Rudi Blondi Email Address

Vice President Technology, Lighting

Excelitas Technologies Corp. is a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized solutions to meet the lighting, detection and other high-performance technology needs of OEM customers. From medical lighting to analytical instrumentation, clinical diagnostics, industrial, safety and security, and aerospace and defense applications, Excelitas Technologies is committed to enabling our customers' success in their end-markets. In 2013 Excelitas acquired Qioptiq, a leading provider of photonic solutions, and Lumen Dynamics, a leader in LED-based UV curing and fluorescence illumination systems. The combined companies have approximately 5,500 employees in North America, Europe and Asia, serving customers across the world.

Creative innovator and mentor solving photonics challenges in medical, industrial and consumer applications utilizing custom plasma and SSL lighting, lasers, detection, digital imaging and optical systems. Deep background in photonics electronic hardware and firmware development in a variety of industries. In my free time I'm living a life on the convergence of art and technology as a multimedia artist and fine art photographer in large format film and medium frame digital media in spite of my background as a musician and award winning electronic music composer when I was living in Europe. In my personal time, I blog about the congruence of photography, music and history with a touch of environmental justice mixed in.