3F Filippi acquires Targetti
(Italy) – Italian private equity firm Dea Capital sells Targetti to 3F Filippi making it one of the top five lighting companies in Italy.
3F Filippi has taken over Italian lighting manufacturers Targetti. The company, based in Bologna, aquired the brand from Italian private equity firm Dea Capital, after a hold of just nine months.
For 3F Filippi, who will reach a consolidated turnover of around €60million in 2017, the aim is to invest in Italy to grow on world markets, integrating the product and process know-how of the two companies and creating relevant synergies to widen its industrial dimension.
Following the acquisition, the combined business will have more than 600 employees across four Italian plants (two in Pianoro, one in Florence and one in Nusco – Avellino), and is estimated to make a turnover in excess €110million in 2017.
“3F Filippi has been operating in the lighting sector for over 60 years, with a consolidated experience in the design and production of efficient technical lighting systems,” said CEO Giovanni Bonazzi. “Targetti represents an excellent opportunity to develop industrial synergies and enrich our product range with a portfolio of architectural lighting fixtures for interiors and exteriors.
“Furthermore, the wide range of products allows us to proudly bring Made in Italy to more than 50 countries, and to grow further in markets with great prospects such as USA, Russia and China, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, thanks to the dense sales network and to foreign branches. We are extremely satisfied with how the company has been managed up to now and we have found an excellent management team and a close-knit and motivated team of collaborators.”
Helvar in China distribution agreement with Media-Go
(China) - Helvar has agreed an exclusive distribution deal with the Media-Go Group of Companies (Media-Go) for supplying and supporting its lighting intelligence products and solutions in the Mainland China.
“China is a dynamic, exciting and fast-growing market for lighting control,” says Alan Jackson, Helvar’s Head of sales. “Helvar’s lighting intelligence is perfectly suited to energising spaces within Chinese offices, hospitality, retail, industrial and other environments at the same time as achieving significant energy saving and carbon reductions. This partnership with Media-Go will give Chinese designers, specifiers and end-users the opportunity to access these and many other great benefits from a global technology leader in lighting control.”
Hong Kong-based Media-Go is part of a Group of companies specialising in a diverse range of customisable innovative audiovisual, IT and control solutions for its customers. The company also offers technology consultation services, system integration and installation, training, maintenance and support to support the extensive Helvar product range. Media-Go has a robust business network with an experienced local team to serve customers throughout China.
“Intelligent lighting control is a core green technology that’s increasingly important in all types of building throughout China, even in residential environments. By bringing Helvar’s lighting intelligence into our solution, we will create a new chapter of our business that will help us to grasp more business opportunities and be even more successful in the future,” added Harry Lam, CEO of Media-Go.
Helvar provides lighting control and energy management solutions based on open systems technology for commercial and industrial buildings. The company facilitates simple integration with other building services to help improve energy efficiency, well-being, space utilisation, comfort and productivity. Helvar’s product range is fully scalable from single luminaire solutions up to lighting control systems for entire buildings.
Amsterdam Light Festival open for concepts for 2018/19
(Netherlands) – Organisers announce the theme of the 2018/19 Amsterdam Light Festival is ‘The Medium is the Message’, and have issued a ‘Call for Concepts’ for the event.
Organisers of the Amsterdam Light Festival have issued a ‘Call for Concepts’ inviting artists and designers the world over to submit proposals for its 2018/19 event.
An annual event that presents high-quality and innovative light art in Amsterdam’s city centre, the seventh instalment of the festival will take place from 29 November 2018 to 20 January 2019, and organisers are looking for creative interpretations of the theme ‘The Medium is the Message’.
Artistic director Lennart Booij said: “Amsterdam Light Festival brings people from different backgrounds together in the dark winter times. We aim to involve, inspire and enlighten visitors, creators and partners with light art.”
For this reason, the festival invites creators – from artists to designers, engineers to architects, and professionals to students – to submit a concept for a light artwork. An international jury, together with the festival’s curatorial team, will review the concepts and select approximately 35 artists to create an artwork.
Amsterdam Light Festival presents two exhibitions in Amsterdam’s city centre: the Water Exhibition and the Land Exhibition. For the Water Exhibition, organisers are looking for ‘monumental artworks positioned on, above or in the water that connect with the city, its inhabitants and its visitors’. For the Land Exhibition, they want to see artworks that you can ‘experience from up close, walk through, connect with and react to’.
To find out more about how to enter, visit www.amsterdamlightfestival.com/en/cfc. The deadline for submitting proposals is 3 January 2018.
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Seoul Semiconductor receive low risk eye safety certification for SunLike LED
(South Korea) – Seoul Semiconductor have become the first company in the world to receive the certification for its natural light LED – SunLike.
Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike, which implements light that comes closest to sunlight, has received an RG-1 Eye Safety certification based on the safety of its light source and has been recognised for the highest level of safety amongst 25W COB type LED.
SunLike received the RG-1 grade in Eye Safety certification with its natural light LED, which applies TRI-R technology from Toshiba Materials. The RG-1 grade is granted to a safe light source for which there is no biological risk, even if our entire lives were spend exposed to the light source.
Particularly, the acquisition of the RG-1 grade for the first time for a 25W single light source widely used for commercial and residential lighting is highly significant, as a natural light source with the highest level of safety has been commercialised.
The interest in the impact of light on health has increased tremendously with the award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to professor Jeffrey C. Hall from Maine University, professor Michel Rosbash from Brandeis University and professor Michael Young from Rockefeller University of USA, acknowledging the causal relationship between biorhythms and human health. So the natural light LED SunLike, which acquired the RG-1 grade in Eye Safety certification, is in the spotlight as a next generation light source.
“Interest in the relationship between light and human health is increasing with the award of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by the scientists researching biorhythms and consequently also the volume of inquiries for SunLike from commercial, industrial and medical institutions, as well as customers in lighting, throughout the world,” said Dr. Kibum Nam, Head of Seoul’s R&D Center and Chief Technology Officer.
“We are opening the healthy lighting era of natural light thanks to LED SunLike which comes closest to the spectrum of sunlight as human beings have enjoyed for thousands of years.”
Lighting event, Chase the Dark, embarked on a fifth global trip
(Worldwide) - Hundreds of people took to social media on 9 November to take part in the International Association of Lighting Designers’ (IALD) fifth annual Chase the Dark event; a one-night celebration of light that begins in Australia and makes its way westward across the globe. The international lighting movement continued to gain momentum with more than 30 cities joining in on the fun.
This year’s edition of Chase the Dark, “The Shape of Light,” invited designers to play with the very versatile EL wire, a battery powered and multi-colored electroluminescent wire. Participants affixed it to street furniture, industrial objects, bicycles, and even themselves! Using #IALDChaseDark, designers made short videos, gifs, and photos, and shared them worldwide.
As the sun set westward across the globe from Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, light enthusiasts watched as their wave of tweets, re-tweets, posts and comments brightened the globe one time zone at a time. By the time the sun had set on the West Coast of the United States and Canada, the hashtag #IALDChaseDark had become a worldwide trending topic on many social media platforms, reaching more than 84,000 individual users and resulting in more than 2 million impressions on social media timelines across the globe.
Enormous participation came from the IALD Regions: chapters from Australia/New Zealand; Canada; Europe; Greater China; Japan; India, Mexico; Southeast Asia; the United Kingdom and the United States all joined in on the social media movement by organizing gatherings.
This annual global event serves as a means of bringing the lighting community together and keeping us connected. Chase the Dark revels in our members’ cultural differences and distinct design approaches while engaging everyone in a compelling activity that celebrates the power of light.
Doug Gustafson appointed new Managing Director of Available Light
(USA) - Available Light announces that Doug Gustafson will join the team as Managing Director of Available Light. Doug joins from the International Association of Lighting Designers, headquartered in Chicago where, for the last five years, he has served as Director of Finance and Administration.
“I could not be more excited to join the team at Available Light as their current Managing Director, Rick Chamberlain, steps into retirement,” reports Doug, “My time at IALD was truly rewarding and I send thanks to my fellow staff members for all we accomplished together. I could not be prouder to have contributed to the explosive growth of the Association and to the continued development of the independent lighting design profession as a whole. I have made many friends throughout the lighting industry and am thrilled to know those relationships will continue in my new role at Available Light.”
After receiving his degree in Accountancy from DePaul University, Doug spent many years as a Public Accountant serving a variety of businesses and individuals, including the IALD. In 2013, with a desire to increase his roles and responsibilities, Doug joined the IALD as a full-time staff member. At the IALD and IALD Education Trust, Doug was responsible for all financial activities, from financial statement preparation/analysis to budgeting. He was the liaison with auditors, finance committees, and investment advisors. His role also included HR activities including policies and procedures, payroll and benefits, and administering to membership staff.
Steven Rosen, FIALD, President and Creative Director of Available Light says, “Rick has brilliantly captained our ship as our Managing Director for the past 15 years. It was with great trepidation that we began our search for a new manager who could fill his shoes and help to deliver continued success while celebrating a new generation of designers. Over the years, through my involvement in the IALD, Doug and I have developed a wonderful relationship based on mutual respect and admiration. We always found ourselves agreeing on next steps and strategic direction. When he applied for the job at Available Light I almost fell out of my chair! Now, rather than worrying about maintaining the status quo, I am electrified by the prospects of success and growth under Doug’s wise and watchful eye.”
PLDC 2017 in Paris is complete for another year
(France) - PLDC 2017 in Paris – 'Shift Happens'. A full week of lighting design activities.
The sixth edition of the Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC 2017, comprised an eventful week of learning opportunities, the opportunity to share and exchange ideas, plus a wide range of activities. The biennial convention for the international lighting design community extended its programme with the PLD Week and can confirm significant growth in the number of partners, supporters and attendees.
The interdisciplinary structure of PLDC promotes future-oriented discussion on the importance of light and the lighting design profession. Lighting designers, architects, clients, manufacturers, researchers, educators and the lighting industry were present and open to discuss the quality of light in architecture, and to discover and develop trends.
PLDC 2017 took place in partnership with the City of Paris and the local partner ACE, Association des Concepteurs Lumière et Eclairagistes.
PLDC featured three Experience rooms, six moderated discussions, and over 80 presentations. Besides the presentations in four parallel tracks, the comprehensive supporting programme also stimulated discussion and debate. Three Experience Rooms, a lighting design competition on the future of urban lighting and three excursions to landmarks in Paris, and a series of pre-convention meetings all contributed to expanding PLDC’s reputation as a global Thought Leadership event for lighting design. The event was ably supported by 64 leading companies, who together with twelve additional exhibitors demonstrated the current potential of the lighting industry. Joachim Ritter, Chair of the PLDC Steering Committee, was extremely pleased with the overall response to the convention: “The topic defined for this year’s convention was perfect. The shift in the market thanks to new technologies also means shifts within the lighting design community, giving rise to chances as well as challenges in the coming months and years. The discussions that took place at PLDC in Paris enabled professionals to gain energy and strength to embark on the way forward”.
This year, PLDC again served as an international platform for discussing and debating professional issues concerning recognition of the profession. The track Philosophy & Debate was specifically created for this purpose.
The next wave of development is just around the corner. Digital connectivity is pipped to change the lighting design world dramatically, public life being the area most affected. The impact of this and the opportunities it offers are hard to define right now, which is why they are the subject of debate.
The Gala Dinner, including the PLD Recognition Awards, was the climax to the convention. More than 800 guests had the chance to be present at the announcement of the winners of The Challenge, of the design ideas competition on The Future of Urban Lighting, and of the PLD Recognition Awards. Lighting designers and other key partners in the community were recognised in seven different categories for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of Architectural Lighting Design in the last two years.
The Awards ceremony began with the announcement of the winner of the young designers’ speaker competition The Challenge. Prize money to the amount of 1000 euros for the best presentation in the final round of The Challenge was awarded to Zhuofei Ren from Suoshi Lighting Design Studio, who gave a paper on “Living in the colours of the colourblind”. Zhuofei was coached by Paul Traynor/UK.
The first design ideas competition The Future of Urban Lighting showcased the ten best entries in an exhibition as part of the Professional Lighting Design Week. Of these ten, three were awarded prizes to the value of 5000, 3000 and 1500 euros.
First prize went to the Urban Senses team; the second prize to Kerem Asfuroglu; and the third prize to LiDS lighting design studio.
The PLD Recognition Award in the category Best Newcomer went to Carlijn Timmermans /NL for her creative visions and concepts, her active design and research work, and the dedication and responsibility she assumes as a member of the lighting design community.
The Award for Best Partner in the Industry went to iGuzzini/IT for funding and supporting Dr. Elettra Bordonaro’s Visiting Research Fellowship in the LSE Sociology Department for her work in the field of social research through a series of lighting workshops across the globe.
Aalborg University, Copenhagen/DK received the Award for Education for their transdisciplinary Master’s programme in Lighting Design, which draws on knowledge and skills in architecture, lighting engineering and media technology.
The Award for Research went to Prof. Carlo Ratti/IT for his future-oriented research on real-time cities. Through design and science, the Senseable City Lab at MIT in Boston develops and deploys tools to learn about cities.
Architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill/US, represented by their
close collaborator HLB Lighting/US accepted the Award for the
Best Daylighting Project for the U.S. State Courthouse in Los Angeles/US.
The Facade Lighting of the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland by iart AG/CH was recognized as Best New Project for its innovative integration of a media façade into the architecture of the building.
The Award at Large was presented to LightAware for their effort to raise awareness of the impact of artificial lighting on human health and well-being, and encourage discussion and investigation into the same with the goal of making the lives of those who suffer from light sensitivity more normal.
The most anticipated award, the Lifetime Achievement Award, does not have a shortlist. In previous years the award had been presented to Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kramer, William Lam, Dr. Jonathan Speirs, Christopher Cuttle and Motoko Ishii. In Paris, Japanese lighting designer Kaoru Mende was recognised for his life’s work. His scope of design work ranges widely from architectural to urban and environmental lighting design and high profile interior lighting design. Kaoru Mende also heads the “Lighting Detectives”, a group that specializes in the study of the culture of lighting.
PLDC 2017 received an overwhelming response and recorded 2165 registered attendees. In 2019, PLDC will again serve as a driver of state-of-the-art lighting design, a platform to enable trends to be discussed and developed – taking the next step to strengthen the interdisciplinary character of the educational event. Contrary to the tradition of announcing the location for the next PLDC at the Gala Dinner, the organisers withheld their final decision. Due to the development of a long-term strategy pursuant to market developments, the location for the next PLDC will be decided by the end of 2017.
Registered attendees: 2165 from 72 different countries Partner Associations: 21
Partner Universities and Institutes: 45
Partner Cities: 2
Media Partners: 23
Partner events: 10 Sponsors and exhibitors: 76
Glittering awards ceremony caps off successful Light Middle East 2017
(UAE) – The twelfth edition of Light Middle East has been declared a success by organisers and exhibitors alike.
A glittering awards ceremony capped off a successful three days at Light Middle East 2017, where a dedicated student showcase and the launch of the region’s first institute dedicated to lighting education and knowledge were among the many highlights.
The 12th edition of Light Middle East concluded on 19th October 2017 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, drawing in 5,755 visitors from 84 countries.
Showcasing their latest products and solutions were 345 exhibitors from 30 countries, with global manufacturers and regional distributors mixing it up with their latest innovations, from smart home lighting and controls to LED street lights that integrate Wi-Fi, electric car charging stations, CCTV, loudspeakers, and motion detection sensors.
That was before the 5th Light Middle East Awards, where 700 industry professionals gathered at a gala dinner to celebrate the best in architectural lighting and design, as a shortlist of 40 projects and 29 products contested for the ultimate accolade across nine project and six product categories.
The shortlist was drawn from more than 250 entries, with the most hotly contested category being the International Lighting Project of the year, where entries from France, USA, UK, Germany, and Italy made the cut.
Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa University, The National Museum of Oman, and Lightscapes at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 were among 15 winners on the night.
Khalifa University was the only shortlisted project to be nominated for more than one category this year, with the UAE’s top ranked university eventually winning the Exterior Lighting Project of the year.
An award also went to Team One from Heriot-Watt University in Dubai for their lighting project at Light.ication, a popular student competition at Light Middle East in collaboration with design studio Light Func. The initiative is aimed at nurturing the talent of future designers, where university teams, with the guidance of design studio professionals and equipment from Light Middle East exhibitors, conceptualise and display their own inspirational lighting installations during the show.
Light Middle East 2017 also featured the Think Light forum, a two-day conference discussing lighting from the three perspectives of concept, project and application, and featuring an expert speaker line-up of more than 30 interior designers, architects, lighting designers, and engineers.
Think Light was the launch platform for the Lighting Institute, the Middle East and Africa’s first virtual lighting design community that raises awareness of the profession and provides dedicated industry training courses throughout the year.
Meanwhile on the exhibition floor, returning major local companies such as Debbas, Cinmar Lighting Systems and Huda Lighting were presenting their latest services and innovations from global partner brands, while the likes of HCC Lighting and BMTC were exhibiting at Light Middle East 2017 for the first time in many years.
Light Middle East has established itself as the region’s number one networking and sourcing platform for the entire scope of decorative, architectural, outdoor, and indoor lighting solutions, attracting a wide range of visitor profiles from around the globe.
The international flavour was underlined by country pavilions from Italy, France, and the UK, while 52 UAE exhibitors took up 2,130sqm of exhibition space, an impressive 27% year-on-year growth over the previous year.
Ahmed Pauwels, CEO of Light Middle East organisers Messe Frankfurt Middle East, said: “Light Middle East 2017 has fulfilled its objective of creating a vibrant atmosphere where experts in diverse disciplines come together to present, discuss, debate, exchange and explore best practices and emerging concepts.
“A large number of major industry players were on board again this year, while the many new companies that took part reinforces a bright future for the regional lighting sector.
“The latest in innovative technology as well as key insights into the road ahead for lighting technology and design was on offer, while the exhibition continues to be the premier launch platform for global players looking to engage with this promising region,” Pauwels added.
The 13th edition of Light Middle East returns In October 2018.
BÄRO celebrate milestone 50th anniversary
(Germany) – This year the retail lighting partner BÄRO is celebrating its 50th anniversary – and the company is looking to the future with optimism.
Founded in October 1967, BÄRO can look back on half a century as a family-owned company – something that is not commonplace in today's fast-paced world. But Dr Sandra von Möller and J. Manuel von Möller, the married couple who have managed BÄRO since 2004, are focusing less on looking back nostalgically and more on future strategies.
Everything started 50 years ago with an idea that has been an integral part of BÄRO's brand DNA ever since: offering lighting for food products that makes their freshness and quality visible. This resulted in close-knit partnerships with customers from the food production and food trading sectors that expanded to include further areas of the retail industry. Today, BÄRO luminaires illuminate premises ranging from individual stores to supermarkets, chain stores, small-scale manufacturers, outlets, shops, boutiques, specialist or lifestyle retail formats.
LED technology has revolutionised the lighting industry in recent years. BÄRO has been a part of this revolution, placing a clear focus on LED. In addition to the wide range of designs, power ratings and light distribution patterns BÄRO also offers a wide range of LED spectrums for its luminaires: from standard light colours to colour-intensifying and product-specific light colours, for example for meat products, bread and bakery products, fish or fruit.
The company’s leitmotif of “Fresh Light for Fresh Products”, and its clear, fresh implementation is not only understood and valued in Germany and Europe, but also in North America, Asia, Africa and Australia, where BÄRO operates with subsidiaries and distribution partners as a project partner and system supplier. The development of new markets worldwide is an integral part of the company's growth strategy.
Fifty years after the foundation of the company, BÄRO's presentation is now fresher than ever: a company that is both down-to-earth and open-minded, that combines the long-term prospects of a family-owned company with the speed of a modern network structure – from the supply chains that integrate suppliers for maximum customer satisfaction and highly specialised companies throughout Europe to management and staff that are committed to values such as diversity and responsibility for the environment and society.
Premiere of combined TiL & LpS 2017 events hailed a success
(Europe) – The first combined LpS and TiL event, held in Austria at the end of September, has been declared a success by organisers after more than 1,600 visitors attended the joint shows.
The organisers of TiL 2017 (Trends in Lighting Forum & Show) and LpS 2017 (LED Professional Symposium +Expo) have hailed the combined event a success, after welcoming more than 1,600 visitors to the Festspielhaus in Bregenz, Austria.
Alongside the high number of visitors, more than 130 exhibitors and around 100 speakers at the shows focused on a number of lighting topics, including Human Centric Lighting, Connected Lighting, Smart Controls, IoT, Light as a Service, Agriculture and Healthcare. Future visions, innovative technologies, trend insights and research findings were shared in lectures, workshops and forums.
The workshops, carried out by organisations such as Bluetooth SIG, Photonics21 and EPIC, gave participants hands-on experience and the chance to explore light and its possibilities. They covered a range of subjects including miniaturisation, LiFi, and the potential of Bluetooth and IoT.
As well as a successful series of lectures, workshops and forums, LpS and TiL 2017 presented three awards during a special presentation in the main lecture hall; the LpS Technology Award, the TiL System Award and the LED Professional Scientific Award.
The LED Professional Scientific Award went to Dr. Ekaterina Nannen from the NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum (NETZ) at the University of Duisberg-Essen, for her paper, which deals with alternative techniques for light generation.
The LpS Technology Award was presented to ams AG for its AS7221 Tunable White IoT Smart Lighting Manager, while volatiles lighting won the TiL System award for its VOLATILES display system.
Speaking after the show, Event Director Siefried Luger said: "LpS 2017 and TiL 2017 was a truly immersive experience, which helped to close the gap between application, design and technology. Light quality, digitalisation, Human Centric Lighting and connected lighting were the striking key trends."
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IALD and LightingEurope bring Human Centric Lighting to European Parliament
(Europe) - The IALD and LightingEurope held a joint event in European Parliament to discuss Human Centric Lighting and the importance of working in a healthy environment.
The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and LightingEurope have stressed the importance of lighting and wellbeing in buildings with a joint event in the European Parliament hosted by MEP Peter Liese.
A panel of EU policy makers, industry representatives and lighting designers gathered to discuss the importance of working and living in a healthy environment and how lighting can contribute to healthy buildings.
Saving energy has been and will remain a key objective for EU policymakers and industry stakeholders, however, the IALD and LightingEurope believe that addressing lighting quality and well-being should be granted a similar importance.
In the morning, the European Parliament Committee for Industry, Energy and Research (ITRE) voted on the Energy Performance of the Buildings Directive (EPBD) review report. ITRE Committee, with this vote, expressed the need to take into account not only energy savings but also wellbeing of people in this legislative review.
Discussing the EPBD review and the future of EU regulation on lighting, Kevan Shaw, Professional member and Director-at-Large of the IALD, said: “We need to look at actual energy used not product efficiency or power density of lighting to create meaningful energy savings in the real world.
“The lighting energy numeric indicator (LENI) provides the best metric to quantify system efficiency. Extreme care is required not to over-regulate, the speed of EU policy measures must follow rate of technological advance.”
Ourania Georgoutsakou, Secretary General of LightingEurope, added: “EPBD will create an opportunity to boost investments in better performing buildings by including good quality lighting. The focus must be on energy efficiency and on benefits for people.
“Human Centric Lighting will play an important role to realise healthy buildings and thus to shorten pay-back time.“
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www.lightingeurope.org
Neil Salt appointed Managing Director at Gooee
(UK) – Gooee has announced the appointment of co-founder Neil Salt as Managing Director
Gooee, the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem that provides space and occupancy analytics, wireless lighting control and beacon networking for the smart building industry, has appointed Neil Salt as Managing Director. This announcement is in advance of Gooee’s official European launch at LuxLive 2017, Nov 15-16, Excel London.
In 2014, Neil co-founded Gooee alongside Andrew Johnson and Simon Coombes, drawing on his extensive experience within the lighting and building industry as a founding director and CMO of the Aurora Lighting Group.
Andrew Johnson, Gooee’s Co-Founder and Chairman, said of the appointment that it is an excellent strategic move for the company: “With 18 years experience in the lighting industry, Neil’s expertise in delivering products into the built environment, combined with his experience in marketing and technology, make him a valuable addition to the team in this next phase of Gooee’s growth and deployment.”
Over the past three years Gooee has been building it’s ‘full-stack’ data and analytics platform, which comprises hardware, software and cloud infrastructure, as well as signing up more than 50 lighting and building companies to commence integration and channel development.
Neil added: “Gooee’s vision is to be the ‘Data Brain’ for Building Activity Data. The deployment of our sensory and communications network uses Lighting-as-a-Host and provides a wireless IoT backbone for the smart building industry. In 2018 we will see a significant change in our execution strategy as we partner with industry disruptors across multiple sectors to accelerate adoption.” Neil will grow the business out of Gooee’s new offices in Paddington, London, supporting the UK/European team.
Over the past two decades Neil has worked in various roles spanning product ideation and development, technology solutions and global marketing. After spending seven years in the USA supporting the global expansion of Aurora Lighting, Neil returned to the UK in 2014 to drive the development of IoT within the lighting vertical and is a strong advocate of this disruptive opportunity within the industry.
