Cooledge Team
Cooledge has built a dedicated team of professionals focused on ensuring you have the best possible experience working with us.
Cooledge has built a dedicated team of professionals focused on ensuring you have the best possible experience working with us.
Chief Executive Officer
Bill is a proven leader with expansive experience growing both emerging and established companies, including the successful commercialization of industry-first technologies in both the consumer and business-to-business space. Prior to joining Cooledge, he served as President and CEO of Joule Unlimited, the pioneer of liquid fuels from recycled carbon dioxide. He was formerly President and CEO of Color Kinetics, the company largely credited for triggering the lighting industry’s historic shift towards LED technology. In his seven-year tenure he guided the company to profitability and oversaw its successful IPO, secondary offering, and eventual sale to Philips for nearly $800 million. He previously spent many years leading businesses in the consumer electronics industry. Bill has guided Cooledge since 2016, overhauling the company’s culture and focus, and leading the expansion into SIS turnkey solutions, W+RGB, Acoustic Lighting, tunable white products, luminaires, key account emphasis, and numerous partnerships to support expansion. Along the way the company has seen record setting top and bottom-line growth.
Chief Operating Officer
Amir is a seasoned operations, manufacturing and supply chain executive with more than 20 years’ experience creating highly optimized and efficient operations for growing companies. Prior to joining Cooledge, he served as Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Endurance Wind Power, a manufacturer of advanced wind turbines designed for distributed generation. He also has expertise in mechanical engineering, including positions at ZIBA Design; one of the world’s premier industrial design firms; and at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Vice President, Products & Design
Fokke has 28 years of experience in the global lighting industry in various product and design roles. He was the first LED indoor luminaire product manager at Philips Lighting Luminaires (now Signify). Leveraging his architectural and lighting design background, Fokke has held senior positions with industry leaders including Philips Lighting (now Signify) and Iguzzini illuminazione. Since joining Cooledge in 2016 Fokke has been a strong contributor in the portfolio development, project design team and growth of the company.
Vice President, Human Resources
Louise has more than 15 years’ experience in human resources for the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, with particular expertise in building teams, leading organizational changes and supporting leadership development. Prior to joining Cooledge, she served as People and Culture Leader for Creation Technologies, an EMS provider to hundreds of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) around the world.
Chief Commercial Officer
Jim is a proven executive with multiple leadership roles in fortune 500 and venture capital funded companies. Jim’s early career was spent in data storage and storage networking. Jim started and led the sales team at LeftHand Networks which was acquired by Hewlett Packard for $360M in 2008. Jim then entered the world of LED lighting leading global illumination sales for Philips Lumileds. Jim has held multiple leadership roles in LED and Lighting companies since that time, including most recently, Vice President of Distribution Sales for Cree Lighting. Jim previously served on the Cooledge board of directors for 8 years.
Chief Financial Officer
Tina is a seasoned finance executive and designated Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience building high performing teams for public and private companies in a variety of industries such as mining, manufacturing, telecommunications, container terminal operations, and renewable energy. Prior to joining Cooledge, Tina held senior finance positions at Drax Group, Global Container Terminals Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Barrick Gold Corporation. Her ability to transform business processes and enhance organizational efficiency has been a hallmark of her career, while her strategic mindset and commitment to cost management and long-term business planning have consistently driven performance improvements.
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Grant has spent more than 25 years introducing new products and technologies to the lighting industry. Combining a technical background with extensive experience in a variety of sales channels, prior to Cooledge he held leadership roles in marketing, communications, product management, and business development at TIR Systems, an early adopter of LEDs for lighting, Philips Lighting (now Signify), and Cadex Electronics.
Senior Vice President Sales - North America
Jason has almost 25 years of experience in the lighting industry in various sales and leadership roles. He was among the first sales employees at Color Kinetics (now Signify/Philips Lighting) in the late 90’s and served as VP of Specification Sales at Digital Lumens for 3 years before joining Cooledge as Regional VP of Sales in 2016. At Cooledge, his history of delivering sales growth and background working with strategic accounts and channel partners will be a key element of the company’s continued growth.
Vice President Sales - Americas
Jason has extensive experience in the lighting industry in sales leadership roles. Leveraging his training in architecture, Jason has held senior positions with industry leaders including Philips Lighting (now Signify) and Cree Lighting, and was most recently the Vice President of Sales & Marketing with NAL Lighting Group. At Cooledge, his history of delivering sales growth and background working with strategic accounts and channel partners will be a key element of the company’s continued growth.
Vice President Sales - EMEA
Katharina has more than 15 years of experience in the global lighting industry in Marketing and Sales roles. She was part of the new business unit for LED Lighting at the leading semiconductor manufacturer SHARP Electronics and grew the business to almost 5M Euro in four years. Since joining Cooledge in 2014 as one of the first employees for EMEA region, Katharina has been a strong contributor in the sales development and growth of the company. Her depth of experience and proven record position her well for success leading sales in EMEA.
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