Reporting to Tom Walstad, OEM sales manager, he will be based in El Paso, Texas with responsibility for growing the ballast business in the original equipment manufacturers market, nationwide.
Royalty has extensive industry experience in the lighting and electrical equipment industry.
Before that, he was with two business units of Philips, Advance Transformer Company and Electronic Ballast Technology, where he held marketing manager positions. He started his electrical industry career in 1972 with Square D Company, holding engineering, marketing and sales posts. Royalty holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial technology from Eastern Kentucky University.