porter to lead the team as COO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MagicLite_logo_tag-1024x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4398\" width=\"505\" height=\"113\"\/><figcaption><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TORONTO, Ont., February 8, 2021 &#8212; Canada\u2019s trusted source for architectural and specialty lighting solutions, Magic Lite, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeff Porter to the position of Chief Operating Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jeff-Porter-2021-2-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Porter\" class=\"wp-image-5802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jeff-Porter-2021-2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jeff-Porter-2021-2-140x210.jpg 140w, https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jeff-Porter-2021-2.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff has spent over 30 years in the North American electrical and lighting manufacturing and distribution industry, helping numerous companies build innovative product portfolios and channel strategies to ensure profitable growth. His experience and leadership qualities facilitated the advancement of several top companies, including NSi Industries, NII Northern International, Intermatic and Siemens to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs we look ahead through 2021, we see significant opportunity for our company to play a key role in providing specialty lighting solutions that address our changing world,\u201d says Tom Penton, Founder and President of Magic Lite. \u201cJeff\u2019s insight into the needs of our industry and customer base will allow us to build on our track record of consistently delivering highly targeted products and superior service programs that best support our customers.\u201d<br><br>\u201cMy philosophy is that success is driven by the success of our customers,\u201d says Porter. \u201cTom and the team at Magic Lite have always had a strong commitment to their channel partners \u2013 and I\u2019m excited to help expand our market footprint while striving to exceed customer expectations to ensure we continue to deliver on this promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact Melanie Dowhaniuk at <a href=\"mailto:melanie@magiclite.com\">melanie@magiclite.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Magic Lite:<\/strong><br>In business since 1985, <a href=\"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magic Lite<\/a> is proud to provide top-quality architectural and specialty lighting products for the Canadian market \u2013 backed by unparalleled customer service. Magic Lite can be found online at <a href=\"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/magiclite.com\/<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/magic-lite\/\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News release: Magic Lite announces the appointment of Jeff Porter to the position of Chief Operating Officer. \u201cJeff\u2019s insight into the needs of our industry and customer base will allow us to build on our track record of consistently delivering highly targeted products and superior service programs that best support our customers\u201d, says Tom Penton, Founder and President of Magic Lite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magiclite.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}