Ephesus Lighting names Crunch owner Dolgon as chief marketing officer and Lorenz as president

SYRACUSE — Syracuse Crunch owner Howard Dolgon is adding to his responsibilities with a management title in a Syracuse business that is based at the Syracuse Technology Garden.

Ephesus Lighting, Inc. today named Dolgon its chief marketing officer as part of an overall corporate restructuring.

In addition to Dolgon, Ephesus has also named Michael Lorenz as president. He’s served as the firm’s COO since 2012, according to an Ephesus news release.

Lorenz previously served as the CEO of Destiny USA, a 2.4 million square shopping and entertainment center in Syracuse.

Ephesus Lighting designs and manufactures light-emitting diode (LED) lighting products for the industrial and sports markets.

Along with his role as owner of the Syracuse Crunch, a minor-league hockey franchise, Dolgon’s background is in public relations and marketing.

Dolgon served as a founding member of Alan Taylor Communications, an independent sports lifestyle public-relations firm, which has since rebranded as Taylor.

Dolgon knows about the lighting products that Ephesus is producing.

Ephesus Lighting installed a new lighting system at the War Memorial prior to the 2012-13 season and is upgrading the lights for the 2013-14 campaign, according to an Oct. 3 Syracuse Crunch news release.

Ephesus also named Joe Casper, the firm’s founder, as its chief technology officer. Casper previously served as president of Ephesus Lighting.

Casper has more than 30 years of experience in semiconductors and solid-state technology.

As chief technology officer, Casper will direct the firm’s engineering team to rapidly commercialize LED products for the “demanding” market growth. 

He’ll work closely with industry and university partners to incorporate LED products in the “most challenging” environments. 

Ephesus Lighting has focused on product innovation and establishing a market for its products for the last two years, Amy Casper, CEO and owner of Ephesus Lighting, said in the company’s news release.

The announcement is seen as an “exciting first step” in positioning the firm for the future.

“By more clearly defining the roles for Mike, Joe and Howard and the reporting structure for our staff, we can now more efficiently grow our team, innovate new products, aggressively develop new business opportunities to service our clients.  This is an exciting first step in positioning us for the future,” she said.

Ephesus last November announced it had installed a new LED lighting system at the Thomas M. Ryan Center in Kingston, R.I., where the University of Rhode Island’s men’s and women’s basketball teams play their games.

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com