Before joining Soraa, Parker was a senior executive with Rambus, one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, serving as the President of the Lighting and Display Technology Division, focused on producing LED lamps and lighting fixtures. He was the founder and CEO of Global Lighting Technologies, an LED backlighting company, which he grew to more than $100M in revenue before selling the R&D division to Rambus in 2009. Parker has over 25 years experience in the information display, LED, medical, and lighting markets and has over 100 patents in LCD backlighting, fiber optics, LEDs, medical illuminators, and general lighting.