Plumer Joins Bridgelux

LED light technologies manufacturer Bridgelux Inc. announced that David W. Plumer Jr. will join the company in the newly created chief sales and marketing officer position.

Plumer will bring to the company more than 30 years of experience in multinational sales, marketing, operations and general management across the information technology, clean technology and energy management industries.

Before joining Bridgelux, Plumer worked at American Power Conversion (APC) as president of its Asia Pacific/Japan Region and as senior vice president of its global IT business unit. Prior to his work at APC, he held many executive management positions in sales, marketing, product management and technology operations at IBM.

“The lighting industry is at an infection point where the introduction of a disruptive technology, solid state lighting, into a large, legacy market is presenting tremendous opportunities for the creation of new markets and applications,” said Bill Watkins, CEO of Bridgelux. “David has spent his entire career with world-class corporations that successfully built entire business by introducing disruptive technologies into new applications. I am confident that he will be a tremendous asset to the Bridgelux team.”

For more information, visit: www.bridgelux.com