Steven Hane

Under Steve’s leadership, Sielo has become a fast-growing industry leader in the topic of connected lighting-based IoT intelligent platform technologies. Prior to Sielo, Steve was the CEO of Impulse Corporation, a pioneering technology commercialization effort formed in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), as well as the CEO of Picolight, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of VCSEL technologies, acquired by JDSU for $125M in 2007. Steve has also held senior management positions in Business Development and Sales at companies such as LightPointe Communications, ADC Telecommunications, and DSC Communications, running business teams with up to $500M in annual revenue run-rate over a career spanning 33 years in technology companies. Steve has received national recognition and awards for his efforts in technology transfer and commercialization, and his business approaches have been taught as case studies at both the University of Colorado and the Harvard Business School. Steve received his Bachelor of Geological Engineering from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology in 1983.