Mr. Smitt holds several patents for LED uniformity and color consistency, is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and has authored many articles addressing the quality and consistency of light. Before his current position at Lumileds, he was Vice President of Marketing at Xicato and Senior Director/Product Marketing & Market Development for Soraa, where he helped build the product and marketing strategy organization for the company’s directional lamps and light engines. He has a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Technische Universiteit in Delft.