American Green Technology® (AGT) was founded in 2009 at a time when the world was in the worst economic downturn since the “Great Depression”.
In many ways, this economic downturn reinvigorated global awareness of mass energy consumption and inspired a new era focused on sustainable living. That focus paved the way for what may turn out to be the most significant advance in industry since the Industrial revolution; the new “Green” Revolution.
American Green Technology® is a member of the Green Revolution and the brighter future it promises. Through its commitment, AGT brings energy efficient lighting solutions to the global market.
AGT induction lighting is one of the solutions to the current worldwide dilemma that posts global development against our shared global future; as, the Green Revolution is a solution to the seemingly conflicting goals of both economic development and a sustainable future.
In 1887, Nikola Tesla led industrial development with production of the first induction motor. In the following years, Tesla continued to develop and invent technologies so fundamental to our current way of life that without his contributions, we would likely be living very different lives. In fact, much of what Tesla had to offer, suffered because his vision for the future extended far beyond the comprehension of his contemporaries. He believed and demonstrated, that the most effective solutions are those built fundamentally into the world that surrounds us. He demonstrated that with the right technology, we can tap into those solutions to share a truly limitless future.
AGT is committed to doing what it takes in the present, to realize a better tomorrow.
AGT Induction is simple, effective, and better for the planet.
WHO WE ARE
American Green Technology serves the professional lighting representative. We strive for excellence, continually building intelligence to serve you better. Our team is focused. We perform with a sense of urgency to always under-promise and over-deliver. We serve with respect and a servant heart, leaders in the efficient lighting industry.
WHAT WE DO
American Green Technology manufactures and supplies AGT Induction lighting via professional lighting representatives. We practice continual improvement in manufacture and service. AGT is a leader in the induction market dedicated to service and innovation to always supply the right light for the right application.
PERFORMANCE
Dedicated to our customers worldwide, AGT has a network serving thousands of independent lighting professionals, from architects, engineers, distributors, contractors, and ESCO’s across the United States and internationally, in more than a dozen countries. We strive for excellence in product development.
American Green Technology, Inc. (AGT) is a company founded on the principals of doing what is right for the Independent Lighting Rep Agencies and their customers. AGT serves all customers with a sense of urgency, respect, and excellence. AGT has a philosophy of constant and never ending improvement and will continue to improve with your input. AGT focuses on applications of induction lighting to the municipal, industrial, and commercial market segments while under promising and over delivering to you our customer. AGT appreciates its relationship with you and looks forward to serving you.
- Daniel Bogar, CEO
Board of Directors
Danny Bogar
Chief Executive Officer, President, Director
Danny Bogar has spent more than two decades building and leading companies. He is credited for turning multimillion-dollar companies into billion-dollar businesses, from the ground up. With a keen understanding of business and the financial services industry, Mr. Bogar is a strategic thinker who knows how to create profitable companies based on sustainable principles and ethical business practices.
Danny was part of the management group that took CellStar public in 1993. His team built CellStar to a global multibillion-dollar company and expanded overseas to Latin America and Mexico. His success in the wireless industry culminated in a historic sale of the company to a multibillion-dollar valued wireless distributor.
As the CEO of American Green Technology®, Danny is fulfilling a vision to bring green practices into the induction industry and to improve business performance with superior products that simultaneously satisfy the need for better, cleaner, energy efficient technology. Danny possesses an MBA in finance from the Cameron School of Business from the University of Saint Thomas, Houston, TX.
Dave Peterson
Director
Dave Peterson is an independent investment management professional, and is the president of DMI. Dave is one of the founders of Bright Star Corporation, a $6 billion company, specializing in global wireless distribution and services.
Doug Marty
Co-Chairman of the Board
Is the president and CEO, of Arcalux. Douglas C. Marty, brings over 40 years of manufacturing experience in the HVAC commercial and residential equipment industry to board. Doug has built a dynamic international and domestic HVAC manufacturer; Airguide Manufacturing LLC. Airguide manufactures grilles, registers, and diffusers for the HVAC industry. Airguide is approaching its 50th year in business; a milestone that few companies may boast about. Douglas C. Marty began his career in Miami helping to build Pioneer Metals, Inc., a public company that was later sold to a private company.
BJ Mcelroy
Audit Committee
BJ McElroy joined McClaren Partners in 2007, and is responsible for facilitating relationships with investment partners, performing due diligence on potential investments, structuring deals, and overseeing the consolidation accounting of all McClaren Partners’ entities. Within McClaren Sports, he provides financial evaluation, financial guidance, and asset management for represented clients. Prior to joining, BJ worked in Transaction Services at KPMG. His responsibilities included performing financial due diligence on behalf of private equity firms and strategic corporations in the energy, healthcare, and manufacturing industries. While at KPMG, BJ assisted in a financial statement carve-out and form 10 filing for a multi-billion natural gas company. He earned his BBA and MS from Texas A&M University. BJ is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.
Nolan Lehmann
Audit Committee
Nolan Lehmann is an experienced independent director, with prior service on over 50 boards of directors, for companies ranging in size from start-ups to over $8 billion in revenues -Audit Committee Financial Expert-Private Equity fund and direct investment specialist. Nolan is currently managing director at Altazano Management, LLC located in Houston, Texas, as well as serving on the board of Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG).
John “Doc” Kennedy
Co-Chairman of the Board
Dr. Kennedy is currently a professor at the University of Notre Dame, PHD, and was the former Department Chair. He has worked as a consultant for the US Department of Defense and as a NASA consultant on technology/complex systems development for over 20 years. He has also consulted for many CEOs of major United States and global firms. He has experience developing from top to bottom: overall visions, strategies, organizational structure and development as well as implementation. Dr. Kennedy’s major fields include strategy, chaos theory applied to complex systems, history of management and economic thought, genetic triggers of behavior, and communication theory.
Armand Shapiro
Director
Armand Shapiro is a seasoned executive and CEO advisor whose expertise includes decision processes, business and market strategy, as well as design of organizational, cost and capital structures. He has deep experience serving as a mentor to CEOs, business owners and key executives. Armand’s experience includes roles as Chairman, CEO and Owner of private firms as well as senior management positions with public companies.
He has consistently achieved results: for example, driving sales growth, developing prototype retail stores and expanding a company from one store to eight stores in five cities. He has received the Ernst & Young as Regional Entrepreneur of the Year award for his successful turnaround of Garden Ridge Corporation.
Armand has served as director of public companies: Susser Holdings LLC, which owns and operates convenience stores in Texas and Oklahoma, and BindView Corporation, which provides software to manage security compliance operations. He has also served as a Director of several private entities.
Management
Charles Weiser
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles Weiser has extensive operating and consulting experience from a variety of middle market companies throughout his 30 year career. Most recently, he served as an Executive Vice President of a private equity portfolio owned by Midway, a large real estate developer. Charles was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing non-real estate investments made by the firm. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Richard S. Bernstein & Associates, a highly respected boutique insurance agency, based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prior to that, Charles served as a C-level Officer with Stanford Group Company. As part of their Broker-Dealer Network, his team advised and consulted on a $600 million private equity portfolio comprised of over 30 companies and funds. After Stanford International Bank, a sister company to Stanford Financial Group, was seized by the SEC, he was asked to serve as a Special Consultant to the Receiver. Charles started his career in Houston where he spent 12 years with Chase Bank, N.A. (and its predecessor) and 10 years with UHY Advisors, Inc. (formerly Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp, P.C.) in commercial banking and public accounting, respectively. Additionally, he enjoys volunteering as a business plan advisor to teams at the HCC‘s Newspring business plan competition sponsored by Goldman Sachs 10,000 small businesses program.
Charles holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Masters in Business Administration, all from The McCombs Business School at The University of Texas at Austin. He also holds Certified Public Accounting licenses in the state of Texas and Florida.
Danny Bogar
Chief Executive Officer, President, Director
Danny Bogar has spent more than two decades building and leading companies. He is credited for turning multimillion-dollar companies into billion-dollar businesses, from the ground up. With a keen understanding of business and the financial services industry, Mr. Bogar is a strategic thinker who knows how to create profitable companies based on sustainable principles and ethical business practices.
Danny was part of the management group that took CellStar public in 1993. His team built CellStar to a global multibillion-dollar company and expanded overseas to Latin America and Mexico. His success in the wireless industry culminated in a historic sale of the company to a multibillion-dollar valued wireless distributor.
As the CEO of American Green Technology®, Danny is fulfilling a vision to bring green practices into the induction industry and to improve business performance with superior products that simultaneously satisfy the need for better, cleaner, energy efficient technology. Danny possesses an MBA in finance from the Cameron School of Business from the University of Saint Thomas, Houston, TX.
Waiyin Lai
AGT–CGT General Manager
Waiyin Lai, an MBA of International Business from the University of Southern California, is an expert in China/Asia sourcing and manufacturing. Waiyin specializes in strategic business development; OEM/ODM Project Management; Product Development; Sourcing; and Procurement. Waiyin is an executive with BlueFire Direct, and has held leadership positions with American Leisure Group, Greenwindows Manufacturing in China, and Sampo Technology and Primax Electronics in Taiwan. Waiyin is currently the General Manager of AGT’s supply chain operation in China (CGT).
Larry Seurynck
Sales / Tech / Eng
Larry Seurynck earned a Masters degree and did doctoral studies at the University of Michigan. He then taught at the University of Miami and Lake Michigan College. Following his creative energies, he developed a design and paint contracting company that became the major force in the restoration of Dowagiac, Michigan. He is currently President of the Dowagiac Union Schools Board of Trustees, President of the Encore School of the Arts, Chair of the Design Committee of the Dowagiac Downtown Development Authority, and founder of the Wood Fire Trattoria in Dowagiac.
Jon Gallagher
EVP, Regional Sales
Jon Gallagher has been a leading sales executive in the RV industry with over 10 years of experience in product design, market implementation and sales management. He founded the highly successful Sunseeker/Lexington motorized division for Forest River from inception. His top performing division was part of a sale to Warren Buffet of Berkshire Hathaway in late 2005. Jon oversaw sales and product development for Coachmen, Georgieboy and Shasta class C motor homes. During his 36 month tenure, motorized sales increased from 197M to 421M while profits rose from -3.9M to 15.6M. Jon was promoted to Vice President of sales and class C product development for Damon RV in 2008. Jon earned his BBA in Economics/Marketing from Western Michigan University.
Jason Green
Executive Vice President / Sales and Marketing
In his twenty-five year career, Jason has been involved in the growth of several companies. He has held sales positions, built and lead sales teams, served in numerous management roles, and founded a consulting practice focused on team building and revenue growth. He ran a financial advisory services department for the largest bank in Louisiana, before joining a global wealth management firm. Serving as president for the global wealth management firm’s largest division, he increased revenues by 280% in two years to $140 million annually. He lead his team to over $5 billion in assets under management growth, a company record, during the same period. Jason maintains his Certified Financial Planner™ designation. He graduated from LSU with a BS in Business Administration, with the highest GPA in his major.
Gordy Norquist
EVP
Gordon graduated from St. Joe high school and went on to Ball State University graduating in1983 from the school of Business. Gordon started his career with Waggoner Oil Co. in 1983 in inventory control. In 1993 was promoted to president/CFO and continued operating Waggoner until it was sold in 2007. In addition, Gordon founded The UPS Store in Granger Indiana in 2005 and remains the owner to present day. Also, Gordon is the treasurer and manager of a land development call Portage Prairie in South Bend Indiana. Gordon partnered with Holladay Corporation and manages all contracts and LLC’s, associated with the Portage Prairie project. Gordon also manages the family farm and all its affairs.
Floyd Biglane
Floyd Biglane has been recognized throughout his career as a successful manager leveraging an in-depth knowledge of manufacturing philosophies to increase revenue and operational efficiency. Most recently, Floyd served as Operations Manager of the M777 Howitzer Manufacturing Facility for BAE Systems. Under his management, the manufacturing site was recognized as one of the best Continuous Improvement/Lean Manufacturing Programs in the State of Mississippi. He also led a multi-national BAE Systems - Weapons System Division LEAN Committee.
Floyd has consistently developed teams that have achieved at the highest levels of performance. He has focused on the development of people, team building, and continuous improvements. His team’s focus in these areas have generated results that include 11+ years without a Loss Time Injury, 11+ years without missing a ship date, and simultaneously performing at highest supplier level in both productivity and quality.
His skills in cost reduction have garnered millions in cost savings for his employers over the years.
Floyd has been involved with multiple manufacturing start-ups as an Engineer, Manager, and Consultant. His manufacturing product experiences include working for Compaq Computers, Howard Industries Ballast Division, Powerware, and several other world-class manufacturing companies.
Floyd graduated with a BS in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University and a MS in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt from the Six Sigma Academy. Floyd has an ISO Lead Auditor Certification from BSI.
Linda Lee
Dr. Linda Lee is a qualified public health professional with a focus on the relationship of opportunistic environmental pathogens and diseases. Linda graduated with a Bachelors in Environmental Health Science from Indiana State University. She then earned a Masters in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas - College of Engineering. She also completed a Doctorate of Public Health in Occupational and Environmental Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health in Houston, TX. She also has an MBA with an emphasis in Healthcare Management from Western Governors University in Utah. In addition, Linda is a certified indoor air quality manager.
Linda is no stranger to healthcare with over 30 years’ experience in hospitals or serving the healthcare industry. Based out of Austin, Texas, she previously worked for CH2M Hill, WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Stericycle, Inc. She has served as an adjunct professor for the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, the University of Houston College of Engineering, the American Hospital Association and the American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Linda helps clients to identify applications where the HRMS technology will improve patient outcomes, reduce infections, reduce absenteeism and reduce bio-burden and positively impact the organization. She is the author of a number of peer reviewed journals/publications and three books published by the American Hospital Association.
