September 17th, 2009 - TerraLUX Inc. announced today that Mr. Erik Milz has joined the leadership team as the Vice President of Business Development. Erik will be responsible for crafting the strategies and forging key relationships that will continue to fuel the adoption of TerraLUX Embedded Light Modules and controls in the rapidly emerging LED general lighting business.
Mr. Milz has an extensive history in LED lighting. He was most recently responsible for general illumination segment marketing at leading LED manufacturer Philips Lumileds. In this role, Erik worked extensively with leading lighting OEM manufacturers to determine the features, strategies and partnerships that will accelerate the adoption of LEDs as the De-Facto standard in future lighting systems. He has an MBA from Oakland University and has held key sales and marketing positions in leading automotive lighting suppliers.
“We are extremely pleased and fortunate to have Erik as a member of our leadership team,” said Jim Miller, CEO of TerraLUX. “Erik brings unique insights and relationships to TerraLUX that will help solidify our already fast-paced growth in the market. Our history of building Embedded Light Modules in the personal-portable marketplace over the last 5 years has given us the technical capabilities and IP portfolio to make a significant impact in the general lighting and controls business. I am eager to see Erik take this team to new heights.”
“It is clear to me that there is a need for intelligent LED Embedded Light Modules to help many lighting companies serve their customers with well designed and well built LED products. With their history of leadership in thermally challenging, high brightness and small form factor applications TerraLUX is uniquely suited to fulfill this need and I am pleased to be part of that effort,” stated Mr. Milz.