Klaas Vegter has been the Chief Technology Officer of Philips Lighting since April 2008. Klaas started his career at Philips in 1985 as a Development Engineer in the Advanced Development Laboratories in Eindhoven.
In 1988, he was posted as a Senior Scientist to Briarcliff Labs, New York, where he applied Silicon on Isolator (SOI) technology to design Power IC’s to drive fluorescent lamps. In 1990 onwards, Klaas returned to Philips Lighting in The Netherlands to lead Advanced Development Departments in Eindhoven, and Product Development groups in Roosendaal, and Turnhout.
From 1999, Klaas was the Senior Director of Lighting Research & Development in Somerset, USA, and from 2001 onwards he became Head of Advanced Development in Eindhoven. In 2003, Klaas added to that the role of Chief Technology Officer of the business group Lamps and transitioned to become Chief Technology Officer of Philips Lighting in 2008.
Klaas holds a degree in Physics from the University of Delft in The Netherlands.
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