Neal Verfuerth has been the driving force of the company he helped found in 1996. Under his leadership, Orion Energy Systems has grown into a company with more than 200 employees and annual sales of well over $50 million, to thousands of customers that include 78 of the Fortune 500™.
He has created many patented products, principally the Illuminator™ lighting fixture platform, Apollo™ Solar Light Pipe, InteLite™ Controls, and other energy-saving technologies. Verfuerth has also developed innovative, proprietary sales and financing programs for Orion’s energy efficient products and services.
Neal Verfuerth’s accomplishments as a business leader and technology innovator have been recently recognized by the Alliance to Save Energy, National Society of Professional Engineers, Inc. 500, Ernst & Young, and many others.