About Our Research Analysts

Tom Hausken Tom Hausken
Director, Components Practice
B.S.E.E., Montana State University
Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)

Dr. Hausken has over 25 years in the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, spanning device and materials research, product development, laboratory management, and technology and market analysis. Joining the Strategies Unlimited staff in 1999, he specializes in studies in optical and electronic components, including active and passive components for optical networks, and image sensors.

Previously, he was a coordinator for the U.S.-Japan Joint Optoelectronics Project with the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA). He was also a technology policy analyst at the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, in Washington D.C. There, he contributed to three reports on information technology and communications policy issues for congressional committees.

His doctoral dissertation was on optical communication components. He has also held positions at Alcatel Alsthom Research and Texas Instruments on subjects ranging from optical components and electronic memory to displays and solar cells.



Ella Shum
Director, LED practice
MBA from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
B.Sc. Computing Science (Imperial College, London)

Focusing on high-brightness LED research and programs, Ms. Shum draws upon her LED-related experience, most recently as General Partner at YEBY Associates; a consulting firm specialized in the LED industry.  While at YEBY, Ms. Shum was part of the initial phosphor sales team for Intematix and an early advisor to China’s SSL program.  Other previous positions include Managing Director of the R&D Lab at Emcore where she managed the development of TurboDisc reactors and epi research including LED technology, and Vice President and Chief of Staff at BroadVision Inc.  She has more than 10 years of sales and marketing experience at Sun Microsystems and Hewlett Packard Inc.   She is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. 



 

Vrinda Bhandarkar
Senior Analyst, LED practice
M.A. Economics (University of Bombay)
M.A. Sociology (Colorado State University)

Vrinda Bhandarkar joined Strategies Unlimited in 2006 to track the emerging LED lighting markets. Since then, she has written authoritative industry reports on HB LEDs in Lighting, LED Lighting Luminaires/Fixtures and LED Replacement Lamps, LED Outdoor Area and Street Lighting, and LED Driver ICs.

In addition to writing reports, Vrinda is a valued participant in custom research projects for major players in the LED lighting industry. She is a respected authority in the LED Industry and has presented the results of her research in the LED industry at many events, including the DOE Solid State Lighting Workshops on Market Transformation and Manufacturing; conferences organized by SEMI, Semicon West, SID and EETimes; LEDs Magazine Webcast on “Opportunities and Challenges for LED Lighting Fixture Market in 2009”; and the U.s. National Research Council. She has authored several articles that have appeared in LED industry magazines.

Vrinda has chaired the Lighting Track of Strategies in Light, a leading conference in the LED Industry — and has delivered the keynote address for that track — since 2009.
Before joining Strategies Unlimited, she worked at Frost & Sullivan for 10 years doing market research and custom client studies covering test and measurement instrumentation, lighting and building controls, air pollution monitoring and control, water and wastewater monitoring and other environmental subjects, including regulatory market impact and pricing issues.

 

Katya Evstratyeva
Analyst

Education: MBA, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, USA.

Katya Evstratyeva is an Analyst for Strategies Unlimited, monitoring the newest trends and markets for the LED lighting industry in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Prior to joining Strategies Unlimited Katya held positions in business development and international operations focusing on market assessment, marketing strategy, financial projections, pricing, business planning and operations.

Katya received her MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She is fluent in English, Russian, and French.



  Robert V. Steele
Consultant, LED Practice
B.S. Chemistry, M.I.T.
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry,
University of California (Berkeley)

At Strategies Unlimited since 1982, Dr. Steele is responsible for optoelectronics studies and reports on such subjects as high-brightness LEDs, solid-state lighting, laser diodes, datacom transceivers, and advanced compound semiconductor materials. He is the chair of Strategies Unlimited's annual conference Strategies in Light on the high brightness LED industry. Previously he was also the editor of the Strategies Unlimited optoelectronics industry newsletter, The Light Source, and was a major contributor to 16 studies prepared for the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association's (OIDA) roadmap program. Dr. Steele writes regularly for industry publications on high-brightness LED markets and applications, and has been an invited speaker at several international conferences. As an internationally recognized expert in this subject has been interviewed and quoted by major publications, including Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist, among others.

Dr. Steele has over 30 years of professional experience, and was previously employed at SRI International, Flow General, and United Technologies Corporation.

 

 

   
   

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