José Manuel dos Santos
Head of Design l Americas, Philips Lighting
ose has over 25 years of experience in design and design management, an MA in industrial design from Central Saint Martins and an Executive MA from the Northwestern University. He started in Portugal in 1989 as an industrial, in Europe formed and sold two product design companies, worked as a product Design Director in Barcelona and led as a Chief Design Officer in a large Internet company. In 2011 he came to the US to join Masco as a Design Director and in 2016 joined Philips Lighting as Head of Design Americas. A designer, thought leader and passionate entrepreneur!