Echelon Corporation announced the appointment of Rick Schuett as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Schuett brings more than 20 years of leadership, core lighting experience, and proven sales success to the Echelon team. Rick will drive the Company's go-to-market strategies in both the lighting and the LonWorks-based embedded systems business.

Prior to Echelon, Schuett served in executive sales roles at NXEGEN LLC, Autani Corporation and Encelium Technologies.