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[/caption]GE Lighting (East Cleveland, Ohio): John Strainic will head the business’s North America Consumer Lighting operation. In this newly created role, Strainic will be responsible for driving growth for GE Lighting’s North America consumer business. Strainic has been general manager of Global Lighting Product Management since April 2007. In this role he was responsible for all global lighting strategy, including product development and capacity planning. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.