Mark Jongewaard has worked at Lighting Technologies since 1989 and was one of its owners before the sale to Musco. Mark has extensive experience in lighting software development, lighting and optical analysis and illumination optical design. The broad experience in lighting analysis and algorithm development has influenced the calculation modules in all of Lighting Technologies’ products including Photopia, Lumen-Micro and Lumen Designer.

As product manager for Photopia, Mark has been involved in all aspects of optical design from defining the main optical software used throughout the architectural lighting industry, to using it on a wide variety of projects, to training companies in the fundamentals of lighting and optical design.

Mark’s experience in optical design covers almost all areas of indoor and outdoor architectural lighting, industrial lighting, signal lighting as well as specific applications in automotive, medical, aerospace and consumer products.

Mark defined Photopia from its inception to its current state and will continue to play a key role in its future development.