One accountable partner,
budget to closeout.
Vertical Lighting + Controls is a design-build lighting and controls partner for general contractors. We take the scope off your plate and own it, from early design and budgeting through procurement, delivery, and closeout.
General contractors call us in when lighting and controls can not slip. Instead of coordinating a fixture supplier, a controls vendor, and a lighting designer separately, you get one team that carries all of it and answers for the result.
That means the budget is real, the submittals line up, the material lands staged and on schedule, and the controls are commissioned before the owner walks the space. Service. Solutions. Success.

How we work
Ownership
One partner carries the lighting and controls scope end to end, so nothing falls between the trades.
Clarity
Honest budgets and clear submittals up front, so the team builds to a number everyone trusts.
Follow-through
We stay on it through commissioning, punch, and closeout, and hand the owner a package that works on day one.
20+
Years in lighting & controls
6
Markets served
1
Accountable partner

John Molak
President
John leads Vertical Lighting + Controls and stays close to every project, so contractors have a direct line to the person accountable for the work.
- Office
- 847-844-0454
- Direct
- 630-800-5312
Meet the team

A principal at Vertical Lighting + Controls for a decade, Matt brings ten years across the electrical and lighting industry, with a background in ESCO business development, energy audits, and project management.

Alec runs operations and design support with nine years in AGi32 photometric design, quoting, order entry, and project management. He is certified in advanced AGi32 training and partners closely on design-build work.

Joe leads business development and customer relations, plans and represents VL+C at industry events, and helps shape the brand.

Crystal Morris
Customer Success
Crystal brings more than twenty years of customer success, delivering white-glove service to contractors and keeping every order on track.
Send us
your plans.
Share the drawings or the idea. We will scope the lighting and controls package and walk you through the budget.

