Lumileds [SEP] parent company
Lumileds
Lumileds is a lighting company that develops, manufactures, and distributes LEDs, light bulbs, and related products for automotive lighting, general lighting, and specialty lighting. Lumileds operates as a private company, having funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management. 
Lumileds was formed in November 1999 as a joint venture between Philips Lighting and Agilent Technologies. Upon Philips' acquisition in 2005, Lumileds became a business unit within Philips Lighting and became known as Philips Lumileds Lighting Company. 
In March 2015, Lumileds parent company Philips agreed
M. George Craford
M. George Craford is an American electrical engineer known for his work in Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).
Craford received his MS (1963) and PhD (1967) degrees in physics from the University of Illinois in 1967, began his professional career at the Monsanto Chemical Company, then in 1979 joined Hewlett Packard, where in 1982 he became the research and development manager of the HP Optoelectronics Division. When Lumileds Lighting (now Philips Lumileds Lighting Company) spun out from HP in 1999, Craford was