Advanced lighting with innovation design and strategic business development: Over the last twenty-four years, I have been involved with advanced automotive lighting using LEDs. During that time, I have helped shape and influence automotive interior and exterior LED lighting with innovation, new materials, and creating lighting that is in tune with the growing trends in automotive. I have worked with nearly all of the major automotive OEM design studios globally supplying them with design direction and creating the concepts for lighting with their designs. I have owned my own successful consulting business for twenty-four years which accelerated my growth, knowledge, and success. Over the last five years, I have used my talents as an employee with two of the best automotive lighting companies here in the USA.Accomplishments: My key strengths are my ability to understand LED technology and use new innovative materials to create the next generation of lighting. With nearly (60) concept cars in my portfolio, my lighting work has helped shape and influenced many of the trends that we now see today. My range of experience also extends to the hundreds of smaller design programs ranging from interior bucks, cup holders, tail lamps, and entire interiors. I am also skilled at employing related technologies such as sensors, CAP touch, and haptic feedback in lighting designs to meet the growing demand for simpler user interfaces.My passion for lighting design and the ability to transform my skills into tangible working products have allowed me to succeed and be included in automotive and specialty lighting high-visibility programs.Being an award-winning professional photographer for nearly 40 years has allowed me to take my understanding of light, optics, and layout design and apply these skills to automotive products requiring light design.I can understand customers' lighting and design needs, set objectives, build support, coordinate details, and implement plans to completion. I am known for creating new designs that can be produced cost-effectively. I am very skilled at business development with automotive OEMs and and a exceptional presenter.