Veteran lighting expert Shammika “Shammi” Wickramasinghe—before Rivian, he was Jaguar-Land Rover’s lighting strategist—discussed two kinds of homogeneity. First was how a vehicle’s lights look to an observer; Shammi started by pointing out that homogeneity of lights (DRLs and front position lamps; tail and stop lamps…) plays an important part in building and stoking brand image…
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.