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.

Colin Fisher

CFO

Colin has over 20 years of experience in finance, accounting and human resources administration. He has worked domestically and abroad for Fortune 500, mid-cap and venture-funded private companies, including Bank of America, Automatic Data Processing, Cypress Semiconductor, VLSI Technology, Miradia, Inc., and most recently, GTronix, Inc. He has successfully facilitated organizational expansions, equity and debt financings, and merger and acquisition activities for venture-funded technology companies. Colin received a B.S. in Finance from Arizona State University and his MBA from Santa Clara University.

Shapour Bakhtiari

Sr. Vice President of Operations and Technology

Shapour Bakhtiari brings to LUXIM more than 20 years of high-level experience in the fields of engineering and plant management. Mr. Bakhtiari is responsible for maintaining LUXIM's manufacturing, quality systems and supply chain operations.

Prior to joining LUXIM Mr. Bakhtiari was Plant Manager for SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY Recording Media Operations from 2004-2009 in Milpitas California. He oversaw manufacturing operations for sputtering of thin film media on rigid discs. He successfully transitioned new products from R&D to high volume manufacturing while simultaneously reducing costs and increasing thru-put. Prior to running the Milpitas operations, Mr. Bakhtiari was the General Manager for Seagate's substrate factories in Mexico and Anaheim California from 1997 to 2000 and Managing director of Limavady, Northern Ireland substrate operations from 2002 to 2004.

Mr. Bakhtiari holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State University in Fresno.

Randy Reid

Vice President of Marketing

Randy Reid comes to LUXIM with over 20 years of leadership experience in the field of energy efficient “Green” lighting. Mr. Reid is responsible for LUXIMs Strategic Product Planning, Marketing Communications and Application Engineering.

Prior to joining LUXIM, Mr. Reid was Executive Vice President for the US Division of Metrolight, Inc, a leading eHID company. He established the North America operation in 2002.

Mr. Reid has helped shape the area lighting market. He held the position of President for the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. IES is the recognized technical illumination authority responsible for communicating information on all aspects of good lighting practices to the lighting community. Mr. Reid served on the LIGHTFAIR Management Committee, 2001 - 2003 and on the LIGHTFAIR Advisory Committee in 2006. Mr. Reid is the Chairman for IESNA’s Annual Conference in 2010.

Mr. Reid is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Army Reserve. He holds a Bachelor of Science from University of Alabama and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.

Geoff Brown

Vice President of Sales

Geoff Brown manages LUXIM's sales team and new opportunity development. Mr. Brown previously held global sales responsibility as Vice President of Business Development and Sales for Optillion, and prior to that he was the Director of Sales for Raychem’s Circuit Protection Division responsible for Europe and the Americas. During his 18 years in business he has worked closely with existing customers and prospects to understand their needs, translate those needs into product opportunities, and manage those opportunities to a selling proposition in the marketplace.

Prior to joining LUXIM Mr. Brown was Global Director of Product Management for Tyco Electronics' Elo TouchSystems business unit. Elo TouchSystems is the leading brand in touch technology, encompassing the largest selection of touchscreen technologies, touchmonitors and touchcomputers in the world. At Elo Mr. Brown was responsible for the maintenance and implementation of Elo’s product strategy, cross-functional product design, and go-to-market product pipeline.

Prior to Raychem, Brown was a lieutenant in the United States Navy. Brown earned his BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University where he was the recipient of the Phi Beta Kappa Prize, and the James Hayes-Edgar Palmer Prize in Engineering.

Ming Tan

Vice President of Business Development - China

Ming leads LUXIM’s business development efforts through out China. He has extensive experience setting up high tech operations and is responsible for expanding LUXIM’s business interests within China.

Prior to joining LUXIM, Ming was a Senior Consultant in Suzhou China dedicated to developing markets for tooling in the solar and semiconductor industries. Prior to that he was the Engineering Director and Core Team Lead for new product development and launch at Seagate. In addition, Ming has held several engineering positions including Program Manager and he was responsible for setting up on-site support for Seagate in Shenzhen, Wuxi, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

Mr. Tan holds an engineering degree from Shanghai University of Technology.

Gregg Hollingsworth

Chief Architect

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.

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.

Janet Brant

Office / HR 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.