Martin Mercier is a senior product manager for advanced lighting technology systems at Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) a global lighting manufacturer leading the lighting industry revolution into IoT driven solutions, including solar lighting. Since his early days in R&D, he contributed to develop and to launch patented first Philips Lighting LED light engine plate-form deployed in multiple brands and manufacturing sites across Americas. Shortly after he helped to bring successfully to market early cloud-based technology lighting systems for public and private customers in Americas. His insights and ideas helped to strengthen overall effort in pioneering new technologies for Signify and the lighting industry in general bringing problem-solving solutions for our smart city and smart building customers. In order to achieve goals, he is involved and leading various communities such as NEMA ANSI which help him to constantly establishing valuable relationships to share and advance his knowledge and competencies. Detail-oriented and technically gifted, Martin has studied Electrical Engineering at the renowned École de technology supérieure – the largest engineering school in Quebec.