Mark Carlson Appointed General Counsel and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at NanoLumens

Underscoring the importance of having General Counsel that is broadly experienced in working with rapidly evolving globally focused knowledge based companies, NanoLumens (www.nanolumens.com), the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of visualization solutions, today announced the appointment of Mark Carlson as General Counsel and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, reporting directly to NanoLumens CEO Rick Cope. 

“The role of General Counsel has changed dramatically over the last ten years and, increasingly, a company’s General Counsel is being called upon to play a more important role in shaping how businesses operate, managing different kinds of risk, and guiding corporate conduct overall,” Cope said today.  “Mark has both the legal and general business background we need at this critical juncture in our growth trajectory.  He brings both the legal and strategic business acumen to our senior management team that will help us to achieve our long-term growth objectives.” 

Before joining NanoLumens, Mark Carlson served as the Corporate/M&A Group Chair at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. He has also served as Director of Business Development at Fantasma Networks, a Silicon Valley wireless start up; an Attorney at Shearman & Sterling; and as a Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.   

Mark Carlson holds a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School (1995) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Dartmouth College (1992).  

NanoLumens® Completes $13.3-Million Round of New Financing

NanoLumens®, the world’s leader for visualization solutions in any size, shape or curvature, today announced it has secured $13.3-million in new financing from an offering of debt and securities. Euro Pacific Canada Inc. (www.europac.ca) served as the exclusive agent for the offering.  The $5-million debt component of the financing was provided by Wellington Financial LP (www.wellingtonfund.com). 

According to NanoLumens CEO Rick Cope, the new round of funding will be used to accelerate the company’s strategic business and technology development programs. “The next chapter for our global strategy is about to unfold” he said today.  “Working closely with leading global companies, NanoLumens is expanding its visualization platform to incorporate nearly limitless opportunities that join together large-format visualization solutions with native apps, professional services and mobile tech platforms.  Our end result will be an interactive universe of display solutions that not only engage customers, but also simultaneously deliver information and compel commerce.

“What’s more,” Cope continued, “we are going to do this with technology that was born in Canada, is manufactured in America, and is shipping to customers around the world.”

According to Euro Pacific Canada Managing Director Adam Adamou, “Euro Pacific -is committed to repopulating the Canadian public markets with the very best young technology companies in the world.  NanoLumens is a pre-eminent leader in the emerging market of providing customer specific visualization solutions that help marketers to better engage with their customers wherever those customers happen to be.” 

“We are excited to partner with this dynamic tech visionary.  NanoLumens stands at the forefront of creating the future of customer engagement through visualization solutions that can be designed, engineered and manufactured in any shape, size or curvature that clients require.  With an impressive list of customers and tremendous growth over the last three years, NanoLumens is a perfect fit for our growth capital,” said Mark McQueen, President & CEO of Wellington Financial.

NanoLumens’ current clients include a broad range of marketers covering the fields of broadcast, casinos, control rooms, convention centers, DOOH, higher education, hospitality, retail, stadiums, and transportation including AIG, Bally’s, CBS Outdoor, CCTV, CNN, Charles Schwab, Coca Cola, Delta Airlines, Estee Lauder, ESPN, GTE Financial, Holt-Renfrew, Invesco, Macy’s, Nike, Terra, Turner, Universal Studios Florida, Uniqlo, and the new World Trade Center Freedom Tower, among many others. 

NanoLumens Steps Up To Help Gary Sinise Foundation Equip Local Georgia Wounded Warrior's New Home

If there’s one thing that NanoLumens CEO Rick Cope values more than anything else, it is service.  Before he became a hard-charging successful tech industry CEO, Cope served for more than 20 years as an officer in the United States Marine Corps in a career that concluded with him serving as Special Operations Advisor to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Desert Storm campaign in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. 

So, it should come as no surprise that, when he heard about the Gary Sinise Foundation’s efforts to build a home in Columbus, Georgia for wounded warrior Mike Schlitz, he knew he had to do something about it.  “I was approached by Joel Berrettini of IT and Media Solutions to see if I could help open up some doors at the major hardware manufacturers we work with,” Cope explained.  “I knew I had to do something because the new home wouldn’t be complete without some HD television displays.” 

NanoLumens donated three LED HD displays for Mike Schlitz’s new home, which was formally dedicated on October 31st. 

“I can’t thank Rick Cope and NanoLumens enough for helping to complete this very important project,” said Berrettini.  “All of us, as Americans, have an obligation to help give something back to the men and women of our Armed Forces who have sacrificed so much to ensure our freedom and way of life.  I know that everyone at the Gary Sinise Foundation appreciates what NanoLumens did.  They stepped up when we needed their help the most.”

NanoLumens and PartnerTech Begin Manufacturing LED Displays For Distribution in Canada

Major high tech electronics manufacturer and world’s leading manufacturer of indoor LED displays expand Made in America initiative by manufacturing large format LED displays for Canadian customers. 

NanoLumens®, the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of indoor LED displays, and PartnerTech Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of PartnerTech AB, a major systems integration and electronics manufacturer, today expanded their ‘Made in America’ partnership with the announcement that they are now manufacturing large format LED displays for customers in Canada.

According to NanoLumens President & CEO Rick Cope, PartnerTech Inc. is providing expert mechanical and electrical assembly, testing and calibration expertise for more than a dozen large format NanoLumens LED displays, ranging from 20 to 27 feet wide. These displays will be used for advertising purposes in malls across Canada.

“Scalability and flexibility, along with nimble performance in handling multiple projects are the key drivers of this relationship,” Cope said today. “PartnerTech has demonstrated its ability to scale production while maintaining expert cost controls and a high level of customer support, key factors that formed the foundation of our relationship three years ago.” 

PartnerTech has provided manufacturing, engineering and assembly resources to NanoLumens for previous projects at both PartnerTech and NanoLumens sites. The companies have worked together on many LED display installations including NBA basketball arenas, international train stations, convention centers, and more. 

NanoLumens is expected to grow as a first-in-class provider of indoor LED displays with the support of volume demands provided by PartnerTech.

“Continued accelerated growth for NanoLumens presents opportunities for larger scale and more complex orders,” Cope added. “With each new opportunity, the advantages of our relationship with PartnerTech are proven through rapid scale and cost control while maintaining a high level of customer care.” 

Electronics manufacturing is making a huge comeback to the United States in part due to the partnerships like the one between PartnerTech and NanoLumens.  The ability to scale production through additional resources, both skilled labor and physical space, support the exponential growth that NanoLumens has experienced in the last year. The flexibility and scalability afforded through this type of partnership is extremely advantageous in managing cost control and providing better service to customers. 

“With multiple projects occurring simultaneously, the ability to scale production and manage production space is imperative,” Gary Bruce, President of PartnerTech Inc. stated. “PartnerTech is able to provide the flexibility and resources needed for NanoLumens to respond to growing demand and to continue to deliver excellence to their customers.”