TriLumina CEO and leadership

Luke has over 25 years of experience in business and technical leadership spanning semiconductors, software, hardware and core R&D with more than a decade focused on the automotive industry. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of TriLumina, the industry’s leading provider of solid-state VCSEL illumination modules for automotive applications. He joined TriLumina from Silicon Valley start-up CloudCar where he was VP of Marketing, Partnerships and Business Development. Prior to that, he was director of Automotive Infotainment Products at Qualcomm driving product management and focusing engineering on achieving automotive qualification of high-complexity application processors. Luke started his automotive career at Freescale (Now-NXP) as Director of Software and Solution Technologies where he started an automotive professional services P&L and founded Freescale’s automotive software and solutions team. This evolved into Luke taking leadership of the P&L, product marketing, solutions, strategy and vision for Freescale’s Automotive Driver Information and Infotainment business as Global Operations and Business Manager. Earlier in his career, Luke was focused on complex IP licensing at Aware as VP and GM of Licensing, he was CTO of NetBind and held a number of senior marketing and sales positions at GlobeSpan Semiconductor. Luke was an advanced data communications technology researcher at AT&T Bell Laboratories responsible for breakthroughs in VDSL technology. He did post graduate work at Princeton University and Columbia University and holds a BSEE and MS in electrical engineering from the University of Florida. He holds 14 technology patents and has published multiple industry and technical papers.

Kelly R. Baker's experience includes over 30 years as a finance professional managing strategic and financial planning, accounting, treasury, human resources and information technology. His professional leadership roles include CFO, VP Finance, VP Treasurer and Controller. Mr. Baker has worked in various high-tech, manufacturing, and energy industries. He has a proven history of successfully growing start-ups and underdeveloped businesses and brands in both the public and private sectors. Over the course of his career he has developed and implemented multiple business models resulting in 12 start-ups, three exits, and more than $2.6 billion in capital raises. He holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a B.S. in Business Administration from Southern Utah University.