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Lumenpulse Appoints Chris Christiani as Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations

Veteran LED Manufacturing Leader Joins Company's Strong Executive Team

Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced that Chris Christiani, a well known LED manufacturing expert, has joined as vice president of Manufacturing and Operations. Christiani will oversee the company's manufacturing and supply chain functions, focusing on quality and operational efficiencies.

Christiani joins seven other LED industry leaders on Lumenpulse's all-star executive team. This leadership group -- together with Lumenpulse's specification-grade, sustainable products -- is focused on the LED fixtures market, which totaled $3.8B in 2010 and is estimated to nearly triple to $9B by 2014 (Source: Strategies Unlimited).

An expert in manufacturing and operational best practices, Christiani brings 30 years of experience to Lumenpulse, including more than 10 years in solid state lighting. He has held senior manufacturing positions at Dialight Corp., CML Innovative Technologies, Philips Corp. and Magnetek Corp. Recently Christiani served as vice president of operations for A.P.F., and as an LED consultant for Hayward Industries, a large residential swimming pool equipment manufacturer.

"Chris brings a vast amount of industry experience and know-how, and is a great addition to our executive team as we continue to develop our manufacturing process to meet ever-growing demand," said François-Xavier Souvay, Founder, President and CEO of Lumenpulse.

"In joining Lumenpulse, I join a strong team that combines technology expertise with superior design to produce high quality, high performance products. I believe Lumenpulse is the right company, with the right products to supply the fast growing LED fixtures market," said Christiani.

The full Lumenpulse executive team line-up can be seen at http://www.lumenpulse.com/en/company/mteam/.

About Lumenpulse Inc.

Founded in 2006, Lumenpulse develops and manufactures high performance, sustainable architectural LED-based fixtures and solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments. Attention to detail in mechanical, optical and fixture design has positioned Lumenpulse as a leader in the global LED lighting marketplace for indoor and outdoor uses. In addition to comprehensive product family offerings, Lumenpulse also specializes in the design, manufacturing and commissioning of large scale, customized, LED lighting solutions worldwide.

For more information, please visit: www.lumenpulse.com.