Engineering firm AMA Group announced that Stephen Horner has joined the team as principal of the East Coast Lighting Design Business Unit, which is branded as ALD Lighting (a wholly owned division of AMA Group), in the New York City office. Horner comes to ALD Lighting with over 20 years of experience in lighting.
A graduate of the Lighting Design Master of Arts program at the Parsons School of Design, Horner moved to the U.S. in 1996 and began his career in the lighting industry as a founding partner at Exterieur Vert Lighting, a fabricator of specification grade urban luminaires. As a lighting designer he has since worked on award winning projects with international firms L’Observatoire International, Tillett Lighting Design, Leni Schwendinger’s Light Projects, One Lux Studio and MRD.
“We are thrilled to welcome Stephen in New York City and have high expectations for him to expand the ALD Lighting brand on the eastern seaboard as well as throughout the firm,” said Arthur Metzler, chief executive officer, AMA Group. “His welcoming style along with his extensive experience in leadership positions of multiple facets of the industry in such internationally prestigious firms will make him a great asset to AMA Group and ALD Lighting. I am very confident that Stephen will be integral to our continued growth and diversification.”
Horner’s varied project experiences include hospitality, retail, commercial, private residences, urban landscapes and civic master planning.
