LEDs Magazine communicated the finalists for the Illumineer of the Year award. Illumineer of the Year submissions are individuals or teams nominated by colleagues to bring attention to groundbreaking efforts in R&D, product design, and leadership in applying engineering expertise to commercial successes in the LED and SSL industry. Innovation lies at the heart of…
Hector Fratty
Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.