Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI), Atlanta, GA, has named Ed Ebrahimian vice president, business development, of its Enterprise Solutions sales operations.

Ebrahimian most recently served as general manager and director, Bureau of Street Lighting, for the City of Los Angeles, the second largest municipal street lighting system in the United States.

During Ebrahimian’s tenure, the City of Los Angeles converted more than 180,000 streets lights to LED lighting, and initiated the deployment of additional technologies, such as remote monitoring and controls. In his new role with Acuity Brands, Ebrahimian will offer his LED streetlighting conversion insight to customers, as well as lead Acuity Brands’ development of smart city offerings and its outdoor Internet of Things (IoT) program.