Dr. Simon Begemann
LED Business Development Consultant, Simon Begemann
Member of the Technology Council
Council Member Biography
Simon Begemann, PhD, is an Independent LED - Lighting business development consultant after 25 years with Philips Lighting. He is one of the pioneers of LED lighting. He has conducted strategy sessions with start-up and multi-billion dollar companies and assisted a start-up company, Cerflex as Lighting Technology Expert and Board member. He was a Lighting Professor at Eindhoven University for 25 years, Senior Vice President at Philips Lighting responsible for new business development for new technologies and new applications. He is the Founder of LumiLeds Lighting, a joint venture between Agilent and Philips Lighting. Dr. Begemann specializes in all aspects of LED lighting. Prior, he was the Founder of Ph. Lighting Electronics. Dr. Begemann is also the Founder of EU Lamp Co's lobby ELC. He was member of the Directors Council of The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at RPI, Troy; NY. He has expertise in lighting legislation and the Lamp Industry's energy saving lamp replacement efforts. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2002 - Unspecified
- LED Business Development Consultant, Simon Begemann
- 1999 - 2001
- Founder, PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY LLC
- 1984 - 2008
- Professor, Technical University Eindhoven
- 1977 - 2001
- Senior Vice President, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
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LED's will be disruptive to the Lighting Industry.
January 22, 2009
Lighting -- Eye Popping Future | www.forbes.com
LED technology will create the same disruptive revolution in the Lighting Industry as Digital Imaging did in the Chemical Imaging Industry . 1. LED technology will enable new possibilities for Lighting design in existing applications and open up new applications where the sky will be the limit. 2. It will fundamentally change todays Lighting Industry which consists of a few global lamp manufacturers and thousands of local and regional fixture manufacturers . 3. The market will change from a lampreplacement business into a system replacement business , resulting in a declining ( conventional) lamp business and a booming LED- module and systems business. Totally new players will enter the business ,challenging the existing players of which a few have positioned themselves well to emerge as successful future players .
GLG Study Groups with Simon Begemann(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| TMT Council Members in Member Programs | 18316 |
| Technology Council Members in Member Programs | 9587 |
| Solar Power Experts (EU) | 135 |
| GLG Leaders in the Technology Council | 133 |
| Council Members Knowledgeable about Solar Power in Europe | 104 |
GLG Live Meetings with Simon Begemann(?)
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