Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research reports, custom studies, and newsletters directed at the optoelectronic, optical communications, photovoltaic, compound semiconductor material, and RF/microwave components industries.
Founded in 1979, Strategies Unlimited combines a solid grasp of technical issues with a fundamental understanding of commercial markets. Through primary data collection and detailed input-output analysis, the company creates models to describe the development of commercial markets.
With its in-depth understanding of market applications, technology developments, industry participants, and government policies, the company has attained an outstanding record in market forecasting.
The Principals
Robert V. Steele
Director, LED Practice
B.S. Chemistry, M.I.T.
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry,
University of California (Berkeley)
At Strategies Unlimited since 1982, Dr. Steele is responsible for optoelectronics studies and reports on such subjects as high-brightness LEDs, solid-state lighting, laser diodes, datacom transceivers, and advanced compound semiconductor materials. He is the chair of Strategies Unlimited's annual conference Strategies in Light on the high brightness LED industry. Previously he was also the editor of the Strategies Unlimited optoelectronics industry newsletter, The Light Source, and was a major contributor to 16 studies prepared for the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association's (OIDA) roadmap program. Dr. Steele writes regularly for industry publications on high-brightness LED markets and applications, and has been an invited speaker at several international conferences. As an internationally recognized expert in this subject has been interviewed and quoted by major publications, including Forbes, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist, among others.
Dr. Steele has over 30 years of professional experience, and was previously employed at SRI International, Flow General, and United Technologies Corporation.
Tom Hausken
Director, Components Practice
B.S.E.E., Montana State University
Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)
Dr. Hausken has over 25 years in the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, spanning device and materials research, product development, laboratory management, and technology and market analysis. Joining the Strategies Unlimited staff in 1999, he specializes in studies in optical and electronic components, including active and passive components for optical networks, and image sensors.
Previously, he was a coordinator for the U.S.-Japan Joint Optoelectronics Project with the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA). He was also a technology policy analyst at the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, in Washington D.C. There, he contributed to three reports on information technology and communications policy issues for congressional committees.
His doctoral dissertation was on optical communication components. He has also held positions at Alcatel Alsthom Research and Texas Instruments on subjects ranging from optical components and electronic memory to displays and solar cells.
Vrinda Bhandarkar
Analyst, LED practice
M.A. Economics (University of Bombay)
M.A. Sociology (Colorado State University)
Vrinda joined Strategies Unlimited in 2006 in the LED and lighting track. She has over 10 years experience in market research and custom client studies covering building controls and environmental subjects, including regulatory and pricing issues. She was previously employed as an Industry Manager at Frost & Sullivan.
Henry D. Rodeen
Consultant
B.S. Physical Chemistry, University of California (Berkeley)
M.S. Physical Chemistry, University of Washington
Degree of Engineer, Stanford University
Hank Rodeen has worked with Strategies Unlimited since 1982, contributing to studies in a broad range of technologies and advanced compoiund semiconductor materials, including GaN, InP, SiGe, and SiC.
Mr. Rodeen was co-founder of Western Digital Corporation, and held positions at Toshiba and Motorola. He began his technical career as a Senior Engineer at Schockley Corporation, in Palo Alto, California.
