Join Warren Weeks of Hubbell Lighting, Inc. for a Keynote Address on Assembly, Reliability, and Testing (A.R.T) of LED Luminaires
The SSL industry is maturing as the production of LED luminaires is now mainstream and SSL adoption continues to increase. Understanding best practices for assembly, reliability and testing are key to reducing warranty costs and improving the customer's experiences. But over the last 10 years, many lessons have been learned. LEDs themselves are rarely the problem. Come hear about the lessons learned, obstacles to watch out for, and steps being taken in design and production as the SSL industry strives to continuously improve.
Warren Weeks, is the Director of Quality & Technology Services at Hubbell Lighting where he is accountable for leading and coordinating all quality functions across the organization, including new product development design and process reviews, control plans, reliability, and production testing. Warren also manages Hubbell Lighting's laboratory for product certification testing. Warren was assigned his latest role after leading the Advanced Technology Group for several years as the Director of Innovation & Technology. Prior to joining Hubbell, Warren was the President of the Compound Group, a business and technology advisory firm. His functional expertise in business development, strategy and operations is coupled with his technology entrepreneurship in light emitting diodes (LEDs) and solid-state lighting (SSL). Warren co-founded Nitronex Corporation, a high-tech company developing advanced semiconductor technologies. At Nitronex, he led the development of the industry’s first blue LEDs on ordinary silicon wafers. Warren previously worked at CREE, Inc. developing state-of-the-art blue and green LEDs. He is credited with producing the first solid-state blue laser in the US. Similar lasers are used in today’s Blu-Ray players. He also served on the executive team at Intrinsic Semiconductor which was acquired by CREE in 2006
Warren holds a BS degree in Ceramic Engineering from Clemson University and a MS degree from NC State in Materials Science & Engineering. He is a co-inventor on numerous US and internationally issued patents, pending patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He has co-authored numerous scientific, peer-reviewed articles related to compound semiconductors. He has served as a technical reviewer to the US DOE for its SSL initiatives and is considered an expert in blue, green and white LEDs based on his +25 years experience in the industry.