Meet the Team!

Bob Gray, Co-Founder, Lead Sequencer

Bob started into RGB pixel displays in 2018 and hasn't looked back since.  His own display, Lights on Edgewood, has been featured in several newspapers and TV interviews. Bob runs the sequencing part of the business, as well as works with the team on commercial displays.

 Mark Tarkowski, Co-Founder, Product Manager and Sourcer

Mark has been running The Tarkowski Family Light Show for 15 years at his house in Antioch, IL.  He runs the 3d printing part of the business, manage all manufacture relationships, pick / pack / ship product from IL and helps with commercial installs.

One of the things that makes VLS different from any other vendor is what we have on our website for sale, we physically have our hands on.  We don't do pre-sales as there are too many variables with manufacturing and shipping times.  Even though we don't do pre-sales, our prices are usually at pre-sale prices that ship the same day.  Our 3d printed items all have lifetime warranty and all our other product has a 2 year warranty.  

We don't have all the overhead other vendors have.  We don't have separate warehouses or employees, we keep prices down to pass those savings onto our customers.  Quality and customer service is #1!

James Hendricks, Sequencer

So I started my light journey with my grandson. He is non verbal autistic, and loves flashy lights. He would get super excited for Christmas and every year tried to get bigger. 4 years ago I decided to bring something extra, so I read every forum and watched every xlights video I could find. My first xlights Christmas was 4 snowflakes and arches. My second year I did Halloween and Christmas with about 5k lights. 3rd year I did 4th of July with a DMX fireworks show, Halloween, and Christmas with about 15k lights in each show. And this past year I've doubled all shows and have had everything from birthdays to marriage proposals at the house. I absolutely love everything xlights, building the display is my hobby, but sequences are my escape.

Joel Dorman, Sequencer / Voice-Over Specialist

Joel got into sequencing when all he had were a few strands of multicolored LED lights.  In 2018, he leaped to pixels, and it grew into a passion.  His light show, the Dorman Christmas Lights in Merced, California, has entertained since then and has become a family tradition for his audience.  His light show features nearly 75 songs that he has sequenced (and counting!), which involve over 15,000 pixels (and counting!).  Joel enjoys pushing the limits of what can be done with lighting displays and is always on the lookout for what's next.  "It's the creative side of it I enjoy the most," Joel says, "Feeling what the music is doing and conveying that in lights.  It's about making people smile."