
Wayne Hellman
Chairman of The Board
Chairman of The Board – Mr. Hellman joined our Board of Directors in July 2019. Mr. Hellman was the founder of Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc., a global specialty lighting and technology company and served as its Chief Executive Officer since the company’s inception in 1983. Mr. Hellman was instrumental in the growth the company from $900,000 in 1983 to well over $250 million. Mr. Hellman conducted an IPO in 1995, three secondary offerings raising $150 million and a high-yield debt offering of $100 million. During this time, he also made seven acquisitions and four manufacturing joint ventures in the Asian Pacific market. In 2003, he took the company private, which it remains today. Manufacturing locations are Germany, U.S. India, and China with 70% of sales outside the U.S. Mr. Hellman retired from Advanced Lighting Technologies in 2013 and currently serves as its Chairman Emeritus. Prior to Advanced Lighting, Mr. Hellman worked at General Electric for 16 years; the last four years of which he was one of the venture managers reporting to GE Chairman Jack Welch. Mr. Hellman is a member of the Board of Directors of First Wave Technologies Inc., a Medical Technology Incubator, Managing Partner of Hellman New Ventures LLC., and is a Member of the Board of Directors

Dean Ganzhorn
Director

Dr. Stanton D. Sloane
Director

Gerald Mearini, PhD
Founder / Chief Executive Officer

Stan Toncich Ph.D. EE
Chief Technology Officer

Marc S. Lubow
Executive Vice President