Diarmuid McSweeney is a Past
President of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, (IES).
He has held numerous committee, section and Society positions within the IES
and is currently the Chair of the International Relations Committee for the
Society, the immediate past chair of the Industrial Lighting Committee and
is involved in the Centennial Conference schedules for January 2006.
He is a Fellow of the
IES, a recipient of the Presidents award and the DSA and holds the NCQLP
Lighting Certified (LC) designation.
Diarmuid
has been with Holophane for 38 years where he has held a variety of
positions in Optics, Training, Research and Development, Sales and
Marketing, International, and Industrial Lighting.
Diarmuid’s educational
background includes Bachelor’s and Masters degrees in Physics from the
Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. He also holds an MBA degree
form Xavier University, Cincinnati.
Diarmuid is married
with three grown children and four grandchildren. He enjoys Platform Tennis,
Sailing and Tennis.