LEDs & Lighting Fixture Design | E-061846
This lighting expert earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida and has been granted 26 U.S. patents, many of which relate to lighting fixtures. From 2008 until 2011, he served as the Vice President of Research at the Lighting Science Group Corp, where he transitioned the company to a product-driven supplier of LED products and helped grow revenues from $3 million to $100 million. He later served as the Chief Engineer of the ETi Lighting Research Institute and the Vice President of Research and Development for ETi Solid State Lighting Inc. He has worked at every stage of LED technology, including raw materials, lighting fixtures, and standards development. The expert currently works as a technology and engineering consultant and also assists on legal matters, primarily patent infringement cases.
Location: TX
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tulane University
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida
Member, Test Procedures Committee, Illuminating Engineering Society
Member, Optical Society of America
Member, Materials Research Society
Member, International Society for Optics and Photonics
Recipient, 26 U.S. Patents
Former, Project Engineer, Shell
Former, Visiting Researcher, AT&T Bell Labs
Former, Process Engineer, Emcore
Former, Team Leader for Epitaxial Materials & Characterization, Uniroyal Optoelectronics
Former, Director of IP, University Relations, & Government Contracts, Uniroyal Optoelectronics
Former, Intellectual Property Manager, University of South Florida
Former, Director of Engineering, Beeman Holdings
Former, Head of Sales, Toyoda-Gosei
Former, Vice President of Research, Lighting Science Group Corp
Former, Chief Engineer of the ETi Lighting Research Institute & Vice President of Research and Development
Former, Director of Engineering, HeathCo LLC
Current, Chief Technology Officer & Principal Consultant, Private Design and Technology Business