Legrand’s Charlie Derk, director of product marketing for the company’s QMotion and Vantage brands, has been appointed to the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) board of directors.
CABA is an international, non-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of connected homes and intelligent building technologies.
Derk has been working with lighting and shading controls for more than 20 years, with roles ranging from engineering and product management to marketing and sales. He was appointed as director of product marketing strategy for Legrand’s luxury residential lighting control brand, Vantage, back in May this year. He also holds the same position for the QMotion brand.
Previously, Derk was instrumental in building Crestron’s shading product line and was the lead engineer for Lutron’s HomeWorks Interactive platform.
Derk is taking over from Andrew Wale, vice president of product marketing, BCS division, Legrand North America, as the company’s representative on the CABA board.
Ron Zimmer, CABA’s president and CEO said: “I am very pleased to welcome Charlie Derk to the CABA board of directors. He has a vast knowledge in lighting and shading control products, a key strategic segment within the integrated building technologies market.
“He brings a rare combination of experience, as both an engineering and product development veteran and as a marketing and sales leader.”
“It’s a great honour to join the CABA board on behalf of Legrand,” added Derk. “I look forward to working with the organisation toward our common goal of advancing the connected home and intelligent building sector by driving the evolution of control and automation technologies.”