LEDs & SSL Design

LEDs Magazine 40 Under 40 Profile: Jordon Musser

July 24, 2020

As senior director of LED products and technology at Flex Lighting Solutions, Jordon Musser looks to increase operational efficiencies of solid-state lighting (SSL) end products.

Carrie Meadows,

Maury Wright

JORDON MUSSER. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Flex Lighting Solutions.)

After stints in aerospace/defense and motorsports, Jordon Musser moved into LED development as employee No. 2 at Flex Lighting Solutions. He began his lighting career with the development of a patented solid-state cooling device that allowed Flex to cool a 4×4-in. LED array that generated 100,000 lm inexpensively — an industry first.

Musser has pioneered applying patented advanced thermal solutions to create LED high bays that can match the light output of traditional sources in the same size. After launching the HiOptix LED high bay with Flex, he designed the first LED high bay (the Essentials Series 3.0) capable of thermal management that allowed the use of mid-power LEDs reliably in industrial applications, significantly reducing costs and increasing efficiency in that space.

His next product was the dual award-winning and Sapphire Awards 2018 finalist, the Essentials Series 4.0. Musser re-engineered the thermal design, allowing the LED fixture to operate at full performance under 65°C ambient temperatures, and included rotatable LED modules, a feature that makes the LED high bay more versatile and adaptable to multiple conditions and requirements.

Musser holds multiple patents in LED design, and is part of an IES working group that recently created a document to help predict the reliability of end products (soon to be released). His primary daily contributions are leading R&D in general illumination, horticulture, and ultraviolet (UV) applications by architecting the baseline for new products.

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About the Author

Carrie Meadows | Editor-in-Chief, LEDs Magazine

Carrie Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry. She worked with the PennWell Technology Group for more than 17 years, having been part of the editorial staff at Solid State Technology, Microlithography World, Lightwave, Portable Design, CleanRooms, Laser Focus World, and Vision Systems Design before the group was acquired by current parent company Endeavor Business Media.

Meadows has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards, and has volunteered as a judge on several B2B editorial awards committees. She received a BA in English literature from Saint Anselm College, and earned thesis honors in the college's Geisel Library. Without the patience to sit down and write a book of her own, she has gladly undertaken the role of editor for the writings of friends and family.

Meadows enjoys living in the beautiful but sometimes unpredictable four seasons of the New England region, volunteering with an animal shelter, reading (of course), and walking with friends and extended "dog family" in her spare time.

About the Author

Maury Wright | Editor in Chief

Maury Wright is an electronics engineer turned technology journalist, who has focused specifically on the LED & Lighting industry for the past decade. Wright first wrote for LEDs Magazine as a contractor in 2010, and took over as Editor-in-Chief in 2012. He has broad experience in technology areas ranging from microprocessors to digital media to wireless networks that he gained over 30 years in the trade press. Wright has experience running global editorial operations, such as during his tenure as worldwide editorial director of EDN Magazine, and has been instrumental in launching publication websites going back to the earliest days of the Internet. Wright has won numerous industry awards, including multiple ASBPE national awards for B2B journalism excellence, and has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards. He received a BS in electrical engineering from Auburn University.