Mr Jared Holzwarth started his career in 2000 at the freshly formed Lumileds lighting company in Silicon Valley. Over a decade, he moved through different positions supporting the transition from two inch to six-inch LED manufacturing, ending with leading R&D Operations and Hardware Development teams. With a passion for Compound Semiconductors, he transitioned to more technological roles to create  brighter and more uniform LEDs – ultimately bringing the first L-Prize bulb to fruition. 

He relocated shortly afterwards to Germany to work at AIXTRON where he took various Technology leadership roles within a few years, introducing the first Cassette to Cassette automation to an MOCVD reactor. More recently, bringing the most productive 200mm Silicon Carbide Epitaxial system to life,  enabling process scientists to constantly push physics boundaries in terms of material quality and uniformities without compromising on productivity. Leading all Technology developments since 2023, his team contributed to launch the G10 GaN for the production of GaN Power Devices, bringing these material classes into a new era of productivity and yields.