Michael R. Krames

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Philips Lumileds Lighting Co. manufactures electrical products. It also manufactures LED dice, packaged LEDs, and LEDs designed for integration into general lighting products. The company markets LED solutions designed for automotive applications, LCD displays, general lighting, portable applications, signage, and traffic signals. Philips Lumileds Lighting was founded in November 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Avogy, Inc. provides total systems solutions for power electronics applications utilizing GaN on GaN discrete devices, modules, and systems. It focuses on developing and manufacturing vertical power semiconductor devices built in homoepitaxial GaN layers formed on bulk GaN substrates. The company was founded by Isik C. Kizilyalli in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Soraa, Inc. develops gallium nitride chip-based laser diodes. Its products can be used in consumer, biomedical, defense and industrial applications. Its products include VIVID 2 LED MR16 lamps, premium LED MR16 lamps, outdoor LED MR16 lamps and snap system LED MR16 lamps and accessory solutions. The company was founded by Shuji Nakamura, Steven Denbaars, and James Speck in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.