Solais Lighting Appoints Sam Newberry as Senior VP of Sales

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Solais Lighting, Inc., a division of PowerSecure International (NASDAQ: POWR), and a manufacturer of specification-grade LED fixtures and lamps featuring exclusive Luxiance® thermal management and unique OPTICS2™ technology, is proud to announce its appointment of Sam Newberry to the position of Senior Vice President of Sales.

A well-known industry sales leader with over 20 years of experience in the lighting industry, Newberry was most recently with Amerlux Lighting Systems for 9 years, from 2005-2013, where he served most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales.  At Solais Lighting, Newberry will be responsible for leading the company’s sales efforts to national commercial, retail, restaurant and hospitality accounts as well as ancillary commercial markets by way of national distributors, architects, lighting designers and other key influencers.

“Solais Lighting’s superior and innovative LED technology delivers the greatest package of performance, value, and aesthetics in the marketplace today and I’m excited to help propel the company to its next stage of growth,” said Newberry, who will be based in Dallas.

“With Sam’s successful and proven sales history and outstanding reputation, Solais is positioned to further expand its sales efforts and experience exciting new levels of growth and industry leadership,” confirmed James Leahy, president of Solais.  “Following our recent acquisition by PowerSecure International, the addition of several outstanding new industry leaders to our team, and the launch of a broad range of breakthrough new LED products, Solais’ potential is unlimited and we’re excited to drive the company’s next phase of evolution.”

About Solais Lighting, Inc.

Solais Lighting, a division of PowerSecure International (NASDAQ: POWR), designs and manufactures the lighting industry’s highest-performing LED lamps and fixtures.  With superior lumen output, center-beam candlepower, and overall aesthetics and performance, Solais LED products enhance the retail, commercial, museum and hospitality environments of the world’s leading brands.  Founded by an expert team of lighting specialists, Solais relentlessly pushes the innovation envelope to create products that replace traditional lighting technologies with zero compromise to aesthetics and performance.  To learn more about Solais, visit us in person in Stamford, Connecticut, or online at www.solais.com.

About PowerSecure International, Inc.

PowerSecure International, Inc. is a leading provider of utility and energy technologies to electric utilities and their industrial, institutional, and commercial customers.  PowerSecure provides products and services in the areas of Interactive Distributed Generation ® (IDG®), energy efficiency and utility infrastructure.  The company is a pioneer in developing IDG® power systems with sophisticated smart grid capabilities, including the ability to 1) forecast electricity demand and electronically deploy the systems to deliver more efficient, and environmentally friendly, power at peak power times, 2) provide utilities with dedicated electric power generation capacity to utilize for demand response purposes and 3) provide customers with the most dependable standby power in the industry.  Its proprietary distributed generation system designs utilize a range of technologies to deliver power, including renewables.  The company’s energy efficiency business develops energy efficient lighting technologies that improve the quality of light, including its proprietary EfficientLights® LED lighting products for grocery, drug and convenience stores, and its SecureLite area light and PowerLite street lights for utilities and municipalities.  PowerSecure also provides electric utilities with transmission and distribution infrastructure maintenance and construction services, and engineering and regulatory consulting services.  Additional information is available at www.powersecure.com.