Steven Atkinson
Vice President
Allen,TX
Summary
Talented Vice President with excellent employee development, customer service and analytics skills coupled with 18 years of lighting controls experience. Excellent team builder and leader of initiatives. Results-driven with forward-thinking approach centered on company success and competitive growth.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vice President of Lighting Controls
Hossley Lighting And Power Solutions
Dallas, TX
02.2023 - Current
- Increased company growth through collaboration with internal sales team and manufacturers.
- Grew controls profit and revenue in 2023.
- Generated $57M in quote volume across 2600 quotes in 2023.
- Identified opportunities to improve overall business process flows and productivity.
- Transformed customer experience by designing and executing comprehensive service improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing satisfaction levels.
- Hired and managed 13 employees for both sales and services to drive business development and customer retention.
- Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
- Cultivated company-wide culture of innovation and collaboration.
Director & Senior Director, Lighting Controls
Hossley Lighting And Power Solutions
Dallas, TX
10.2020 - 02.2023
- Drove strategic improvements to enhance operational and organizational efficiencies.
- Instituted formal operating procedures and enforced adherence to policies that impacted bottom-line.
- Led projects to boost system designer productivity using change methodologies to reduce submittal lead times to less than two weeks.
- Worked closely with organizational leadership to guide operational strategy.
- Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
- Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
- Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.
- Leveraged data analytics insights for informed decision-making in critical areas such as sales forecasting, budgeting, win rates, and personnel management.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
- Implemented incentive program to increase employee project engagement and reduce turnover.
- Boosted client satisfaction rates through exceptional relationship management and prompt resolution of issues.
Senior Applications Engineer
Hossley Lighting And Power Solutions
Dallas, United States
05.2016 - 12.2019
- Responsible for generating lighting control system designs and submittals that were on budget.
- Managed projects through submittal cycle.
- Educated contractors on best practices for installation.
- Trained new hires.
Applications Engineer and Designer
Legrand
Plano, TX
10.2005 - 05.2016
- Responsible for accurate lighting control designs that met energy code and specification requirements.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
The University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX 08.2007 - 05.2011
Skills
Relationship building and retention
Performance metrics analysis
Policy and procedure development
Business Development
Operational leadership
Stakeholder Management
Change Management
Timeline
Vice President of Lighting Controls
Hossley Lighting And Power Solutions
02.2023 - Current
Director & Senior Director, Lighting Controls
Hossley Lighting And Power Solutions
10.2020 - 02.2023
Senior Applications Engineer
Hossley Lighting And Power Solutions
05.2016 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
The University of Texas At Dallas
08.2007 - 05.2011
Applications Engineer and Designer
Legrand
10.2005 - 05.2016