Wayne Nesbit Appointed as Chief Operations Officer at Lighting Science
October 08 2014 - 11:18AM
Business Wire
Top LED Operations Executive to Lead Expansion
of Domestic and International LED Manufacturing Capabilities
Intelligent LED lighting company Lighting Science Group
Corporation announced today that Wayne Nesbit has been appointed
Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Nesbit brings his proven global
experience in manufacturing operations to lead the company’s
expansion of its domestic and international manufacturing
capabilities. Their state-of-the-art LED product assortment ranges
from commercial and retail applications, to biologically correct
lighting for home and work, as well as those that accelerate the
growth of plants.
“Through the course of his career, Wayne has demonstrated his
ability to lead and expand the manufacturing operations of large,
multinational, technology-focused companies, and has specific
experience in the LED space,” said Ed Bednarcik, Chief Executive
Officer of Lighting Science. “Bringing Wayne to the Lighting
Science team is one of my first actions as CEO, and we are looking
forward to his leadership as we build out and expand our domestic
and international manufacturing capabilities in order to bring our
LED lighting solutions to market as efficiently as possible, while
maintaining our strict quality standards.”
Mr. Nesbit joins Lighting Science from Cree, a multinational LED
and semiconductor developer and manufacturer, where he most
recently served as Vice President, Global Operations, managing
worldwide operations for the company’s LED and lighting divisions.
Prior to his time at Cree, Mr. Nesbit was the Senior Vice President
of Operations from 2001 until 2008 at Mindspeed Technologies, a
company focused on the design, development and sale of
semiconductor solutions for communications applications in the
wireline and wireless network infrastructure markets. From 1984
until 2001, Mr. Nesbit was with Motorola in a variety of roles,
most recently as Vice President and Director, Worldwide External
Technology, where he was responsible for Motorola Semiconductor
foundry and joint partnership activity worldwide.
“I am delighted for this opportunity to join Lighting Science at
this exciting time in the company’s growth,” said Mr. Nesbit. “Now
that Lighting Science possesses domestic and international sourcing
capabilities, we are well positioned to expand rapidly to meet the
growing demand for advanced lighting technology, especially among
commercial and municipal users.”
About Lighting Science Group Corporation
Lighting Science (OTCQB:LSCG) is a global leader in state of the
art LED lighting solutions that designs, manufactures and brings to
market the most advanced, intelligent and innovative LED products
for both consumer, professional and retail applications. By
inventing breakthrough, award-winning, LED lamps and lighting
fixtures that truly work in sync with nature, we follow one of our
core values by being committed to UNLEASHING THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT
TO MAKE PEOPLE, AND OUR PLANET LOOK, FEEL AND HEAL BETTER. Lighting
Science Group is headquartered in Melbourne, FL, with a global
offices located in Hong Kong, China. Find out more at www.lsgc.com
or www.definitydigital.com and join us on Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn and the Lighting Science Blog.
Lighting Science Group CorporationKate Kaminski,
321-610-9451kate.kaminski@lsgc.com
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