Revolution Lighting Technologies (NASDAQ:RVLT) is an LED lighting company with a broad product portfolio that has been built through a series of acquisitions over the last 8 years. Revolution manufactures and sells indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, commercial lights, and lighting control systems through various channels. Much of their business is driven by commercial and institutional LED retrofit projects.
Revolution is run by Robert LaPenta (Chairman and CEO) and James DePalma (CFO and Director). LaPenta and DePalma have a long history in various semiconductor, technology, and electrical systems industries most notably with L3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) an aerospace contractor that LaPenta Co-Founded in 1997. LaPenta has a strong history of selling products to the government and military which is important for Revolution as they gear up to sell to the Navy.
