WHO WE ARE
For more than a decade and through more than four generations of products, XtremeLUX has developed the most advanced digitally-controlled industrial-scale LED grow lighting systems. 100% spectral control, comprehensive programmable dimming, advanced sensor integration, and network connectivity allow our customers to produce the highest-quality results reliably with the lowest energy usage and cost.
Co-founder and CTO
Dr. Edward Stoneham
Dr. Stoneham made his first LEDs in 1973 as a doctoral student of Prof. James Gibbons at Stanford. He worked in semiconductor device processing, integration, and packaging at HP and Silicon Valley startups before developing multispectral LED lighting leading to the co-founding of XtremeLUX. He is an author, angel investor, and advisor and has more than 22 U.S. patents.
COO
Dr. Chinwang Tu
COO Dr. Chinwang Tu has been involved in LED and laser chip, epi, and LED lighting application product development and manufacturing since 1984. He started as an R&D Engineer in the Optoelectronics Division of Hewlett Packard in 1984 and was the Epi Engineering Manager from 1988 to 1999. In 1999 he co-founded LuxNet, an optical fiber communication active component company, and became the President and Operations Director in 2000 until the company headquarters relocated to Taiwan in 2003
Co-founder and CEO
Chiamin Cheng
Chiamin Cheng has more than 25 years of experience with fast-paced, highly dynamic companies in the wireless communications and computer industries. Prior to co-founding XtremeLUX, he was Sr. Director of Testing and Field Engineering at NextNav, a start-up focused on developing a wide-area 3D positioning system with high accuracy in indoor and urban environments
Advisor
Dr. Chen Wu
Advisor Dr. Chen Wu has been developing technical and market solutions for LED-based applications since 1973. As Founder and CEO of Leotek Electronics Corporation, he has been responsible for identifying and developing emerging LED applications and markets for the company. He founded Leotek in 1993 and led his team through the design and development of many innovative and successful products. Leotek has now become the second-largest LED traffic signal company in the world.
Control Networks & AI
Mark Stubbs
Over 25 years of experience interfacing sensors and actuators with control networks to optimize conditions for humans, plants, machines, etc.
Apple – PowerPC interfaces to peripherals
Echelon – building-control networks
Google – cofounded indoor farming project employing machine learning and robotics for extensive automation
Shoreline IOT – cofounder and CTO – currently building cloud-connected platforms for monitoring and improving operating efficiency in various industry segments
BS degree in Computer Engineering from NC State University.
Jake Eisenberg
Jake Eisenberg is a pioneer with over a decade of experience in the convergence of vertical farming and plant molecular farming. As the founding Director of Biopharma Solutions at OnePointOne, Jake established the Molecular Farming/Biopharma Department and developed scientific, engineering, and business cases for plant molecular farming applications. He played a key role in establishing research partnerships seeding business opportunities, and in overseeing advanced R&D projects to develop capabilities in transient expression in an automated vertical farming system. He is committed to advising life science innovators and translational technology groups in the development and production of plant-based therapies and products for a more sustainable future.