LEDs & Lighting Fixture Design Expert Witness | Texas

Expert Qualifications

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.

Bio Snapshot

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

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