About PhotonStar Technology Ltd

PhotonStar Technology Ltd.
IoT solutions for buildings

PhotonStar Technology Ltd. is part of  PhotonStar LED Group plc, a leading British designer and manufacturer of intelligent lighting and intelligent building solutions. Within the group are three divisions. PhotonStar LED Ltd. is an LED lighting fixtures businesses focussed on the new build market. PhotonStar technology Ltd. develops and produces the flagship technology – halcyon™ (retrofit building control & cloud based building management technology that leverages IoT to reduce operating costs for businesses); and advanced LED light engines. Camtronics Vale Ltd. provides high quality contract electronics manufacturing to companies requiring high quality assembly of complex electronic assemblies and products, including PhotonStar. PhotonStar is based in Romsey, Hampshire with a manufacturing facility in Wales.

halcyon™ is a retrofittable wireless control and monitoring platform (halcyonPRO2™) and a cloud based, scalable, building management system (halcyon cloudBMS™) that leverages IoT to brings new possibilities to reduce operating costs for business owners and managers. It provides real time environmental, behavioural and energy analytics and automated actions to reduce operational costs, improve safety, improve efficiency, and improve workplace quality

PhotonStar Technology Ltd‘s proprietary light source technology ChromaWhite, is an advanced multi channel LED colour mix (Lighting Association’s ‘Light Source of the Year’ for two consecutive years) and is used to deliver luminaires into numerous pioneering circadian projects using halcyon wireless controls, including into the NHS.

Management and Board of Directors

Dr James Mckenzie – CEO (PhotonStar LED Group)

James studied Physics and Computing and then went to Brunel University where he worked on optics for his Ph.D. He joined Bookham Technology when the company was in its very early stages and was involved, as a member of the management team, in Bookham’s fast growth phase leading up to its IPO in 2000. During this period he was responsible for product engineering before moving on to become Director of Marketing.

In 2001 James joined Teem Photonics as VP of Business Development & Marketing developing the companies growth strategies, exiting the company following a successful fund raising round in 2003. James joined Mesophotonics in March 2003 as CEO and successfully raised £5.5m in 2003, developing 2 business units one in LEDs and the other in Analytical BioChemistry. In 2007 the Analytical part of the business was bought by D3 backed by Renishaw. The LED business unit was sold to Luxtaltek, a Tiawanese LED manufacturer.

James left Mesophotonics in 2007 to set up PhotonStar LED Ltd bringing a wealth of semiconductor and optoelectronic packaging experience to the company. James is a member of the Institute of Physics, is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

James is a member of the Lighting Association Technical Committee

Dr Majd Zoorob – CTO (PhotonStar LED Group)

Majd is Chief Technology Officer of PhotonStar LED Ltd, and a director of the company. Majd is of Lebanese origin and did his PhD at Southampton University in sub-wavelength optics.

Majd was also a founder of Mesophotonics Ltd where he was responsible for the company’s research work and managing the company’s IP, as well as key theoretical and numerical modeling work. Majd has been involved in sub wavelength optics, plasmonics and LED design since his PhD and brings a wealth of optical design and modeling experience to PhotonStar.

Fenella Frost – Group Marketing & Business Development Director

Fenella was one of the first women to study engineering in the Royal Navy before moving on to a career with A&P shiprepair – responsible for internal communications & support operations. In 1994 at LSI systems, Fenella managed projects to develop and deliver management & communications systems for engineering & manufacturing. With a team of colleagues in 1996, Riverside Systems was founded where Fenella established the commercial division. Her team provided consultancy, hardware, software & staff to maximise the use of the emerging internet and other technology, for internal and external business communication and management.

An opportune family career break in 1998 inspired Fenella to establish Oatley-Darwent Ltd. which won awards for an innovative approach to marketing “Eco” products. As managing director, Fenella expanded the business in an 18 month period to a team of 150 across the EU and raised market share from 4% to 23% within the UK. The business was aquired in 2000. Fenella moved into private consultancy, with a number of local authority and private clients, and subsequently became commercial director of Bobby Gilbert & Associates – co-authors of the ZedBook for sustainable construction, and developers of Carbon Mixer software. Fenella joined PhotonStar in November 2008.