Tony McGettigan
President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. McGettigan has over 15 years experience in consumer electronics holding leadership positions in manufacturing, product development, business development and business unit management.

Mr. McGettigan spent 7 years managing the projection display component business at Optical Coating Laboratory Inc. and JDS Uniphase.  In addition, he is a prominent figure in the projection display industry and is a recognized expert in both the technology and commercial aspects of the sector.  Prior to working in projection display, Tony held various management positions in the inkjet printing business at Hewlett-Packard where he drove the extension of their technology from desktop printing to digital photography.

Mr. McGettigan received his MSME and MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he graduated with full fellowship.  He received his BSME (Summa Cum Laude) from University College Dublin.

Gregg Hollingsworth
Vice President of Engineering

Mr. Hollingsworth leads LUXIM’s engineering and product development.  He has over 22 years of experience in high power RF amplifier products.  On top of his achievements in technology development, Gregg has co-founded two successful RF amplifier companies.

For 10 years prior to joining LUXIM, Mr. Hollingsworth was Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Xemod, an innovative manufacturer of LDMOS based high-power RF amplifier modules.  Mr. Hollingsworth continued to direct product development and technology strategy for wireless infrastructure products through Xemod’s acquisition by Sirenza Microdevices in 2002.  Mr. Hollingsworth is the holder of several patents in the area of RF power products.

Mr. Hollingsworth holds a BSEE degree from Washington State University.

Dennis Lee Brown
Vice President of Operations

Mr. Brown leads the manufacturing and supply chain operations team at LUXIM.  He brings over 25 years of experience scaling high volume, quality manufacturing for technology products and systems.

Prior to LUXIM, Mr. Brown held the position of Vice President of Operations at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a supplier of hard disk drives.  In this role he oversaw the volume and yield ramp of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to its successful commercial launch in 2006.  He was responsible for manufacturing operations in the USA, Japan and China.

Mr. Brown was previously Vice President of US and Asia Operations for Seagate Technology a leading manufacturer of data storage devices for diverse applications.  There he managed the expansion and construction of production facilities in the US and Singapore.  In this position he was instrumental in driving increased productivity, high yield and industry-leading cost competitiveness.

Richard Gilliard
Chief Scientist

Dr. Gilliard comes to LUXIM with over 25 years experience in the invention, design and manufacturing of high intensity discharge lamps (HID).  He began his career at General Electric Company where he did pioneering work on metal halide and high pressure mercury lamps.

After leaving GE, Dr. Gilliard held a number of leadership roles in the development of high intensity discharge lamps working for companies such as UVP, ILC, Perkin Elmer and most recently llluminate.  Dr. Gilliard’s work has led to several ground breaking patents and the successful commercialization of a series of HID lamp products.

Dr. Gilliard has a BS Degree from the US Military Academy at West Point, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois.

Julian A. Carey
Vice President of Sales & Marketing

Mr. Carey manages LUXIM's sales team and directs LUXIM’s product strategy, new opportunity development, branding and promotion.  Prior to joining LUXIM, Mr. Carey was Product Marketing Manager at Philips Lumileds Lighting, a manufacturer of solid state lighting technology where he was responsible for commercializing power LED flash products for mobile digital imaging.  In addition, Mr. Carey held various marketing and management positions developing new lighting markets with Lumileds Lighting LLC before and up to its acquisition by Philips Electronics N.V.

From 1997 through 2000, Mr. Carey was Project Manager for the Optoelectronics Division of the Hewlett-Packard Company later Agilent Technologies and prior to that held various engineering roles in the development of optical and electronic devices.  He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Janet Brant
Office Manager

Ms. Brant brings to LUXIM a high level of experience in human resources and business process management.  Her responsibilities include staffing, training and the establishment of efficient business policies and procedures.

Ms. Brant made the move to LUXIM from the online media division at Reuters where she operated in the role of Executive Assistant to the CTO.  There she managed logistics for trade events and conferences worldwide.  As an early contributor at Netscape, Ms. Brant was a Project Administrator at that company responsible for human resources and corporate policies continuing through its acquisition by AOL in 1998.

Prior to these responsibilities, Ms. Brant spent 20 years as Consultant at People Performance Programs, Inc., a human resources management consulting company.