Karl is an experienced technology creator and innovator with over 20 years of expertise in Lighting, Controls, IoT and Energy Management across multiple industry sectors, such as Entertainment, Commercial and Consumer solutions. He has most recently led the Wemo Smart Home Business unit at Belkin International and studied Power over Ethernet and LVDC designs for lighting, with a focus on decarbonization, for the past 7 years. Karl has held several high-level positions with industry-leading companies, including Cisco, Belkin, Tridonic and Zumtobel, and has an impressive track record of visionary thinking, with 70+ patents, including early patents for wireless light bulbs later acquired by Signify. He has contributed to industry standards such as ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, TCLA, Matter and the IPSO Alliance, and co-founded the IoT Ready Alliance with Enlighted Inc, which was adopted by DIIA in 2019. Karl is currently a board member of Zumtobel Lighting Inc and eTactica ehf, as well as an advisory member to Lexi devices and Mnmmod building solutions. He holds a B.Sc. in Electronics and M.Sc. in IT and Computer Science from universities in Copenhagen and is an Icelandic citizen.
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