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Advisory Board Member • Instructor
Interplay Lighting

Gary Trott is a product development innovator, technologist, and business leader with a passion for driving the development of breakthrough lighting products that change the way we light the world.

This has been the focus of his 25+ year career and he has enjoyed working with lighting technology ranging from incandescent to LED.  He has been the team leader or marketing lead of some the most significant new product releases in the past two decades. 

After working for industry leaders Acuity Brands and Cree Lighting for the past 25 years, Gary has founded Interplay lighting, an innovative architectural lighting startup.  The company is leveraging the transformative potential of additive manufacturing and other emerging technologies to develop unexpected solutions that celebrate the beauty and power of light.