Getting connected is what mwConnect (formerly McWong) specializes in with their award winning Bluetooth Mesh. They’ve been around for 40 years, so you know they know what they’re doing. Margaret and Stephen give us a retrospective of the company from its beginnings manufacturing ballasts, and they tell us about their rebranding process. If you’re in competition with mwConnect, they welcome it as it drives manufacturers to create and produce better products and offer more affordable price points. Let’s work together and make the pie bigger! Margaret founded mwConnect as McWong International, Inc. in 1984. She brings over 25 years of lighting experience from manufacturing and procurement to technology development; including light sources, luminaires, LED drivers, sensors, wireless control systems, etc. For many years, Margaret has demonstrated the leadership and vision to both predict and actively drive profound changes enabled by LED semiconducting, IOT and smart lighting solutions. Her cross-border and financial investment experience has brought together many opportunities and deals between the US and Asia in the lighting industry and beyond. Stephen manages product development and business operations as well as strategic partner relationships. Prior to this role, he worked for the company in a number of roles, including project manager, product manager and sales manager. Zhou holds an MBA from the Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University and a B.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai. He is an IES member and is fluent in English and Chinese.