Leviton Executive Awarded 2017 Edison Report’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Bill Marshall

Bill Marshall, Senior V.P. of Marketing and Sales, Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc., Melville, NY, has been awarded the 2017 Edison Report’s Lifetime Achievement Award, presented annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the lighting industry over their career. The honour was announced at Lightfair.

Over an electrical career spanning four decades, Marshall has been known as a thought leader in the industry and a businessman of exceptional standards and integrity. To those who have had the pleasure of working with Marshall, he has exemplified being a strong coach and mentor. “Bill is an admired, respected and supportive leader,” says Daryoush Larizadeh, Leviton’s President and Chief Operating Officer. “We are so very lucky to have Bill as part of our Leviton family.”

Marshall credits his success to the support of his colleagues. “I am extremely humbled to have received this honour,” he said in the release. “I have had the benefit to work with wonderful professionals and am most grateful to have such a rewarding, fulfilling career over the past four decades. Much of my own success can be attributed to the success of those teams I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the course of my career.”

 

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