About

President - m.ravenhill@germanlightproducts.com
(310) 938-2565

Empowering everyone in the company to be as passionate as possible about their work. I have a lifelong career started in lighting design, and continuing through programming, technical equipment sales, lighting fixture design and generally finding ways to make the lighting world just a little bit better than yesterday.

Hometown
Southampton, UK

Who is your Favorite band?
Peter Gabriel

What is your favorite food?
Fish n Chips of course

What is your drink of choice?
A nice IPA to wash down the Fish n Chips

Favorite pizza topping?
That's got to be spicy pepperoni

What is the best way to relax?
Go kart racing, skiing or some other adrenaline based activity

What would be your super power?
To make people smile. There are way too many frowns in this world.

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.
Back to the Future, Shawshank Redemption and the Godfather series

Operations - a.laundrup@germanlightproducts.com
(310) 489-1882

I look after the operations side of the company ensuring that things run smoothly on a day to day basis and am able to help support any of the other departments. If you are not sure who else to call, call me.

Hometown
Copenhagen, Denmark

Who is your Favorite band?
ABBA

What is your favorite food?
Chocolate

What is your drink of choice?
Skinny Bitch

Favorite pizza topping?
Jalapeño

What is the best way to relax?
Sitting in the yard in the sun doing nothing

What would be your super power?
Teleportation

What is Your Pet Peeve?
One word responses

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.
Grease, The Breakfast Club, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Technical Services - c.wake@germanlightproducts.com
(512) 983-6533

Responsible for technical support, quality control and technical training of all products. I have 30+ years in experience in the entertainment industry in various capacities including theater, corporate production and lighting manufacturing.

Hometown
Avon, OH

Who is your Favorite band?
Pink Floyd

What is your favorite food?
Nothing better than street tacos

What is your drink of choice?
Used to be tequila, now it's just tea.

Favorite pizza topping?

Definitely NOT Pineapple!!

What is the best way to relax?
Chilling at home with the cats

What would be your super power?
Speed

What is Your Pet Peeve?
People using their speakerphone at the airport

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.

The Favourite, Apocolypse Now & Birdman

Sales & Marketing Director - t.wise@germanlightproducts.com
(917) 678-9560

Scenex Lighting Brand Manager - w.irwin@germanlightproducts.com
(385) 383-4870

My role is to oversee and strengthen the Scenex Lighting brand with awareness, sales and marketing. Carefully assessing client needs through strong individual and industry relationships while providing innovative, reliable, and quality lighting solutions. I have previously worked as a project manager and business development manager in the entertainment lighting industry.

Roosevelt University Chicago Conservatory of Performing Arts  Musical Theatre

Arizona State University Hugh Downs School of Communication Interpersonal Communication

Arizona State University W.P. Carey School of Business

Hometown
Phoenix, AZ

Who is your Favorite band?
Radiohead

What is your favorite food?
Anything prepared fresh

What is your drink of choice?
Water, I carry a 32oz Nalgene everywhere

Favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni

What is the best way to relax?
With friends and family, preferably in the middle of the forest or on the beach

What would be your super power?
Being omniscient

What is Your Pet Peeve?
Entitlement and laziness

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.
Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Coen Brothers

Sales Manager West - d.barten@germanlightproducts.com
(760) 695-8063

Primary contact and brand evangelist for lighting professionals looking to solve creative lighting challenges.  I provide current product and capabilities information to rental houses, designers and venue managers. I have worked  as Tour Staff 1980-1990 working with SIR, Electrotec, Obies, RA Roth. Trade Show lighting design and production 1990-2015 working for exhibitors directly and with Barten Production Service.  All leading to my position now with German Light Products, the pinnacle of theatrical lighting equipment and the Apex vendor to the industry.

Hometown
Originally from Pacific Palisades / Malibu now living in San Diego area. Have lived in San Francisco, New York, Nashville, Alabama, Atlanta.

What is your favorite food?
Tacos

What is your drink of choice?
Water or Tequila

Favorite pizza topping?
Anchovies and Olives

What is the best way to relax?
Sailing!

What would be your super power?
Make wind or calm wind... depending on the conditions of course.

What is Your Pet Peeve?
When my pet pees in the house

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.
Blazing Saddles, True Grit and Pulp Fiction

Sales Manager East - m.dudgeon@germanlightproducts.com
(914) 886-2238

Work with designers, shops, and production personnel to make awesome shows with GLP gear. BFA Lighting Design Purchase College, ETCP Certified Entertainment Electrician. I’ve been a video game programmer, board op, stage hand, production electrician, rental agent, product manager, educator, and lighting sales person.

Hometown
San Diego, but I consider myself a New Yorker.

Who is your Favorite band?
Peter Gabriel

What is your favorite food?
A good pastrami sandwich

What is your drink of choice?
Bourbon

Favorite pizza topping?
Pepperoni, keep it classic.

What is the best way to relax?
Walking when you don’t have to be anywhere fast. It can be in the woods or a busy city, as long as I have the time to soak up little details along the way.

What would be your super power?
Levitation or stretching arms. I hate it when something is just a couple inches out of reach.

What is Your Pet Peeve?
Loose clamp bolts, followed very closely by forgetting safety cables. Ask my former students, I spot a missing safeties from across the venue. Wasting good food drives me absolutely bonkers, ask my kids about that one.

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.
I really miss Sports Night. Any Tony Bourdain program. Chef’s Table on Netflix.

Fixture and Electronics Technician - a.giron@germanlightproducts.com

I work on all of the fixtures that have been sent back to us for a little care and attention after they have been in an accident, maybe been kicked off a stage by an enthusiastic band member, or have had an issue during their warranty period. My job is to get them back to 100% and back in our customers hands as soon as possible.

Hometown
Burbank, CA

Who is your Favorite band?
Can't decide...

What is your favorite food?
Hummus

What is your drink of choice?
Water

Favorite pizza topping?

BBQ Sauce

What is the best way to relax?
Movies and air conditioning

What would be your super power?
Changing billboards to say funny things instead of their intended message.

What is Your Pet Peeve?

People who don't finish things.

Name your Top 3 Movies/TV shows.
McGruber, White Chicks, Bridesmaids

QC Technician

My responsibilities are testing fixtures that come in, new or as demo fixtures. Previously I worked at Home Depot as a freight team associate for 1 and a half years.

Shipping - shipping@germanlightproducts.com
(818) 767-8899