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Bill Watkins, the ex-Seagate CEO who served 12 years with the hard drive maker, jumps out of the unemployment line to serve as CEO of LED lighting company Bridgelux. Not by accident, Watkins has been researching green technologies ever since cutting ties with Seagate and became fascinated with the LED sector.
"There's a $100 billion opportunity, a whole new disruptive technology with LEDs, and an installed base that owns the market but doesn't have good solutions. You don't see that very often, but that's how new technology can make an impact," Watkins said this week.
Watkins is thinking on a global scale with his new position and said he plans to help his company grow by developing its manufacturing and expanding internationally, CNet reports.
"The whole world is basically going to embrace this technology," Watkins added.
Image Credit: Bridgelux
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JohnP
January 14, 2010 at 6:44pm
I am sitting at my computer and have 5 white high powered LEDs lighting the keyboard, mouse and behind the monitor. I have very bright white LED rope lights in the stairs, the deck, the driveway, the front door, etc (OrangeTreeTrade ftw). Colored LEDs behind the entertainment center and on the walls. I have a LED workshop with constant current power supply, several breadboards, and a bunch of stuff from Hong Kong. Then there are the dozen or so LED flashlights, night lights, reading lights... Added all up that is almost 160 watss of LED lighting! LOL.
And LEDs WILL rule the world!
