Jodi Young is a native of Torrance, California. She has a degree in Business Management and over 10 years of customer service experience. Jodi started her career in customer service working for a large South Bay printing and binder manufacturer. Jodi joined Visionaire Lighting in January 2001 as the Customer Service Manager and has since become an indispensable part of the Visionaire Team. In November of 2001 Jodi joined purchasing, and in April of 2004 she moved on to become our Materials Manager all the while helping to expedite and lower the cost of raw material and control inventory to the benefit of our customers. With Jodi’s extensive knowledge of customer service, purchasing and materials she was a natural choice to become the executive assistant of Visionaire’s Chief Operating Officer Erik Van Wier. In March of 2006 Jodi joined the production team utilizing her knowledge and skills to schedule jobs to insure orders ship in a realistic and timely matter. Jodi is a volunteer for the city of Torrance Community Emergency Response Team, which works closely with the Torrance Fire Department to insure the safety of the community during any natural or man made disaster. When not busy volunteering she likes to work towards her next belt in Ju-jitsu, workout, shop and hang out with her daughter Shane. She is currently part of the Visionaire company softball team the “Visionaire Hitmen”, she plays catcher and 1 st base. Jodi is currently living in Torrance with her 13 year old daughter Shane and the family cat Spooky.