Who:
A.C.T Lighting
What:
Wholesale distributor whose business includes being the exclusive North America
distributor for MA Lighting, Zero 88 and the U.S. distributor of MDG smoke, fog and
haze machines.
Where:
Agoura Hills, Ca., with two people working out of home offi ces in New York.
When:
A.C. Lighting, Inc. was founded in 1993 by Bob Gordon and David Leggett, managing
director of A.C. Lighting Ltd. In 1999, Bob purchased Leggett’s shares and subsequently
became the CEO/President. In 2002 the company was renamed as A.C.T Lighting.
How Many Products:
Seven lines, including ELC, Selecon, Reel Efx and Zero 88.
How Many Employees:
20
Current Tours:
MA is being used by Madonna, Elton John, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill/Tim McGraw and
scores of others. Also, MA equipment was used in the Broadway hit Jersey Boys, which
won a Tony for lighting, and is currently running Cirque du Soleil’s/Beatles’ Love in Las
Vegas.
Recent Company Highlight Includes:
In Spring of 2006, Brian Dowd, formerly of TMB, and Broadway lighting programmer Paul
Sonnleitner, launched A.C.T’s New York operation.
Degrees of Separation:
Gordon was previously sales manager of GAM Products and VP of Sales with Wybron;
operation manager Ward Carlisle and technical support manager Mario Collazo were
both previously with Light & Sound Design; and director of sales and marketing, Tim
Bachman, was at one time with Leviton and Barbizon.
