BANDIT CEO INDUCTED INTO EAST TENNESSEE BUSINESS HALL OF FAME

Knoxville, TN- Bandit CEO, Michael T. Strickland is one of three local business leaders that recently received East Tennessee’s highest honor. The 20th Annual East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame Banquet took place on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Knoxville Convention Center. Bandit Chief Operating Officer, Peter Heffernan, introduced Strickland at the ceremony.

East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame Laureates are individuals whose vision and innovation have moved the region and society towards beneficial and stronger direction.

Michael T. Strickland adds this honor to an already impressive list of awards that he has received over the years. In 1997, Bandit received the Mass Mutual Blue Chip Award as one of America’s top companies. Then, in 1999, Strickland was placed into the Nashville Business Hall of Fame. That same year he was also named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by Ernst & Young, CNN and USA Today. A leader in the entertainment lighting industry, Bandit has been named ‘Lighting Company of the Year’ 16 different times.