Management Team

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.

Scott Gibson

CFO

Scott brings over 20 years of extensive experience in Finance, IT, Human Resources and Administration from both private and public technology companies including KLA-Tencor (semiconductor capital equipment), StrataCom (networking equipment), PLX Technology (semiconductor), SOMA Networks (wireless equipment), and most recently, Scintera Networks (semiconductor). He has spent the past 15 years as a chief financial officer and played a key role in successfully managing Initial Public Offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Scott received his MBA from the University of Michigan and BS in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University.

Gregg Hollingsworth

Vice President of Product Development

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.

Dennis Lee Brown

Vice President of Operations

Mr. Brown leads the manufacturing and supply chain operations team at LUXIM. He brings over 25 years of experience scaling high volume, quality manufacturing for technology products and systems.

Prior to LUXIM, Mr. Brown held the position of Vice President of Operations at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, a supplier of hard disk drives. In this role he oversaw the volume and yield ramp of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to its successful commercial launch in 2006. He was responsible for manufacturing operations in the USA, Japan and China.

Mr. Brown was previously Vice President of US and Asia Operations for Seagate Technology a leading manufacturer of data storage devices for diverse applications. There he managed the expansion and construction of production facilities in the US and Singapore. In this position he was instrumental in driving increased productivity, high yield and industry-leading cost competitiveness.

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.

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.

Julian A. Carey

Vice President of Marketing

Mr. Carey directs LUXIM's market planning, product strategy, branding and promotion. Prior to joining LUXIM, Mr. Carey was Product Marketing Manager at Philips Lumileds Lighting, a manufacturer of solid state lighting technology where he was responsible for commercializing power LED flash products for mobile digital imaging. In addition, Mr. Carey held various marketing and management positions developing new lighting markets with Lumileds Lighting LLC before and up to its acquisition by Philips Electronics N.V.

From 1997 through 2000, Mr. Carey was Project Manager for the Optoelectronics Division of the Hewlett-Packard Company later Agilent Technologies and prior to that held various engineering roles in the development of optical and electronic devices. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Janet Brant

Office 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.