Mr. Palmer, Managing Principal  The company's founder and managing principal has more than 19 years of professional services experience as a business management and information technology consultant—nine of which at global technology services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. During his career with the firm, Mr. Palmer achieved level of Managing Director and led teams of specialized consultants who drove business value for over 40 Fortune 500 clients. These client projects ranged from business process improvement initiatives to enterprise wide information technology implementations.
In parallel to his professional consulting career pursuits, Mr. Palmer has been avid student of lighting design, architecture, and the visual arts for years. In 2005 Mr. Palmer made a decision to pursue his passion for lighting design and created from the ground up the Dupre Group Lighting Design and Technology company --and now with the advent of going with 100% solid state illumination, a "green" design and tech company. Mr. Palmer has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics along with minors in Physics and Computer Science. He will have earned the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) Lighting Certified (LC) designation in November of 2010 and The Dupre Group which he has founded will be a member of the International Associations of Lighting Designers (IALD). |  
Mrs. Palmer, Principal Mrs. Palmer has responsibility for company pre-sales activity and client post project support. She has over 20 years of marketing and sales in combination with graphic arts experience --most gained while working for news organizations, magazine publications, and merchandise catalogues throughout California, Colorado, and Florida. Adding to her long history of graphic design, Mrs. Palmer as successfully completed courses in lighting design and low voltage lighting system implementation methods. |
| Mr. Dupre, Principal Mr. Dupre is the Company's "French Connection" and assists in sourcing exterior light fixtures from Europe in order to be able to offer our clients the utmost in old world style. Mr. Dupre has over 30 years of sourcing and merchandising experience while acting as a buyer for international concerns throughout Europe, North Africa, and South America. Mr. Dupre currently lives with his wife and family in southern France and travels to Southwest Florida on a regular basis.
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