Dr. William Cohen

VP & GM at Current Chemicals
Cohen, William
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Area of Expertise: Luminescent Materials, Specilaty Chemicals, Specialty Materials, Rare Earth Materials, Material Processing, Research and Development of new Materials
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-438X
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Passionate executive leader focused on the implementation and commercialization of advanced technologies. Capabilities for successful execution on challenging programs honed through practical experiences gained within roles in operations, technology, commercial, and business leadership.

Dr. Cohen joined the lighting division of General Electric after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2000. He has developed a variety of experiences through roles of increasing responsibility in Technology, Manufacturing, and Business Operations that include phosphors and specialty materials development, lighting product design and manufacturing, tungsten wire processing, and commercial sales of phosphors and specialty materials. Dr. Cohen has significant operational experience built on various key roles over nine years in manufacturing including Plant Manager of GE Lighting’s Phosphor and Specialty Chemical Facility. He led GE Lighting’s technical efforts to mitigate rare earth supply and inflation pressures through phosphor innovation, lighting product redesign, and production process optimization for fluorescent lighting products.

Transitioning from traditional lighting materials to LED materials, Dr. Cohen led GE Lighting’s PFS/KSF Red Phosphor innovation, process/manufacturing development, and sales/commercialization activities. After GE’s sale of its commercial lighting business to American Industrial Partners in 2019, he continues as the P&L leader of Current Chemicals, a division of Current, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Current Chemicals is a manufacturer of premium specialty chemicals focused on technical innovation and profitable commercial growth of phosphors and other specialty materials. Dr. Cohen has multiple publications and conference proceedings in plasma sciences and phosphors as well as issued patents in luminescent materials.

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